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Seedance 2.0

v-benchmark v2 by Megaton benchmark
Generated via ByteDance · July 31, 2026Evaluated · August 9, 2026Leaderboard rank #3 of 15Last updated · September 1, 2026

77.52

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Categories

Weight
C01Prompt Adherence20%87.36C02Scene Consistency10%92.20C03Physics20%66.47C04Human Fidelity10%82.22C052D Animation Craft & Artistry7.5%66.67C063D Animation Craft & Artistry7.5%70.00C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry2.5%68.57C08Taste & Art Direction6.5%63.17C09Animal & Creature Fidelity1.5%80.00C10Object & Product Fidelity1.5%98.17C11Causal & Semantic Coherence7.5%80.91C12Text Fidelity1.5%85.78C13Character Performance & Acting1.5%66.67C14Delivered File & Playback Integrity0.5%100.00C15Quality + Reliability2%85.52

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Categories

C01

Prompt AdherenceWhether every explicit, observable instruction in the prompt is fulfilled.

This Video

95.5

This Video · Assessment

This video fulfills its explicit, observable instructions with near-complete consistency.

This Category

87.4

60 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Prompt requirements are fulfilled reliably across the set, with only isolated misses or ambiguities.

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor1
This Category
Essential16
Major29
Minor27

60 videos

C02

Scene ConsistencyWhether established subjects, objects, spatial relationships, environment, and lighting remain coherent over time.

This Video

100.0

This Video · Assessment

This video maintains subjects, objects, spatial relationships, environment, and lighting over time with near-complete consistency.

This Category

92.2

60 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Subjects, objects, spatial relationships, environment, and lighting remain coherent across nearly all evaluated videos.

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential15
Major15
Minor9

60 videos

C03

PhysicsWhether the central motion, force, material, and reaction behave coherently in the requested world and style.

This Video

60.0

This Video · Assessment

Coherent but noticeably synthetic or physically strained.

This Category

66.5

17 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Physical behavior is generally coherent, but visible synthetic or strained motion recurs across multiple cases.

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C04

Human FidelityWhether faces, eyes, skin, bodies, hands, motion, and human presence remain anatomically and perceptually convincing.

This Video

100.0

This Video · Assessment

Fully convincing within the requested style, with no meaningful uncanny or anatomical defects.

This Category

82.2

27 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Human rendering is highly convincing across the set, with only small localized defects.

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C05

2D Animation Craft & ArtistryThe quality and artistic authorship of intentionally 2D animation within its requested conventions.

This Video

80.0

This Video · Assessment

Technically excellent and fully professional, but more conventional or less expressive than the highest tier.

This Category

66.7

12 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

2D animation is generally coherent and capable, but synthetic motion or underdeveloped artistic choices recur.

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C06

3D Animation Craft & ArtistryThe quality, coherence, and artistic authorship of intentionally 3D animation.

This Video

80.0

This Video · Assessment

Technically excellent and fully professional, but more conventional or less expressive than the highest tier.

This Category

70.0

5 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

The work is technically strong and convincing overall, though craft or artistic limitations recur.

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C07

Cinematography Craft & ArtistryShot design, framing, camera movement, lighting, focus, visual hierarchy, and intentional filmmaking authorship.

This Video

60.0

This Video · Assessment

Coherent and competent but synthetic, mechanical, or visually underdeveloped.

This Category

68.6

7 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Cinematography is generally coherent and capable, but mechanical or underdeveloped visual choices recur.

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C08

Taste & Art DirectionThe strength, specificity, coherence, and artistic authorship of the result as a finished creative choice.

This Video

90.0

This Video · Assessment

Excellent and memorable art direction with highly intentional, sophisticated choices.

This Category

63.2

60 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Art direction is generally capable, but generic, unresolved, or less-confident choices recur.

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C09

Animal & Creature FidelityWhether real animals and designed creatures preserve convincing anatomy, identity, motion, behavior, and interaction.

This Video

80.0

This Video · Assessment

Strong and professional, with a few visible but non-disruptive issues.

This Category

80.0

7 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Animal and creature fidelity is highly convincing across the set, with only small localized defects.

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C10

Object & Product FidelityWhether requested objects have correct identity, structure, materials, details, motion, and interactions.

This Video

87.1

This Video · Assessment

This video preserves the requested objects’ identity, structure, materials, details, motion, and interactions very reliably, with only isolated limitations.

This Category

98.2

8 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Requested objects preserve identity, structure, materials, details, motion, and interactions with near-complete consistency.

Violations

This Video
Essential1
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential1
Major0
Minor1

8 videos

C11

Causal & Semantic CoherenceWhether events, relationships, transformations, and cause-and-effect remain semantically coherent, including surreal premises.

This Video

90.0

This Video · Assessment

Highly coherent, with one small localized ambiguity.

This Category

80.9

11 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Causal and semantic coherence is highly reliable, with only small localized ambiguities.

C12

Text FidelityWhether requested text content, typography, placement, attachment, legibility, and temporal stability are correct.

This Video

100.0

This Video · Assessment

This video preserves requested text content, typography, placement, attachment, legibility, and temporal stability with near-complete consistency.

This Category

85.8

5 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Text fidelity is highly reliable, with only isolated content, placement, or temporal defects.

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential4
Major1
Minor0

5 videos

C13

Character Performance & ActingWhether character intention, emotion, timing, reactions, eyelines, gesture, and performance read convincingly.

This Category

66.7

9 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Acting is generally believable, but synthetic timing, expression, attention, or specificity recurs.

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Differences within model family

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CategorySeedance 2.5Seedance 2.0 MiniSeedance 2.0 Fast
C01+0.4+0.3-18.9
C03+17.7-15.9-8.7
C02+5.0-14.2-37.7
C04+11.1-17.4-11.5
C05+13.3-5.0+0.2
C06+6.0-8.0-4.3
C11+12.7-10.0-12.8
C08+11.8-2.5+8.5
C07+11.4-1.4+6.2
C09+15.7+2.9-6.5
C10+1.8-9.8-21.3
C12+7.5-22.0-18.1
C13+8.3-3.7+6.7
Essential · -37.7Major · 0Minor · +37.7

Differences between other models

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C01Prompt Adherence

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C03Physics

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C02Scene Consistency

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C04Human Fidelity

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C052D Animation Craft & Artistry

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C063D Animation Craft & Artistry

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C11Causal & Semantic Coherence

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C08Taste & Art Direction

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C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry

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C09Animal & Creature Fidelity

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C10Object & Product Fidelity

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C12Text Fidelity

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C13Character Performance & Acting

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CategorySeedance 2.0Seedance 2.5Wan 3.0FLUX 3Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash
C01Prompt Adherence87.487.894.787.187.2
C03Physics66.584.171.870.658.2
C02Scene Consistency92.297.292.994.888.8
C04Human Fidelity82.293.386.773.787.0
C052D Animation Craft & Artistry66.780.070.060.464.6
C063D Animation Craft & Artistry70.076.076.066.076.0
C11Causal & Semantic Coherence80.993.678.280.972.7
C08Taste & Art Direction63.275.068.165.065.3
C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry68.680.072.971.468.6
C09Animal & Creature Fidelity80.095.784.375.787.1
C10Object & Product Fidelity98.2100.098.783.899.2
C12Text Fidelity85.893.382.582.492.1
C13Character Performance & Acting66.775.066.068.074.0

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Changelog

Published
August 11, 2026
V-Benchmark version
2.0.0
Megaton Index
77.52
Published rank
3 of 14
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