MiniMax H3

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MiniMax H3 is a multimodal generation system that produces video with synchronized stereo audio from supported text, image, video and audio references.

Key specifications

Specification score
24.6
License
MiniMax H3 Community License

The specification score summarizes recorded features and limits. It is not a benchmark result.

Inputs and outputs

Recorded modality support shows what this model can accept and produce. An undocumented modality is shown as unknown rather than assumed to be unsupported.

Accepts

  • Text input
  • Image input
  • Video input
  • Audio input

Produces

  • Video output
  • Audio output

Capabilities

VisionAudioStreamingOpen weights

What is MiniMax H3?

MiniMax H3 is a multimodal generation system that produces video with synchronized stereo audio from supported text, image, video and audio references.

The full workflow has several parts

The publisher describes H3-Context-IR, H3-Base and H3-Regenerate-2K. The base stage produces 768p output; the regeneration stage produces 2K output. H3-Context-IR is a hosted preprocessing system and is not included in the open-weight release. Downloading the base weights does not reproduce every part of the hosted pipeline.

Select the reference mode

First-and-last-frame generation and multimodal reference generation use different variants and input specifications. Choose the mode before preparing the assets. Write down which reference supplies appearance, motion, sound or scene context so the result has a clear brief to satisfy.

Review motion and sound together

The documented system supports clips up to fifteen seconds. Inspect the whole clip for identity drift, abrupt motion, invented details and audio that does not match the visible action. A strong first frame is not enough to assess a video model.

For local serving, use the supplied tokenizer and configuration files with the documented inference workflow. Read the MiniMax H3 Community License for your intended use. No hosted generation price is inferred from the size of the checkpoint.

Compare the finished deliverable

Use the same clip brief, duration and target resolution when comparing with Veo 3.1. Record both accepted-output cost and the time needed to repair or regenerate a failed clip.

Sources

Publisher source 1 Deployment limits and commercial terms belong to the selected checkpoint or API route.

How to evaluate MiniMax H3

Compare the model on the work you need to complete.

Tasks and inputs

MiniMax H3 is listed for Image-text-to-video, Text-to-video. It accepts text, image, video, audio and produces video, audio. Use the publisher’s input format and preprocessing for your chosen deployment.

Capacity and cost

Choose duration, resolution and frame rate together. Compare the cost of an accepted clip, including repeat generations.

Choosing a deployment

The weights are downloadable under MiniMax H3 Community License. Check runtime support and size the complete model and working context for your expected concurrency.

These records share a directory category. Check the source card, output type and deployment requirements before treating a model as a replacement.

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