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MiniMax H3 by @MiniMax_AI earned an Elo of 1325 on Video Arena (published…

2026-08-04 · 22:06 UTC ·@DesignArena ·0 min read

Brief

MiniMax H3 by @MiniMax_AI achieved an Elo of 1325 on Video Arena on 2026-08-04, a 209-point gain over MiniMax Hailuo-2.3 (Pro), placing it second overall behind Gemini Omni Flash (@GoogleDeepMind) and ahead of Seedance 2.0 Mini (@BytePlusGlobal). Among open weights it ranks first—surpassing LTX 2.3 and Kandinsky 5.0 Pro—and establishes a new open-weight SOTA in video generation.

Why it matters

MiniMax H3 by @MiniMax_AI earned an Elo of 1325 on Video Arena (published 2026-08-04), a 209-point improvement over MiniMax Hailuo-2.3 (Pro).

Key details

  • MiniMax H3 ranks 2nd overall on Video Arena, positioned behind Gemini Omni Flash (@GoogleDeepMind) and ahead of Seedance 2.0 Mini (@BytePlusGlobal), making @MiniMax_AI the 2nd video lab overall.
  • Among open-weight models, MiniMax H3 is 1st overall—ahead of LTX 2.3 (@Lightricks) and Kandinsky 5.0 Pro (AI-Forever)—setting a new open-weight SOTA in video generation.
Source evidence

MiniMax H3 by @MiniMax_AI is 2nd overall on Video Arena with an Elo of 1325.

This is a 209 Elo increase from @MiniMax_AI’s previous video model, MiniMax Hailuo-2.3 (Pro), putting them behind Gemini Omni Flash by @GoogleDeepMind and ahead of Seedance 2.0 Mini by @BytePlusGlobal. With this performance, they establish themselves as the 2nd video lab overall.

Among open weights, the model is 1st overall, ahead of LTX 2.3 by @Lightricks and Kandinsky 5.0 Pro by AI-Forever.

By a substantial gap, MiniMax has set a new SOTA on open weight video generation.

Congratulations to the @MiniMax_AI team on the achievement!