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Kling

Kling 3 Standard

v-benchmark v2 by Megaton benchmark
Evaluated · August 11, 2026Leaderboard rank #7 of 11Last updated · August 11, 2026

69.27

/ 100

Categories

Weight
C01Prompt Adherence20%82.64C02Scene Consistency10%82.45C03Physics20%57.65C04Human Fidelity10%79.63C052D Animation Craft & Artistry7.5%44.55C063D Animation Craft & Artistry7.5%66.00C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry2.5%75.71C08Taste & Art Direction6.5%63.33C09Animal & Creature Fidelity1.5%71.43C10Object & Product Fidelity1.5%89.91C11Causal & Semantic Coherence7.5%66.36C12Text Fidelity1.5%30.28C13Character Performance & Acting1.5%59.00C15Quality + Reliability2%81.12

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Categories

C01

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

This Video

40.0

This Video · Assessment

This video fulfills its explicit, observable instructions only partly reliably, with frequent important failures.

This Category

82.6

60 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

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

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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

82.5

60 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Temporal and spatial continuity is highly reliable, with only isolated drift or regeneration.

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C03

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

This Video

50.0

This Video · Assessment

The intended physical event is recognizable, but repeated important defects leave it only partly convincing.

This Category

57.6

17 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

The intended physical events are recognizable, but repeated defects leave overall performance uneven.

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

79.6

27 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Human fidelity is strong overall, with recurring but non-disruptive issues.

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

44.5

12 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Coherent 2D craft appears only in some cases; line, timing, pose, or medium-authenticity failures recur frequently.

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C06

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

This Video

50.0

This Video · Assessment

The intended 3D animation is recognizable, but repeated technical or expressive defects leave it only partly convincing.

This Category

66.0

5 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

3D animation is generally coherent, but synthetic, mechanical, stiff, or underdeveloped execution recurs.

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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

75.7

7 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Shot design is technically strong overall, though recurring choices are more conventional or less expressive.

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C08

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

This Video

70.0

This Video · Assessment

Good overall taste with some generic, unresolved, or less-confident choices.

This Category

63.3

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

60.0

This Video · Assessment

Coherent but noticeably synthetic, anatomically strained, or behaviorally unnatural.

This Category

71.4

7 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Fidelity is strong overall, with recurring but non-disruptive anatomical or behavioral issues.

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C10

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

This Video

100.0

This Video · Assessment

This video preserves the requested objects’ identity, structure, materials, details, motion, and interactions with near-complete consistency.

This Category

89.9

8 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Object and product fidelity is highly reliable, with only isolated detail or material failures.

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C11

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

This Video

50.0

This Video · Assessment

The intended event is recognizable, but repeated logical contradictions leave its progression only partly coherent.

This Category

66.4

11 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Central events are generally understandable, but strained or unexplained actions and relationships recur.

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C12

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

This Video

83.3

This Video · Assessment

This video preserves requested text content, typography, placement, attachment, legibility, and temporal stability very reliably, with only isolated limitations.

This Category

30.3

7 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Requested text remains partly recognizable, but important content or stability regularly fails.

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C13

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

This Video

100.0

This Video · Assessment

Exceptional, nuanced, emotionally specific performance with convincing intention and inner life.

This Category

59.0

21 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Clear acting choices are present, but repeated empty or inconsistent beats make performance uneven.

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Differences within model family

Differences between other models

CategoryKling 3 StandardMiniMax Hailuo 03Gemini Omni FlashSeedance 2.0 MiniVeo 3.1
C01Prompt Adherence82.690.390.587.779.5
C03Physics57.656.558.850.645.3
C02Scene Consistency82.590.281.178.080.0
C04Human Fidelity79.684.473.664.865.9
C052D Animation Craft & Artistry44.557.542.561.747.5
C063D Animation Craft & Artistry66.067.562.062.049.0
C11Causal & Semantic Coherence66.477.362.770.965.5
C08Taste & Art Direction63.365.360.060.751.9
C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry75.778.672.964.362.9
C09Animal & Creature Fidelity71.472.975.782.967.1
C10Object & Product Fidelity89.981.699.088.495.6
C12Text Fidelity30.390.076.363.841.7
C13Character Performance & Acting59.063.063.063.062.0

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Changelog

Videos generated by
Kling API on August 11, 2026
Evaluated
August 11, 2026
Benchmark
v-benchmark v2 by Megaton
Publication
1.0.0