fal launches H3 Max, a post-trained MiniMax H3 video model optimized for sub-3-second 5-shot generation
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fal Research post-trained MiniMax’s open-weights H3 video foundation with new data and inference optimization, targeting throughput rather than just quality. fal claims a 5-second video in under 3 seconds (~35x faster than the official H3 endpoint), #1 across overall quality, prompt understanding, and aesthetics in fal’s head-to-head human-preference Elo over 12 models.
Why it matters
The first widely available deployment of an open-weights frontier video model at sub-second-per-frame economics, which changes the price ceiling for short-form generative video on fal’s API and via Playground/fal Agent.
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Introducing H3 Max by fal