MiniMax H3 Tops Video Editing Leaderboard, Undercutting Rivals at $7.80/min
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-07-31
According to Artificial Analysis, MiniMax's latest video model H3 ranks #1 in video editing and top 3 in both text-to-video and image-to-video. It features a multimodal architecture, generating 5-15s clips at 24fps with native audio.
Pricing & Comparison:
- Priced at $7.80/min for 2K resolution, it significantly undercuts Dreamina Seedance 2.0 ($22.45/min) and Kling 3.0 ($20.16/min), sitting slightly above Google’s Gemini Omni Flash ($6.00/min).
Open Weights:
- MiniMax plans to release weights under the MiniMax Community License (commercial use for orgs under $20M revenue). If released, it will become the strongest open-weights video model available.
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