MiniMax H3 Text to Video
minimax/h3/text-to-videoGenerate native-stereo 2K video from text with MiniMax H3.
- Base price
- $0.65USD / run
- Execution
- async
- Model type
- video
- Input fields
- 5
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Examples
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Model card
Specifications
Pricing
- Base price
- $0.65 / run
Context & modalities
- Input
- Schema-defined
- Output
- video
Capabilities
- Chat
- Not supported
- Vision
- Not supported
- Reasoning
- Not supported
- Structured output
- Not supported
- Function calling
- Not supported
- Audio input
- Not supported
Access
- Provider
- MiniMax
- Model ID
- minimax/h3/text-to-video
- Execution
- async
- Base URL
- https://api.sandbase.ai
- API
- Unified Run API
- Endpoint
- /v1/run
Human preference
Arena
Elo ratings from blind side-by-side votes, compared with other image and video models.
Rankings sourced from Artificial Analysis Arena
- Leaderboard
- Text to Video
- Rank
- #2 of 32
- Elo
- 1121 ±19
- Gap to #1
- −13
Text-to-video arena (silent): people pick the better of two clips from the same prompt, without seeing the model names; audio is not judged.
- #1Wan 3.01134±19
- #2MiniMax H3 (768p)1121±19
- #3MiniMax H3 Max1117±18
- #4Dreamina Seedance 2.51105±19
- #5FLUX 31095±19
- #6Dreamina Seedance 2.01084±19
- #7SkyReels V41083±19
- #8Gemini Omni Flash 1.11072±18
- #9Agnes-Video-2.51053±19
- #10HappyHorse-1.11041±18
API README
MiniMax H3 Text to Video
MiniMax H3 generates native-stereo 2K video with sound from a written prompt, 4–15 seconds long.
Fields
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
prompt | string, required | — | Up to 7,000 characters. |
duration | 4–15, required | 5 | Output length in seconds. |
aspect_ratio | 21:9 / 16:9 / 4:3 / 1:1 / 3:4 / 9:16 | 16:9 | Output frame shape. |
resolution | 768P / 2K | 2K | Sets the per-second rate. |
aigc_watermark | boolean | false | Add MiniMax's AI-generated watermark. |
Billing
You pay for output seconds: $0.13 at 2K (the default) and $0.06 at 768P.
| Output | 2K | 768P |
|---|---|---|
| 4s | $0.52 | $0.24 |
| 5s (default) | $0.65 | $0.30 |
| 10s | $1.30 | $0.60 |
| 15s | $1.95 | $0.90 |
Failed runs are not charged.
Prompting
- Describe subject, action, camera, and sound in order.
- Quote dialogue and name the speaker.
Limits
durationis required.
Also on SandBase
Other MiniMax H3 endpoints: minimax/h3/image-to-video, minimax/h3/reference-to-video, minimax/h3-max/text-to-video (faster, cheaper).
Start building
Send your first request
OpenAI-compatible endpoint with unified authentication and usage tracking.
# The quoted heredoc keeps Unicode and shell metacharacters unchanged.
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-X POST "https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
--data-binary @- <<'SANDBASE_JSON'
{
"model": "minimax/h3/text-to-video",
"prompt": "A cinematic wide shot of an astronaut walking across a red desert at sunset, wind lifting fine dust, with natural footsteps and distant ambient sound.",
"duration": 5,
"resolution": "2K",
"aspect_ratio": "16:9",
"aigc_watermark": false
}
SANDBASE_JSON
)
run_id=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .id)
for attempt in $(seq 1 120); do
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
case "$status" in completed|failed|timeout) break ;; esac
sleep 2
result=$(curl --fail-with-body --silent \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SANDBASE_API_KEY" \
"https://api.sandbase.ai/v1/run/$run_id")
done
status=$(printf '%s' "$result" | jq -r .status)
[ "$status" = completed ] || { echo "Generation ended: $status" >&2; exit 1; }
printf '%s\n' "$result"Choose your model
Compare models
| Model | Type | Default price | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
MiniMax H3 Text to VideoThis model MiniMax | Video | $0.65 / run | Jul 29, 2026 |
MiniMax | Video | $0.20 / run | Oct 1, 2026 |
MiniMax | Video | $0.20 / run | Sep 2, 2026 |
MiniMax | Video | $0.20 / run | Sep 2, 2026 |
MiniMax | Video | $0.40 / run | Aug 31, 2026 |
MiniMax | Video | $0.40 / run | Aug 26, 2026 |
Questions
FAQ
How do I call MiniMax H3 Text to Video through SandBase?
Create a SandBase API key, then send requests with the model ID "minimax/h3/text-to-video" to Unified Run API (/v1/run) at https://api.sandbase.ai. The request examples on this page show the exact payload.
Do I need a separate MiniMax account?
No. One SandBase API key and balance gives you access to MiniMax H3 Text to Video and the other models in the catalog; you do not need to sign up with MiniMax separately.
