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fal's H3 Max Tops Video Boards, Speed Tests Impress

fal Research released H3 Max, a post-trained video model built on MiniMax H3, which topped the Artificial Analysis video leaderboard on launch day. Early user tests confirmed dramatic speedups, generating a 9-second clip in just 6.75 seconds.

2026-08-27 ~ 2026-08-27 · 2 episodes · 14 posts

Episode 1 · fal's post-trained H3 Max tops video leaderboard with order-of-magnitude speedup (2026-08-27, 12 posts)

fal Research released H3 Max on 08-27, a post-trained video model built on the MiniMax H3 base. It has been added to the Artificial Analysis video leaderboard and drew concentrated coverage from multiple evaluators and the leaderboard team on launch day.

Confirmed

  • H3 Max ranks first in image-to-video and third in text-to-video on the Artificial Analysis video leaderboard, where users can vote in the Video Arena
  • The model was post-trained for prompt adherence and aesthetics, and supports native audio generation
  • fal claims it ranks first overall in quality, prompt understanding, and aesthetics in both first-party and third-party evaluations (Artificial Analysis, Design Arena)
  • Speed is a standout: fal says it can generate a 5-second 720p video in under 3 seconds; @isidentical's benchmarks show image-to-video in just 6.4 seconds and text-to-video in 4.7 seconds—18x and 24x faster than the industry average respectively—establishing a new quality-speed Pareto frontier
  • The price was cut in half within a week of launch, with fal stating its goal is to become the leading video model in overall cost-performance

Why it matters

  • The model demonstrates that post-training (rather than training from scratch) can rapidly catch up to or even surpass the top of video generation leaderboards
  • With generation time compressed by an order of magnitude while maintaining highly preferred quality, it has direct value for latency- and cost-sensitive video production pipelines
  • fal, an inference platform, entering post-trained models is also a representative case of the 'platform + in-house model' strategy

Episode 2 · H3 Max Generates 9-Second Video in 6.75 Seconds in User Tests (2026-08-27, 2 posts)

Users testing Hailuo's H3 Max on the fal platform report impressive speed: a 9-second video generated in 6.75 seconds, and a 30-second video completed in one minute.