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MiniMax H3 vs Wan 3.0
Compared only on public benchmark results, across the 2 tasks where both are listed: Wan 3.0 is a tier higher in 1 of 2 shared tasks, they share a tier in 1.
MiniMax H3
MiniMax's omni-modal video model with native stereo audio, up to 2K and 15 s; weights released, successor to Hailuo 2.3.
- Vendor
- MiniMax
- Weights
- Open: run it yourself
- Released
- 30 Jul 2026
- API price
- $0.08 per second of video (768p with audio, $4.80/min as listed on the AA text-to-video board ($5.40/min for image-to-video))
- License
- MiniMax H3 Community License Agreement (README links an application form for USA/EU/UK/South Korea)
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
Wan 3.0
Alibaba's closed, API-only Wan video models (2.5 onward) with native audio; distinct from the open-weights Wan releases.
- Vendor
- Alibaba
- Weights
- Closed: API and apps only
- Released
- Aug 2026
- API price
- $0.2 per second of video ($12.00/min as listed on the AA leaderboard for its benchmarked configuration (with audio))
- License
- proprietary
- Last verified
- 18 Oct 2026
Task by task
| Task | MiniMax H3 | Wan 3.0 | Higher tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Video generation Models | S1,159 on Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Text to Video (AA-Video-T2V v2.1, with audio) · Local | S1,174 on Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Text to Video (AA-Video-T2V v2.1, with audio) · Cloud | Same tier |
| Video editing Models | A1,125 on Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Video Editing (AA-Video-Editing v1.1, with audio) · Local | S1,200 on Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Video Editing (AA-Video-Editing v1.1, with audio) · Cloud | Wan 3.0 |
A tier spans a range of scores, and small gaps on a leaderboard are often within its margin of error, so only a different tier counts as ahead. How we rank.
Same benchmark, both results
| Benchmark | MiniMax H3 | Wan 3.0 | Snapshot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Image to Video (AA-Video-I2V v1.1, with audio) Elo (pairwise human preference), higher is better | 1,140 | 1,127 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Image to Video, no audio (AA-Video-I2V-Silent v1.0) Elo (pairwise human preference), higher is better | 1,356 | 1,362 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Text to Video (AA-Video-T2V v2.1, with audio) Elo (pairwise human preference), higher is better | 1,159 | 1,174 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Text to Video, no audio (AA-Video-T2V-Silent v2.1) Elo (pairwise human preference), higher is better | 1,121 | 1,135 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Video Editing (AA-Video-Editing v1.1, with audio) Elo (pairwise human preference), higher is better | 1,125 | 1,200 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| Artificial Analysis Video Arena: Video Editing, no audio (AA-Video-Editing-Silent v1.1) Elo (pairwise human preference), higher is better | 1,129 | 1,156 | 18 Oct 2026 |
| LMArena (Arena) Image-to-Video leaderboard Arena score (Bradley-Terry Elo-style rating from pairwise votes), higher is better | 1,495 | 1,480 | 22 Sep 2026 |
| LMArena (Arena) Text-to-Video leaderboard Arena score (Bradley-Terry Elo-style rating from pairwise votes), higher is better | 1,460 | 1,476 | 22 Sep 2026 |
| LMArena (Arena) Video Edit leaderboard Arena score (Bradley-Terry Elo-style rating from pairwise votes), higher is better | 1,392 | 1,414 | 27 Aug 2026 |