MiniMax H3 Max
by fal Research
Five seconds of video in about three seconds, at the lowest rate in the studio.
What it is
H3 Max is MiniMax H3 as post-trained by fal Research, and the difference that matters is speed. Its makers report a five-second 720p clip in under three seconds, roughly 35 times the throughput of the model it is built on. At that pace a video model stops being something you commission and starts being something you try.
That changes how you work with it. Where a two-minute render makes you write one careful prompt and hope, three seconds lets you run the same idea four ways and pick. The models that win in practice are usually the ones you can afford to be wrong on, and this is the cheapest per second in the studio.
It takes a prompt on its own or a still as the opening frame, at 480p or 768p, from five to fifteen seconds. Use it for drafts, for social clips, and for anything where you need three versions by this afternoon.
What it is good at
fal measures a five-second clip in under three seconds. You can try a second wording without losing your train of thought, which is worth more than any single setting.
Against twelve leading video models, fal reports H3 Max first on overall quality, prompt understanding and aesthetics, on both their own and third-party evaluations. Their benchmark, not ours, and it is linked below.
Five seconds at 480p is the lowest amount any video model in this studio will put on the button. Draft here, deliver wherever you like.
Where it struggles
- It runs at 480p and 768p. There is no 1080p, 2K or 4K setting, so a final render that has to be delivered large belongs on another model.
- Clips run from five to fifteen seconds, like the rest of this generation. Anything longer is a sequence of shots, not one generation, and the Studio can build that for you.
- fal launched it at half price for a limited period. The amount on the button is the rate after that promotion ends, so the price you see is the price that keeps being true.
How to prompt it
Same approach as the H3 family: name the movement rather than the scene, and say it in the order it happens. The opening frame already carries what things look like, so spend your words on what changes.
An example that shows what that means
The camera drifts left along the shelf while she reaches in and lifts one jar out, everything else stays still, warm afternoon light from the window behind her.
What we offer here
Straight from the catalogue, so this list never goes stale. The price is the provider’s published rate with our markup on top, and it is on the button before you run anything.
Questions
How is this different from MiniMax H3?
Same family, retrained for speed. It is faster and cheaper, and it tops out at 768p where H3 goes to 4K.
What does five seconds cost?
The exact amount is on the button before you press it, and it changes with the resolution and the length you choose. 480p is the cheapest video in the studio.
Can I give it a start frame?
Yes. Connect an image and the studio switches to the image ingress on its own, so the still becomes your opening frame.