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Kling AI (Kuaishou)

Kling 4.0

v-benchmark v2 by Megaton benchmark
Generated via Kling · October 16, 2026Evaluated · November 3, 2026Leaderboard rank #2 of 18Last updated · November 3, 2026

83.84

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<Our Take>

Kling 4 is excellent at edits and delivers exactly what you ask for with a sheen finish. It occasionally can struggle with text but for modifying existing footage it's hard to beat.

Categories

Weight
C01Prompt Adherence20%90.42C02Scene Consistency10%96.75C03Physics20%75.29C04Human Fidelity10%91.85C052D Animation Craft & Artistry7.5%79.17C063D Animation Craft & Artistry7.5%84.00C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry2.5%72.86C08Taste & Art Direction6.5%68.06C09Animal & Creature Fidelity1.5%92.86C10Object & Product Fidelity1.5%92.50C11Causal & Semantic Coherence7.5%80.91C12Text Fidelity1.5%73.15C13Character Performance & Acting1.5%80.00C14Quality + Reliability2.5%88.40

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Categories

C01

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

This Video

100.0

This Video · Assessment

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

This Category

90.4

37 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Across the evaluated prompts, explicit subjects, actions, relationships, negations, and required text are fulfilled with near-complete consistency.

Models that scored similarly on this category

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential8
Major9
Minor9

37 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

96.8

36 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

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

Models that scored similarly on this category

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential5
Major1
Minor0

36 videos

C03

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

This Video

90.0

This Video · Assessment

Highly convincing physical behavior with one small localized imperfection.

This Category

75.3

17 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Motion and interaction are convincing overall, with recurring but non-disruptive physical anomalies.

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C04

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

This Video

80.0

This Video · Assessment

Strong human rendering with a few visible but non-disruptive issues.

This Category

91.8

27 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Human anatomy, identity, surfaces, and motion remain convincing across nearly all evaluated videos.

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C05

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

This Video

70.0

This Video · Assessment

Strong and convincingly 2D, with visible craft limitations or less-developed artistic choices.

This Category

79.2

12 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

The work is strongly and convincingly 2D overall, though execution or authorship is less consistent than the highest tier.

C06

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

This Video

60.0

This Video · Assessment

Coherent but noticeably synthetic, mechanical, stiff, or underdeveloped.

This Category

84.0

5 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

3D animation is consistently professional and expressive, with only isolated limitations.

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

72.9

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

80.0

This Video · Assessment

Polished, professional, and coherent, but more conventional or less distinctive.

This Category

68.1

36 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

90.0

This Video · Assessment

Highly convincing, with one very small localized defect.

This Category

92.9

7 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Anatomy, surfaces, movement, behavior, and identity remain convincing across nearly all evaluated animals and creatures.

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

92.5

8 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

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

Models that scored similarly on this category

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential2
Major0
Minor0

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.

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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

73.2

6 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Requested text remains correct and stable overall, though recurring secondary typography or motion issues are visible.

Violations

This Video
Essential0
Major0
Minor0
This Category
Essential10
Major5
Minor1

6 videos

C13

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

This Video

90.0

This Video · Assessment

Highly compelling and memorable performance with strong timing, attention, and expressive choices.

This Category

80.0

10 videos were rated for this category

This Category · Assessment

Acting is highly compelling and memorable overall, with only isolated limitations in timing or expression.

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Differences within model family

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CategoryKling 3 ProKling 3 Standard
C01-6.1-7.6
C03-5.3-17.6
C02-6.5-14.5
C04-1.8-12.2
C05-20.0-32.8
C06-26.0-18.0
C11-4.5-14.5
C08-2.2-5.0
C07-5.7+2.8
C09-12.9-21.4
C10-2.8-2.5
C12-48.9-42.9
C13-2.0-21.0
Essential · -48.9Major · 0Minor · +48.9

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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CategoryKling 4.0Seedance 2.5Wan 3.0Seedance 2.0P-Video 2 Pro
C01Prompt Adherence90.487.994.987.887.4
C03Physics75.384.171.866.567.7
C02Scene Consistency96.897.293.092.386.9
C04Human Fidelity91.893.386.782.280.7
C052D Animation Craft & Artistry79.280.070.066.770.0
C063D Animation Craft & Artistry84.076.076.070.080.0
C11Causal & Semantic Coherence80.993.678.280.970.0
C08Taste & Art Direction68.175.068.163.268.3
C07Cinematography Craft & Artistry72.980.072.968.677.1
C09Animal & Creature Fidelity92.995.784.380.084.3
C10Object & Product Fidelity92.5100.098.798.286.9
C12Text Fidelity73.293.382.585.883.3
C13Character Performance & Acting80.075.066.066.771.0

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Scores are from the active Megaton v-benchmark v2.0 publication. See how our scores are calculated in our Methodology.

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Kling 4.0 is ranked #2 in Megaton V-Benchmark v2

Methodology

Our score is based on our v-benchmark v2 methodology. This is a Core 36 evaluation with 85.73% weighted coverage, not a Full evaluation.

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Changelog

Published
November 3, 2026
V-Benchmark version
2.4.0
Megaton Index
83.84
Published rank
2 of 18
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<What you get>

  • The prompts and outputs used in our tests.
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  • Comparisons with other models and versions.

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