xAI’s Grok-Imagine-Video-1.5-Preview hits #1 on Arena.ai’s image-to-video leaderboard
Arena.ai reports a +52 point jump over the prior Grok-Imagine-Video (720p), edging past Seedance-2.0 and HappyHorse on its image-to-video leaderboard.
By Ryan Merket ·
Why it matters
If the leaderboard reflects broader usage, xAI's latest Grok video model is competitive with top image-to-video systems. Rapid gains here hint at faster progress in generative video.
Arena.ai reported that xAI's Grok-Imagine-Video-1.5-Preview (720p) is now ranked #1 on its Image-to-Video Arena, calling it a +52 point gain over the earlier Grok-Imagine-Video (720p) and ahead of Seedance-2.0 and HappyHorse in a thread on X. The update was also highlighted by The Hype (@thehypedotnews).
Arena.ai linked to the Image-to-Video leaderboard for details and to xAI's model page for Grok-Imagine-Video-1.5-Preview. The post also congratulated xAI (@xai) and Elon Musk (@elonmusk).
https://x.com/thehypedotnews/status/2060939992986276341?s=20
The ranking, point delta, and named competitors were all cited by Arena.ai (@arena). Readers can reference the leaderboard for current standings and the xAI docs for model capabilities and status. No additional performance context beyond the leaderboard and linked docs was provided in the thread.