Running MiniMax H3 locally on a 16GB Mac: 8-10s clips in 15-20 minutes
coberholzer · reddit · 2026-09-22
A Reddit user ran the MiniMax H3 video generation model locally via Draw Things on a MacBook Pro M5 (16GB RAM), testing its first-frame/last-frame capability.
- Prompt adherence was exceptional, with strong grasp of film techniques and terminology
- An 8-10 second clip took roughly 15-20 minutes, sped up with a 3-step LoRA
- Weaknesses: stiff character movement and robotic AI voices, expected to improve in the next iteration
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