MiniMax H3-Image Is Out: 16 MP, Open Weights, Price and My Test

quantslant@ai:~$ cat news_1 › On 10 November 2026 MiniMax, the Chinese company behind Hailuo AI and the H3 video model, released MiniMax H3-Image: an image generation and editing model that outputs about 16 megapixels (4K) natively, accepts up to 16 reference images and ships with open weights.

quantslant@ai:~$ cat news_2 › The same evening I ran more than 170 images through it via API for less than 5 US dollars.

quantslant@ai:~$ cat news_3 › Here is what MiniMax announced and what I measured myself.

quantslant@ai:~$ cat news_4 › The short version: a 4K image costs about 0.034 USD during launch week and takes 22-24 seconds, photo and illustration quality is very good, and 16 references really work.

MiniMax H3-Image Is Out: 16 MP, Open Weights, Price and My Test

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