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Veo 3 vs Kling 2.1 Standard
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Benchmark results
Head to head on 1 benchmark both models report
- Veo 31lead
- Kling 2.1 Standard0leads
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Arena rating · Higher is better
- Veo 31254Arena #25CI 1243 to 1265
- Kling 2.1 StandardNot reported
Runs and sources
Veo 3- default125495% CI 1243 to 1265 · 15,017 votes
Kling 2.1 StandardNot reported
Arena Image to Video
Arena rating · Higher is better
- Veo 3Best1259+30 ahead · Arena #32CI 1249 to 1270
- Kling 2.1 Standard1230Arena #38CI 1221 to 1238
Runs and sources
Veo 3- default125995% CI 1249 to 1270 · 26,105 votes
Kling 2.1 Standard- default123095% CI 1221 to 1238 · 29,957 votes
Each model's best published result is shown; "Not reported" means no matched evaluation, not a score of zero. Arena and DeepSWE ranks are the leaderboards' own; other ranks are among catalogue models with a score. Results from different harnesses or settings are not directly comparable.
Arena ratings: Arena (lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset), licensed CC BY 4.0. Ratings come from pairwise human votes and are only comparable within one leaderboard; the interval is Arena's 95% confidence interval. Model names are matched to the Vertical Tabs catalog.
Model specifications
API pricing · USD per 1M tokens
Capabilities and modalities
Architecture and availability
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