Gemini Omni Flash leads on human preference — 1374 vs 1328 Elo (#1 of 81 in the Image-to-Video Arena). The right pick still depends on style, speed and licensing — details below.
Gemini Omni Flash✓google/gemini-omni-flash/reference-to-videovs
Grok Imagine Videoxai/grok-imagine-video/image-to-video| Human-preference Elo | 1374 | 1328 |
| Arena rank | #1 of 81 | #5 of 81 |
| Category | image-to-video | image-to-video |
| License | commercial | commercial |
By human preference, Gemini Omni Flash currently rates higher (1374 vs 1328 Elo). Preference votes measure typical output quality; test both on your own prompts for style fit.
Both are image to video models available as hosted API endpoints — Gemini Omni Flash (google/gemini-omni-flash/reference-to-video) and Grok Imagine Video (xai/grok-imagine-video/image-to-video).
See the full best image-to-video models ranking.