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MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video vs MiniMax M3

Pricing, context window, capabilities, and release date — pulled from each provider's public docs. Both are available via the same AIgateway OpenAI-compatible endpoint; flip the model string to switch.

RUN BOTH LIVE

Paste a prompt. Watch them race.

Both models stream in parallel through your own AIgateway key. Tokens, latency, and cost update as they arrive.

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 MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video
minimax/h3-max
MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
ProviderMiniMaxMiniMax
FamilyMiniMax M
Modalityvideotext
Context window1,000,000 tok
Max output4,096 tok
Released2026-09-162026-06-01
Input price$0.025 /sec$0.300 /1M
Output price$1.20 /1M
Cache read
Tools
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video
minimax/h3-max
Full spec →

fal's H3 Max is a post-trained variant of MiniMax H3, tuned for stronger prompt adherence and better aesthetics while co-optimized with our custom inference stack for higher throughput with no compromises on output quality

Strengths
  • Text-to-video generation
  • Cinematic motion
MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
Full spec →

MiniMax's M3 language model with frontier coding and agentic capabilities, a 1M token context window, and multilingual support.

Strengths
  • General-purpose chat
  • Long context
  • Tool use
SWITCH BETWEEN THEM

One key, both models, one line different.

# pip install aigateway-py openai
# aigateway-py: sub-accounts, evals, replays, jobs, webhook verify.
# openai SDK: chat/embeddings/images/audio — drop-in compat per our SDK's own guidance.
from openai import OpenAI

client = OpenAI(
    base_url="https://api.aigateway.sh/v1",
    api_key="sk-aig-...",
)

# Try MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/h3-max",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

# Try MiniMax M3 — same client, same key
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)
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