MiniMax H3
LMArena ID: minimax-h3
MiniMaxOpenminimax-h3-community-license-agreement
MiniMax H3 is an AI video model from MiniMax. On LMArena’s Text-to-video leaderboard it ranks 8 of 48 with 1460±9 from 11,417 votes. On LMArena’s Image-to-video leaderboard it ranks 1 of 48 with 1495±5 from 57,112 votes. License: minimax-h3-community-license-agreement.
Key figures
- Developer
- MiniMax
- License
- minimax-h3-community-license-agreement
- Released (per AA)
- Jul 2026
Who it is for (from the data)
- Best-quality seekers: #8 of 48 on Text-to-video, in the top 10.
- Both text- and image-to-video: it is ranked on both boards.
- Self-hosting or on-premise use: LMArena lists its license as minimax-h3-community-license-agreement.
- Existing MiniMax users: this vendor has 4 models on Text-to-video.
Neighbours on Text-to-video
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 |  Dreamina Seedance 2.0 720p ByteDance | 1479 | 56,318 | 1082 | Proprietary | +19 |
| 6 |  Wan 3.0 Alibaba | 1476 | 2,598 | 1135 | Proprietary | +16 |
| 7 | Dreamina Seedance 2.5 720p ByteDance | 1474 | 8,001 | 1105 | Proprietary | +14 |
| 8 | MiniMax H3 MiniMax | 1460 | 11,417 | 1122 | minimax-h3-community-license-agreement | |
| 9 |  Muse Video Meta | 1456 | 2,188 | – | Proprietary | -4 |
| 10 | AHappyHorse 1.0 Aorizon | 1427 | 22,264 | 1034 | Proprietary | -33 |
| 11 |  Sora 2 Pro OpenAI | 1368 | 54,167 | – | Proprietary | -92 |
Alternatives · More from MiniMax
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32 | Hailuo 2.3 MiniMax | 1206 | 89,138 | – | Proprietary |
| 34 | Hailuo 02 Pro MiniMax | 1198 | 9,399 | – | Proprietary |
| 36 | Hailuo 02 Standard MiniMax | 1181 | 9,379 | – | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | AA Elo | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 37 | KKandinsky 5.0 T2V Pro Kandinsky | 1175 | 2,019 | – | MIT |
| 38 |  Hunyuan Video 1.5 Tencent | 1169 | 4,292 | – | tencent-hunyuan-community |
| 41 | LLTX 2 19B Lightricks | 1154 | 75,596 | – | ltx-2-community-license-agreement |
| 42 | Wan V2.2 A14B Alibaba | 1132 | 10,458 | – | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 | KKandinsky 5.0 T2V Lite Kandinsky | 1113 | 1,474 | – | MIT |
How to read the scores
- LMArena score: people blind-pick the better of two anonymous videos for the same prompt, and the votes are fitted into an Elo-style rating; "±" is the 95% confidence interval.
- Text-to-video and image-to-video are separate boards, so scores are not comparable across them; AA Elo comes from Artificial Analysis on a different scale.
- If the gap between two models is smaller than their combined intervals, the order is not statistically reliable; treat them as the same tier. More votes mean narrower intervals.
FAQ
Where does MiniMax H3 rank among AI video models?
Text-to-video rank 8 (1460); Image-to-video rank 1 (1495) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
Is MiniMax H3 open-weight?
LMArena lists its license as minimax-h3-community-license-agreement (not proprietary); check the license text for commercial-use terms.
Can MiniMax H3 turn an image into video?
Who makes MiniMax H3?
According to LMArena, MiniMax H3 is made by MiniMax.
How reliable is MiniMax H3's score?
The scores are based on 11,417 votes on Text-to-video (95% CI ±9); 57,112 votes on Image-to-video (95% CI ±5). More votes and narrower intervals mean a more stable rank.
How far is MiniMax H3 from #1 on Text-to-video?
#1 on Text-to-video is Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash (1516); MiniMax H3 scores 1460, 56 points behind.
Sources
LMArena Text-to-video data published on Sep 22, 2026.
LMArena Image-to-video data published on Sep 22, 2026.
17NAS syncs the upstream leaderboards daily; this page's data was synced on Oct 26, 2026.
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