Gemini Omni Flash 1.1
Top-rated text to video on arena.ai, from $4.99/month in Google Flow. Skip it if price per clip matters most.
Should you use it?
Pick it if
People who want the highest-rated video model and already pay for, or will pay for, a Google AI plan.
Best for: People on a Google AI plan who want the top-rated video model (Video models Top 20)
Skip it if
You make many clips and want the lowest cost per minute; MiniMax H3 is close on quality for less.
You give up: About twice MiniMax H3's price per minute; its lead rests on few votes
The short version
- What this is
- Google's video model that makes clips from any mix of text, images, video and voice, and lets you change them by chatting. In the Gemini app, Google Flow and the Gemini API.
- Why it matters
- It is the highest-rated text to video model in arena.ai's blind tests, and the cheapest way in is a $4.99 Google plan.
- Scores 100 for video: 1st of 48 on arena.ai text to video, 2nd on image to video.
- About $0.10 per second of 720p in the API; included in Google AI Plus from $4.99/month.
- Turn off Keep Activity in the Gemini app if you don't want uploads used for training.
Good at
Our take
Gemini Omni Flash 1.1 is the strongest pick in video on arena.ai's blind tests: first for text to video and second for image to video s1 s2. Artificial Analysis is less sure, placing it 7th for text to video s3, and its arena.ai text to video lead has under 2,000 votes behind it s1. Treat it as one of a handful of top video models rather than a clear winner.
For most people the way in is Google Flow on a Google AI Plus plan at $4.99/month s5. In the API it costs about $0.10 per second of 720p s6. If you make a lot of clips, MiniMax H3 scores close on quality at roughly half the per-minute price on Artificial Analysis s3.
Score
A score from 0 to 100 per job, against everything available today. Overall 100 across 1 job, the average of the job scores.
New to this? What the scores and labels mean
- 0 to 100
- Our score for one job, like writing or coding, compared with everything else out today. 100 is the best available today. For AI models we build it from public data, such as Arena's blind votes and Epoch AI's independent tests; apps and tools are scored on our own checklist. The same tool can score differently for different jobs, and where two likely ranges overlap, we call it a tie.
- Our verdict
- Use it: a top choice for most people. Worth trying: good, and worth a go. Depends: good for some people or one kind of job. Wait: too early to tell, or not out for everyone yet. Skip: something else does the job better.
- First look
- Just released. We say what it is and whether to bother, and give it a score once public results exist.
- No score yet
- None of the public sources we use covers it yet, or the only evidence is from a source whose numbers we can't use, so we describe it in words instead.
- Best buy
- Nothing cheaper scores as well for that job.
- Best free
- The best score for that job that costs nothing, through a free plan or by running on your own computer.
- Pay as you go
- No monthly plan: you pay for each use, usually through a developer account.
- Checked
- The day we last confirmed the score and the price against the sources. Prices change often, so check the date.
- AI model
- The engine underneath, like GPT or Claude. You use it through an app or, if you code, directly.
- Open source
- Free to download and run on your own computer, so nothing leaves your machine.
The top score of the 5 we have scored for this job.
From blind votes (Arena) · Arena data, CC BY 4.0
2 sourcesData read 20 Oct
Alternatives
Nothing we have scored beats it for video on score or on price, and we have not scored a free option for it yet.
- MiniMax H3Video model84Pay as you goMiniMax H3 and H3 Max top the two image to video boards, from about $4.80 a minute; the value pick. Side by side
- Wan 3.0Video model89Pay as you goFirst on Artificial Analysis text to video; longer clips. Side by side
- FLUX 3 VideoVideo model93Pay as you goThird on arena.ai text to video, from Black Forest Labs. Side by side
Value for money
Where it sits in video: higher is a better score, further left is cheaper to run. Green dots are the best value.
Evidence
Everything behind the call and the scores, folded so the page stays short. Spotted a wrong price, score or link? Report a mistake.
How we scored this
The video score is our own, built from public data: blind votes on Arena and, where they cover the job, Epoch AI's independent tests. How we combine them is our method and we don't publish it.
Public leaderboardIndependent test
Reviews are drafted with help from AI models, including Anthropic's Claude. Model scores come only from outside leaderboards and independent evaluations, by a written rule.
No one paid for this review or gave us free access, and we earn nothing if you sign up. How we score
Sources 9
- s1arena.ai Text to Video leaderboard
- s2arena.ai Image to Video leaderboard
- s3Artificial Analysis text to video leaderboard
- s4Artificial Analysis image to video leaderboard
- s5Google AI plans (Gemini subscriptions)
- s6Gemini API pricing
- s7Gemini Apps Privacy Hub
- s8Google blog: Build with Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash
- s9Google blog: Gemini Omni
Something here out of date or wrong? Report a mistake and we will check it against the source.
History 2 changes
Every change to a rating, the price or our call, with the reason. Scores are against what exists on the day, so they drift down as better things ship. Older entries come from before we moved to scores.
- New: Video ratedReviewed: video.
- Audit: MiniMax H3 alternative reason corrected (H3 Max, not H3, is first on Artificial Analysis image to video). Rating unchanged.
Use it well 4 guides on this site
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