Our verdict
Seedance 2.5 leads
Seedance 2.5 leads this v-benchmark v2 comparison on the published overall score.
ByteDance
Seedance 2.5
86.9Overall score
- Rank
- #1
- Price per minute
- $18.00/min
MiniMax
MiniMax Hailuo 03
74.8Overall score
- Rank
- #6
- Price per minute
- $15.60/min
Best for
Highest overall score
Seedance 2.5
Seedance 2.5 leads the overall score by 12.1 points.
The overall score does not measure file reliability.
Best for
More readable text
Seedance 2.5
Seedance 2.5 leads by 3.3 points.
Long or moving text still needs manual review.
Best for
Lower generation cost
MiniMax Hailuo 03
MiniMax Hailuo 03 runs $15.60/min, against $18/min for Seedance 2.5.
Provider prices can change.
Best for
Built-in audio
Seedance 2.5
Seedance 2.5 generates audio with the video; MiniMax Hailuo 03 does not.
This comparison does not score audio quality.
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Reviewer scores
Scores by category
Seedance 2.5 wins 12 of 13 categories head-to-head. Each bar is the reviewer score out of 100.
Biggest gapPhysics: Seedance 2.5 ahead by 28.2 points.
Closest categoryCinematography: Seedance 2.5 ahead by 1.4 points.
Head-to-head scores
13 categories rated head-to-head
Seedance 2.5MiniMax Hailuo 03
Physics
84.7
56.5
Prompt Adherence
87.8
90.3
Logic Consistency
93.6
77.3
Scene Consistency
97.2
90.2
Cinematography
80.0
78.6
Taste
75.2
65.3
2D Animation
80.0
57.5
3D Animation
78.0
67.5
Human
93.3
84.4
Actor Performance
75.0
63.0
Objects
100.0
81.6
Animals
95.7
72.9
Text Fidelity
93.3
90.0
