› MiniMax H3-Image is an image generation and editing model from MiniMax, the company behind Hailuo AI and the H3 video model.
› It launched on 10 November 2026, outputs about 16 megapixels natively, accepts up to 16 reference images and has open weights on Hugging Face.
› On launch day I ran more than 170 images through its API for 4.98 USD.
› This guide collects the facts, the prices and my results in one place.