Genativity

Pouring coffee

The prompt “Coffee being poured into a clear glass cup in slow motion, steam rising, backlit”

Continuous fluid stream, transparency, refraction and steam. The benchmark shot for physics.

Models tested
16
Top score
5.00 7 models tied
Average
4.69
Lowest
3.33 OpenAI Sora 2

Every model, same prompt

The clips on screen play together from the first frame, muted. Open one for sound, controls and our notes.

FLUX 3

Black Forest Labs
5.00

Continuous slow-motion pour, the level rises plausibly and backlit steam rises throughout.

MiniMax H3

MiniMax
5.00

Correct low-viscosity stream, turbulence and steam, no artifacts.

5.00

Accurate stream breakup, refraction and steam dispersal, no artifacts.

5.00

Accurate turbulence, crema forms with correct surface tension, no gel artifacts.

Seedance 2.5

ByteDance
5.00

Continuous pour with plausible refraction and rising steam.

Seedance 2.0

ByteDance
5.00

Continuous pour with plausible refraction and steam, no looping artifacts.

5.00

Accurate turbulence, foam and steam, no artifacts.

4.96

Vivix W1

Vivix
4.83

Continuous pour into clear glass with a level that rises plausibly and backlit steam. Cuts to a second angle at about 3.5 seconds, which the prompt did not ask for.

Wan 3.0

Alibaba
4.67

Continuous slow-motion pour into clear glass, with the level rising and backlit steam, in one take.

4.60

Kling 4.0

Kuaishou
4.50

Continuous pour with a rising level and backlit steam, shown as three shots (side, top-down, steam) rather than one take. Cuts measured with ffmpeg.

Kling 3.0

Kuaishou
4.50

Accurate low-viscosity turbulence and foam; no gel artifacts (better physics than Sora on this one).

PixVerse v5.5

PixVerse
4.38

Pour stream is oddly clean with almost no splash turbulence or droplets against the glass wall.

4.28

Pour stream thins and disappears from frame with no pouring vessel ever shown (common product-shot framing, not a strong defect) and surface bubbles look somewhat static. Verified via frames: stream absence at end is real but mild, treated as minor rather than severe.

3.33

FAILURE MODE: coffee inside the cup forms unnatural gel-like ribbed layers instead of turbulent mixing (00:02.5-00:07.0), despite a good initial pour stream.

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