Project AURIONAI Use-Cases Research & Innovation
video generation

MiniMax H3 Max

API-only Max version of MiniMax H3.

MiniMaxMiniMaxChinaHailuo / MiniMax videoFamily
MiniMax
Levelmodel
Classvideo generation
Parametersnot in the notes
Contextnot in the notes
ReleasedAug 2026
Opennessproprietary
Runs onnot in the notes
Statusactive

Benchmark Results

independent
Artificial Analysis Text-to-Video leaderboardgenerative media
independent
1,130
8001,0001,200

Score in Elo; the axis starts at 800, as Elo has no zero. Higher is better.

rank 5, AA Text-to-Video leaderboard10 Oct 2026 artificialanalysis.ai
Where this comes from
Every score names who ran it: vendor-reported, maintainer-run or independent. A rank is shown with the population it was ranked in (gap rule 3).

Lineage

product ofsuccessor
MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3) to MiniMax H3 Max: product of, low confidenceHailuo 2.3 to MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3): successor, medium confidenceHailuo 2.3Hailuo 2.3MiniMax, Oct 2025MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3)MiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3)MiniMax, Jul 2026MiniMax H3 MaxMiniMax H3 MaxMiniMax, Aug 2026
MiniMaxMiniMax H3 (Hailuo 3) is the parent (product of)low confidencenotes
Where this comes from
Parent and child relations from model cards, Hugging Face base_model fields and the genealogy tables of the research notes. The tree shows two generations each way, 3 models. Confidence and evidence are the notes' own.

R&D Topics

Text-to-video foundation modelsproduced by

Identity

Developer
MiniMax
Family
Hailuo / MiniMax video
Released
Aug 2026 sourcessecondary report
Weights published
–
Record checked
10 Oct 2026
Where this comes from
Developer and dates from the research notes. Release date is the vendor's public announcement; weights date is when open weights were published.

Architecture and Size

Architecture
not in the notes
Total parameters
– sources
Active parameters
–
Checkpoint parameters
–
Context length
not in the notes
Input
text
Output
video
Where this comes from
Parameter counts as the developer states them. Where the checkpoint holds a different total, both are shown (register A16).

Openness and Access

Openness
proprietary
Licence
Proprietary sources
Access routes
API
Where this comes from
The licence file governs over registry tags and aggregator labels.

Deployment

Runs on
not in the notes
Footprint
not in the notes
Runtimes
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Deployment tiers and runtimes as named in the notes. Footprint is the notes' figure, not a measurement by AURION.

Indonesia

Indonesian support
not stated
Regional languages
not in the notes
Jakarta hosting
unknown
Languages
not in the notes
Where this comes from
Indonesia fields are carried on every model; unknown is an allowed value.

Industry Use Cases

No industry use case links this model.

Sources

  1. AA-Video-T2V v2.0 Leaderboard - Top AI Video Models | Artificial Analysis artificialanalysis.ai https://artificialanalysis.ai/video/leaderboard/text-to-video
  2. MiniMax Ships H3 Weights , With the US and EU Excluded rits.shanghai.nyu.edu https://rits.shanghai.nyu.edu/ai/minimax-ships-h3-weights-with-the-us-and-eu-excluded/

To cite this page: Project AURION, AI Use-Cases Research & Innovation, "MiniMax H3 Max", https://aurion.semai.id/models/minimax-h3-max/, records of October 2026.