Phosphene brings MiniMax H3 Image to Mac: 16MP offline, ~8.5 min on M4 Max
cocktailpeanut · x · 2026-11-11
Phosphene 5.0.15 integrates MiniMax H3 Image, running the model fully offline and free on Apple Silicon Macs via a Pinokio update.
Details: text-to-image at 4/8/16 MP with claimed realistic skin, hands, and accurate poster text; measured on an M4 Max with 64GB at 2 min (4MP), 4 min (8MP), and 8.5 min (16MP). Requires 48GB+ RAM; first-run model download and prep takes 25 minutes. Image editing comes in a later release. Licensed under MiniMax's community license, which excludes the EU, UK, South Korea, and the US.
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