MiniMax H3
MiniMax-H3 is MiniMax's general-purpose video model on the current video API. The API ID is MiniMax-H3.
Provider
MiniMax
Model family
MiniMax H
Video generation
Cost tier
H3
Status
Current
Why teams choose it
Complex reasoning
Useful for workflows that require structured thinking, multi-step logic, and deeper analysis than lightweight models provide.
Long-context analysis
Helps teams summarize, compare, and extract insights from long documents without losing important nuance.
MiniMax roadmap vigilance
Use published model pages—not stale marketing blurbs—for modalities, quotas, pricing, and policy; schedule revalidation tied to vendor release notes.
Cost-efficient routing
Useful as part of a routing stack where cheap models handle drafts and confirmations and this tier handles genuinely hard passages.
Tradeoffs to know
- MiniMax does not publish a launch date on the video guide or pricing page checked October 30, 2026.
- Generation is asynchronous: the create call returns a task ID.
Benchmarks
No independent or vendor benchmark scores in this catalog entry.
Technical specs
- Inputs
- text, image, video, audio
- Outputs
- video
- License
- Proprietary API
- API ID
MiniMax-H3- Extra Image Usd
- 0.04
- Duration Seconds
- 4, 15
- Free Images Per Task
- 5
- Output Usd Per Second 2k
- 0.13
- Output Usd Per Second 768p
- 0.08
- Capabilities
- Text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference generation
- 768P and 2K output
- 4 to 15 second clips
MiniMax H family lineup
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MiniMax H3 FAQ
What is MiniMax H3?
MiniMax-H3 is MiniMax's general-purpose video model on the current video API. The API ID is MiniMax-H3. It accepts text, image, video, and audio and supports text-to-video, image-to-video, and reference generation. The model list documents 768P and 2K output and durations of 4 to 15 seconds. Pay-as-you-go prices per second of output video are $0.13 at 2K and $0.08 at 768P. Input video is the same per-second rate as output video at the selected resolution. The first 5 images in a task are free; further images are $0.04 each. Audio input is free. MiniMax's docs checked October 30, 2026 do not give a launch date.
When does MiniMax H3 fit best?
First- and last-frame image-to-video
What should teams watch out for with MiniMax H3?
MiniMax does not publish a launch date on the video guide or pricing page checked October 30, 2026.
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