Arena's Video Generation lets you compare two anonymous models in a head-to-head competition to see who can create a better video based on your prompt. After you submit your prompt you'll be shown both model's generations where you can vote on which you prefer. These votes are what power Text-to-Video and Image-to-Video leaderboards.

The Video Arena is available on Arena.

How To Use Video Arena

  1. Log into, or create, your Arena account. You must be logged in to use Video Arena.

  2. Select Video Arena. Click the film reel icon in the arena selector to switch to Video Arena.

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  1. Enter a prompt. Provide a text prompt for text-to-video, or upload an image to generate in image-to-video.

  2. Submit your prompt. Hit Enter and the generations will start.

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  1. This may take up to 10 minutes to generate. Once done, you’ll receive a notification.

  2. View both generations and vote on which you prefer! You must view both videos to vote.

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