MiniMax H3 Tops Video Editing Chart, Announces Open Weights

According to the latest evaluation data from Artificial Analysis, MiniMax's latest video model H3 ties with Google's Gemini Omni Flash for first place in the audio-inclusive video editing category (Elo 1130 vs 1121), ranks second globally in text-to-video (with audio), and top three in image-to-video. MiniMax has officially confirmed plans to release the model weights under a community license, making it one of the few leading video models to announce open-sourcing.

Confirmed

• In Artificial Analysis's video editing leaderboard (with audio), MiniMax-H3 (open-source) and Google's Gemini Omni Flash tie for first place by a narrow margin (Elo 1130 vs 1121)
• Tied for second globally in text-to-video (with audio), top three in image-to-video
• Model supports multimodal input, generating 5-15 second 24fps clips with native audio
• Model supports native 2K resolution and stereo sound generation, with rich video editing features
• 2K video priced at $7.8
• MiniMax officially confirms plans to release model weights under a community license

Why it matters

• H3 is one of the few leading video models to announce open-sourcing weights, potentially lowering the barrier to entry in video generation
• Native video editing capability breaks the limitation of generation from scratch, supporting direct editing with text, images, etc.
• The $7.8 price for 2K video is lower than most competitors, potentially attractive for commercial applications

2026-07-31 ~ 2026-08-02 · 7 related posts

Full story(20 episodes)→

• Episode 1: MiniMax H3 Video Model Tests Impress with Native 2K and Commercial Quality(2026-07-30, 59 posts)
• Episode 2: MiniMax Releases Multimodal Model H3 with 2K Native Stereo Video(2026-07-30, 18 posts)
• Episode 3: MiniMax H3 Model Coming Soon with Open Weights, Video and Multimodal Capabilities Spark Buzz(2026-07-30, 7 posts)
• Episode 4: MiniMax H3 Tops Video Editing Chart, Announces Open Weights(2026-07-31, 7 posts)
• Episode 5: Topview Launches MiniMax H3 at 30% of Seedance Price(2026-07-31, 9 posts)
• Episode 6: MiniMax H3 Video Model Nears Release with ComfyUI Support(2026-08-01, 2 posts)
• Episode 7: MiniMax H3 Video Model Hands-on: 2K Quality and Impressive Multi-shot Consistency(2026-08-01, 12 posts)
• Episode 8: MiniMax Video Model Goes Viral with Stunning User Tests(2026-08-01, 61 posts)
• Episode 9: MiniMax open-sources 33B multimodal video model H3(2026-08-02, 35 posts)
• Episode 10: MiniMax H3 and FLUX3 Overcome Audio Hallucination(2026-08-02, 2 posts)
• Episode 11: MiniMax H3 Local Tests: Benchmark Results and Comparisons Across GPUs(2026-08-03, 88 posts)
• Episode 12: MiniMax H3 Video Generation Model Tests Impress Users(2026-08-03, 15 posts)
• Episode 13: MiniMax H3 Runpod Template Adds Three Video Workflows(2026-08-03, 2 posts)
• Episode 14: MiniMax Video Model Generates Educational Animations(2026-08-03, 3 posts)
• Episode 15: MiniMax Releases Prompting Guide for H3 Video Model(2026-08-03, 4 posts)
• Episode 16: MiniMax H3 Local Tests: Performance and Optimization Across GPUs(2026-08-04, 13 posts)
• Episode 17: Ostris AI Toolkit Adds MiniMax H3 LoRA Training with Contrastive Guidance Loss(2026-08-04, 7 posts)
• Episode 18: MiniMax Releases 33B Open-Weight Multimodal Model H3 with Local Deployment(2026-08-04, 10 posts)
• Episode 19: NVIDIA Sol Engine Boosts MiniMax H3 Inference Speed by 3.95x(2026-08-04, 2 posts)
• Episode 20: Same-Prompt Test: Hailuo H3 Beats Seedance 2.0 in Visual Quality(2026-08-04, 6 posts)

• [source] AI Video Editing Leaderboard: MiniMax-H3 and Gemini Tie for #1 — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-07-31
• [source] MiniMax-H3 Tops Video Editing Leaderboard, Ties for 2nd in Text-to-Video — bdsqlsz · 2026-07-31
• [source] MiniMax H3 Tops Video Editing Leaderboard, Undercutting Rivals at $7.80/min — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-07-31
• MiniMax H3 Tops Video Editing Leaderboard, Plans to Open Weights — Mr_AllenT · 2026-07-31
• MiniMax H3 Tops Video Editing Leaderboard, Open Weights Coming Soon — multimodalart · 2026-07-31
• MiniMax Launches H3 Video Model with Native 2K and Stereo Audio — emmanuelvivier · 2026-08-02

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