MiniMax Launches Open-Weight Video Model H3, Topping Video Editing Benchmarks
NerdyRodent · x · 2026-08-02
MiniMax has released H3, its latest video model, with plans to open-source the weights within days, potentially making it the strongest open-weights video model available.
Key Details:
- Capabilities & Pricing: H3 ranks #1 in video editing and #2 in text-to-video on Artificial Analysis. It generates 5-15 second clips at native 2K, 24fps with native stereo audio. Priced at $7.80 per minute, significantly cheaper than Seedance 2.0 ($22.45) and Kling 3.0 ($20.16).
- Multimodal: Takes text, images, video, and audio in a single context.
- Open-Source: Weights will be released under a Community License soon, bringing open video models to the level of closed frontier models.
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