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Kling 4.0

Kuaishou·

Videomultimodalcloud

Overview

Fourth-generation Kling video model with clips up to 30 seconds, up to 10 keyframes and up to 15 multimodal references per generation. Announced 2026-09-27 with a lighter Kling 4.0 Flash tier (capped at 720p and 20s) opened to top-tier annual subscribers on 2026-09-28; the full model followed on 2026-10-15.

Capabilities and innovations

30s videoNative audio4K outputKeyframe controlVideo generation10-keyframe sequencing15 multimodal referencesFlash speed tier

Benchmarks

No tracked academic benchmark applies to video models; the timeline carries no scores and no leadership tracking for them.

  • GPQA Diamond: not reported by the vendor
  • Humanity’s Last Exam (no tools): not reported by the vendor
  • SWE-bench Verified: not reported by the vendor
  • SWE-bench Pro: not reported by the vendor
  • MMLU: not reported by the vendor
  • MMLU-Pro: not reported by the vendor
  • Terminal-Bench 2.x: not reported by the vendor
  • MMMU-Pro: not reported by the vendor

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