Open-weight video diffusion from Alibaba.
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Updated 2026-05-18
Wan 2.2 vs HunyuanVideo vs LTX-Video
Local video diffusion at three VRAM tiers.
Wan 2.2 is the new open-weight quality leader. Hunyuan still has the most cinematic motion. LTX-Video is the only one that's practical on a 16 GB card.
13B open-weight cinematic text-to-video.
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Real-time-ish open video diffusion from Lightricks.
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Open-weight video diffusion from Alibaba. | 13B open-weight cinematic text-to-video. | Real-time-ish open video diffusion from Lightricks. | |
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| Pricing | Open Source | Open Source | Open Source |
| Free tier | Open weights with permissive license. Run free on your own GPU. | Open weights. Free to run on your own hardware. | Open weights. Free. |
| Best for | Best open-weight video quality right now | Cinematic motion | Fast for a video diffusion model |
| Watch out for | 14B model is VRAM-hungry | Heavy VRAM | Lower fidelity than Wan/Hunyuan |
| Platforms | linux, windows, docker | linux, windows, docker | linux, windows, docker |
| Min VRAM | 12 GB | 24 GB | 12 GB |
| Rec. VRAM | 48 GB | 48 GB | 16 GB |
| Compute | local | local | local |
| Power score | 92/100 | 90/100 | 84/100 |
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