compare/MiniMax M3vsMiniMax H3 Max Text to Video

MiniMax M3 vs MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video

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.

Sign in to runLive streaming uses your own key. It's free to sign up.
 MiniMax M3
minimax/m3
MiniMax H3 Max Text to Video
minimax/h3-max
ProviderMiniMaxMiniMax
FamilyMiniMax M
Modalitytextvideo
Context window1,000,000 tok
Max output4,096 tok
Released2026-06-012026-09-16
Input price$0.300 /1M$0.025 /sec
Output price$1.20 /1M
Cache read
Tools
Streamingyes
Vision
JSON mode
Reasoning
Prompt caching
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
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
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 M3
client.chat.completions.create(
    model="minimax/m3",
    messages=[{"role":"user","content":"hello"}],
)

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