Turn and smile
The prompt “Medium shot of a woman turning her head from profile to camera and breaking into a genuine smile, soft daylight”
Facial identity has to survive a rotation. Watch for the face resetting into a different person mid-turn.
- Models tested
- 16
- Top score
- 5.00 14 models tied
- Average
- 4.95
- Lowest
- 4.17 Grok Video
Every model, same prompt
The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.
Kling 4.0
KuaishouTurns from profile to camera and breaks into a smile, with the same face through the turn.
Wan 3.0
AlibabaTurns from profile to camera and breaks into a smile showing teeth, with the same face and hair through the turn.
Vivix W1
VivixTurns from profile to camera with the same face throughout and breaks into a smile that becomes a laugh.
FLUX 3
Black Forest LabsTurns from profile to camera with identity fully intact and a natural smile that reaches the eyes.
PixVerse v5.5
PixVerse
Runway Gen-4.5
RunwayKling 3.0 Turbo
Kuaishou
MiniMax H3
MiniMaxIdentity stays coherent through the profile-to-camera turn and smile.
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMaxIdentity, earring and features stay stable through the profile-to-camera turn.
Google Veo 3.1
GoogleIdentity holds through profile-to-camera turn, no reset mid-shot.
Seedance 2.5
ByteDanceFacial identity holds through the full turn into the smile.
Seedance 2.0
ByteDanceFacial identity holds through the full turn into the smile, no reset mid-motion.
Kling 3.0
KuaishouIdentity fully coherent through the turn and smile.
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAIIdentity held through the full profile-to-camera turn and smile.
Google Gemini Omni
Google
Grok Video
xAIIdentity holds through the turn/smile, but a glitching yellow artifact appears in one eye late in the clip.
Ranked by our blind vision-model judge; models with the same score share a position. Read how we test.