MiniMax Officially Releases H3-Image: Open Weights, 16MP in 10 Seconds, Priced at 50-70% of Rivals
MiniMax 稀宇科技 · wechat · 2026-11-10
MiniMax officially launched H3-Image and released open weights. Derived from H3, it handles text-to-image, image reference and editing, generating 4096×4096 (16MP) images in 10 seconds — up to 5x mainstream speed; standard mode runs 1.5-2x faster and Highspeed 3-4x. It claims the strongest instruction following among open models with up to 16 reference images, priced at 50-70% of comparable tools, with first-week 50% off on 16MP+ requests. Post-training work spans data, RL, step compression, prompt enhancement and deployment optimization. Weights on Hugging Face; API live on the MiniMax open platform, MiniMax Code and Hailuo AI.
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