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MiniMax opens H3-Base, now the top open-weight video model

The hosted H3 launched July 31 with stereo audio and up to 15-second clips. Base weights followed; the Context-IR and Regenerate-2K parts stay hosted.

Why it matters: The best open video model sits only 12 Elo points behind first place.

Parameters
33.1B (HF metadata)
Weights size
498 GB (HF repo)
Duration
Up to 15 seconds
License
MiniMax H3 Community License
API price
$4.80 per minute (768p)
BenchmarkScoreTypeMeasured or published by
AA-Video-T2V v2.1 (768p)1160 EloIndependentArtificial Analysis

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