Runway releases video generation AI 'Gen-3 Alpha Turbo', faster and cheaper than Gen-3 Alpha, generates 5-second and 10-second videos, and is available on all plans including free trials

AI company Runway has released ' Gen-3 Alpha Turbo ', which generates videos from images. It is available for all plans, including the free trial, and is said to be cheaper than the already announced ' Gen-3 Alpha ' but with the same performance.

Gen-3 Alpha Turbo Image to Video is now available and can generate 7x faster for half the price of the original Gen-3 Alpha. All while still matching performance across many use cases. Turbo is available for all plans, including trial for free users.

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Below are examples of 'Gen-3 Alpha (left)' and 'Gen-3 Alpha Turbo (right)' created by the user. According to this user, the basic model Gen-3 Alpha seems to express more dynamic movement, but it has the disadvantage that there is a possibility of ' morphing ' in which an object changes into another object.

@runwayml Gen-3 Alpha Turbo model is out! It is insanely fast (7x) and very high quality too! Tho the base Alpha model still wins when you want more dynamic motions.

Here are 6 ????examples to test and compare the two models.

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The left is the normal model, and the right… pic.twitter.com/b006o1WRDm

— Erik (@LuoErik8lrl) August 15, 2024

Runway says that Gen-3 Alpha Turbo is designed to make AI video creation accessible to more people across all subscription plans, including free trials, and can generate videos 7 times faster at half the price of Gen-3 Alpha. According to Runway CEO Cristobal Valenzuela, 'It takes more time for users to type text than it does to generate videos.'

The cost is 5 credits per second of video generated. Credits can be obtained by subscribing, and the cheapest 'Standard' plan gives you 625 credits for $12 (about 1,770 yen) per month. Gen-3 Alpha requires 10 credits per second.

Other examples are as follows. The creator said, 'Again, while the base model wins in terms of dynamics, the turbo model is more consistent and stable. The character's face doesn't change when moving, which was a big problem with the base model. The turbo model is very faithful to the original image, but it is not completely immune to morphing.'

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Again, the base model wins in terms of dynamics. But Turbo model is more consistent and stable. It also doesn't change the character's faces when moving, which was a big problem with the base model. Turbo sticks to the original image really well, tho it is not immune from… pic.twitter.com/nCSDCBqpIA

— Erik (@LuoErik8lrl) August 15, 2024