MiniMax-H3-Image
MiniMax launched H3-Image, an open-weights image model that makes 16-megapixel 4K images in 10 to 20 seconds and accepts up to 16 reference images.
H3-Image extends the H3 family from video to still images, with 4K output, editing and up to 16 reference images in one prompt. It is live on Hailuo AI. A separate 27B prompt-expander model, MiniMax-H3-Image-PE, was published on Hugging Face the same day to turn short prompts into detailed English descriptions.
- Date
- Tuesday 10 November 2026
- Lab
- MiniMax
- Kind
- open-weights
- Access
- open weights (restricted license)
- Price
- Half-price API requests at 16 megapixels and above during the first week
Figures
| Measure | Value | Measured by |
|---|---|---|
| Generation time for 4K image | 10-20 seconds 16 megapixels, unverified | company |
| Reference images per prompt | up to 16 | company |
| Parameters | 33.1B reported by OrcaRouter from the model card, not confirmed on a MiniMax page | OrcaRouter |
The license reportedly withholds rights in the EU, UK, South Korea and the US. Launch week gives 50% off generations of 16 megapixels and above. Sources disagree on the date, because OrcaRouter says the weights appeared on 2026-11-03.
Sources
- pasqualepillitteri.it/en/news/31797/minimax-h3-image-4k-open-weights-launch
- orcarouter.ai/blog/minimax-h3-image-pe-quiet-release
- pandaily.com/minimax-h3-image-open-weights-16mp-text-to-image-editing-six-step
- digitaltoday.co.kr/en/view/124173/minimax-unveils-open-weights-model-that-generates-16-meg
- technode.com/2026/11/11/minimax-releases-h3-image-weights-says-model-can-generate-4k-image
- techtimes.com/articles/330529/20261112/minimax-releases-open-weight-image-model-h3-image-o
- hackernoon.com/how-minimax-h3-image-handles-high-resolution-ai-image-generation
- eu.36kr.com/en/p/4066749635155078
This record was partly confirmed: some claims could not be checked on 10 November 2026. How we check