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MiniMax H3AI video generator

MiniMax's 2K video model, with sound. On Leap, it sits beside 174 other models in one studio.

  • Text to video
  • Image to video
  • Up to 6 s
  • 16:9 and 9:16

6 s on MiniMax H3: $1.05. Your words wait while you sign in.

  • No subscription
  • Every top model, one account
  • Pay per run, priced before it starts
Northbound, shot 3, made on Leap
“The motorbike races across the frozen steppe, snow spraying; the girl leans forward and twists the throttle, the old man holds his hat; the camera tracks alongside, then lets them pull ahead into the fog.”How it was made

AI video generator

MiniMax H3 at a glance

MiniMax H3 is a video model from MiniMax. It makes video from words or a first frame, 6 seconds long.

Made by
MiniMax
Makes
Video
Starts from
Words or a first frame
Length
6 seconds
Shapes
16:9, 9:16
Prompt
Up to 7,000 characters
Price per run
$1.05
Run time
About 4 minutes
Updated
October 7, 2026

How it's made

From an idea to a film, in one place.

"Pastel drift", replayed step by step: GPT Image 2 makes the still, MiniMax H3 brings it to life. Two models, one studio.

The first frame of Pastel drift
Pastel drift, made on Leap
  1. 01GPT Image 2Makes the stillDone

    Car commercial frame, wide 24mm lens from just above a polished concrete floor. A vast seamless pastel-pink cyclorama studio stage lit by huge soft ov...

  2. 02MiniMax H3Brings it to lifeDone

    The coupe holds a long smoky drift in a full circle around the low camera, tyres screaming, smoke rolling across the pink floor and swallowing the len...

    3. "Pastel drift", made on Leap: two models, one studio, one library.

Made on Leap

More from MiniMax H3

  • MIRRA, shot 3, made on Leap

    MIRRA, shot 3

    Plumes of amber and pink smoke bloom and curl around the bottle and part to reveal it as the camera slowly circles.

  • Pastel drift, a real run on Leap

    Pastel drift

  • Northbound, shot 3, a real run on Leap

    Northbound, shot 3

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Why Leap

Why creators make it on Leap

  1. 01

    Every top model, side by side

    175 models from Black Forest Labs, Google, ByteDance, Kuaishou, Alibaba and more, side by side in one studio.

    See the models
  2. 02

    One click, or full control

    Character Studio, effects and recipes write the prompt for you. Or write your own for any model.

    See the tools
  3. 03

    Your work stays yours

    Everything you make stays in your library while your account is active, and you own what you make here.

    See what people make
  4. 04

    One balance for everything

    The studio, the API and your agents spend the same balance, and every run shows its price before it starts.

    How pricing works

Questions

MiniMax H3, answered

What is MiniMax H3?
MiniMax H3 is a video model from MiniMax. MiniMax's 2K video model, with sound. On Leap it runs in one studio beside every other top model, with one account.
Can MiniMax H3 start from a photo?
Yes. MiniMax H3 starts from words or a first frame. The photo becomes the first frame, cropped to the video's shape.
How long can the videos be?
6 seconds. You choose the length before you press go, and the price follows it.
What resolution and sizes does it make?
16:9 or 9:16.
How much does a run cost?
A 6-second clip costs $1.05. You see the exact price before you press go, and a run that fails costs nothing.
Is MiniMax H3 free to try?
No. There is no free credit: you add credit from $5, and your first top-up has no card fee. The cheapest run is $1.05 (a 6-second clip), so $5 covers four of those. You pay per run, in dollars, with no subscription.
Can I use what I make commercially?
Yes. You own what you make on Leap, so you can use it commercially, and we never train AI on it. The people and brands shown in a result can still have rights in it; the Terms say more.
Is there an API?
Yes. Leap's REST API runs it as minimax/minimax-h3, at the same price per run as the studio, and agents can call it through Leap's MCP server. The request is at the bottom of this page.
Do I need a MiniMax account?
No. Leap sends your request to MiniMax's model and gives you what it makes. One Leap account runs MiniMax H3 and every other model, in the studio, through the API and from your agents.

Your idea, MiniMax H3.

Every run shows its price before it starts, and one that fails costs nothing.

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For developers

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API docs
Model ID
minimax/minimax-h3
Makes
Video
Pricing
Per run, quoted first: POST /v1/quotes

Inputs

What the model takes. Leave out anything with a default.

Promptprompt
Text, up to 7,000 characters, required
First framefirst_frame
An imageAn image the video starts from. It is cropped to the video's shape.
Aspect ratioaspect_ratio
16:9, 9:16. Default: 16:9
Durationduration
6 s. Default: 6 s

The request

The same envelope for every model; only the model and its input change. With prefer: wait=60 the answer holds the result when the run finishes within a minute; a longer one is read again by its ID. Agents can call it through the MCP server at app.tryleap.ai/api/mcp.

curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations \  -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY" \  -H "content-type: application/json" \  -H "prefer: wait=60" \  -d '{    "model": "minimax/minimax-h3",    "input": {      "prompt": "The motorbike races across the frozen steppe, snow spraying; the girl leans forward and twists the throttle, the old man holds his hat; the camera tracks alongside, then lets them pull ahead into the fog."    }  }' # Video often outlasts the wait and answers "queued" or "running".# Put its "id" in GENERATION_ID and read it again until it is done:# curl https://api.tryleap.ai/v1/generations/$GENERATION_ID -H "x-api-key: $LEAP_API_KEY"