Wave on rocks
The prompt “A wave crashing against dark rocks, spray and foam, overcast day”
Chaotic fluid with no repeating pattern. Models fall back on looping textures.
- Models tested
- 16
- Top score
- 5.00 10 models tied
- Average
- 4.84
- Lowest
- 4.15 PixVerse v5.5
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 LabsChaotic, non-repeating spray and foam against stable dark rocks under an overcast sky.
Runway Gen-4.5
Runway
Kling 3.0 Turbo
Kuaishou
MiniMax H3
MiniMaxRealistic spray atomization and gravity-driven drainage down the rocks.
MiniMax Hailuo 02
MiniMaxNatural crest, shatter and foam wash, no looping or static textures.
Google Veo 3.1
GoogleChaotic foam and spray on impact, no looping texture fallback.
Seedance 2.5
ByteDanceChaotic, non-repeating spray on impact.
Seedance 2.0
ByteDanceChaotic, non-repeating spray and foam on impact.
Grok Video
xAIAuthentic curl, spray and foam drainage.
OpenAI Sora 2
OpenAIChaotic spray and foam with natural drainage over rocks.
Vivix W1
VivixChaotic, non-repeating spray and foam on rigid dark rocks under an overcast sky. Shown as two shots with a cut at about 3.5 seconds.
Google Gemini Omni
GoogleAbrupt shot change around 00:04.5 not requested by the prompt; fine spray shows slight generative softness.
Wan 3.0
AlibabaThe wave breaks on rigid dark rocks and the spray falls back under gravity, under an overcast sky.
Kling 4.0
KuaishouHeavy spray and foam on dark rocks with runoff in the crevices, split into three shots. Cuts measured with ffmpeg.
Kling 3.0
KuaishouConvincing swell/break/runoff, slight blur in heavy foam.
PixVerse v5.5
PixVerseFoam/whitewater has an unnatural silky, long-exposure-like texture instead of turbulent particle motion.
Ranked by our blind vision-model judge; models with the same score share a position. Read how we test.