1080p premium by row: Recast +50%, H3 Max +100%, H3 has no 1080p
Moving up to 1080p adds 50% to H3 Max Recast and 100% to MiniMax H3 Max on Sume, while MiniMax H3 stops at 768p. Per-second and per-10-second figures.
On Sume, 1080p costs 50 percent more than 768p on H3 Max Recast ($0.5625 against $0.375 per second) and 100 percent more on MiniMax H3 Max ($0.20 against $0.10 per second). MiniMax H3 has no 1080p row, only 480p and 768p.
Per-second and per-10-second
All three rows are billed at provider list times 1.25. The percentage is the same on list and billable prices.
| Row | 768p per second | 1080p per second | Premium | 10 s at 768p | 10 s at 1080p |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MiniMax H3 | $0.075 | not offered | - | $0.75 | - |
| MiniMax H3 Max | $0.10 | $0.20 | +100% | $1.00 | $2.00 |
| H3 Max Recast | $0.375 | $0.5625 | +50% | $3.75 | $5.63 |
What the extra pixels are
On MiniMax H3 Max, 1080p is a latent refinement from native 768p. The model renders at 768p, then refines to 1080p, so the premium pays for the second step. That is why the clip is never cheaper than its 768p version. A 1080p request on plain MiniMax H3 is refused: "1080p is not supported by model minimax-h3."
On Recast the extra is a higher output resolution for the swapped video, and the default stays 768p. The premium is smaller in percentage but larger in dollars: on a 10-second source it is $1.88, against $1.00 on H3 Max.
When to take the premium
A 768p draft answers most questions: does the prompt work, is the swap clean, is the pacing right. Spend the premium on files that will play full screen, on a large display, or in a paid placement where the platform will recompress anyway. If the final destination is a phone feed that recompresses heavily, test whether the 768p version is good enough before paying double.
- Draft at 480p or 768p, finish at 1080p.
- Do not re-run a 1080p take for a prompt problem; fix the prompt at 768p.
- Check opening frames of 1080p image-to-video clips for a crop jump after two frames.
A budget example
A team makes ten 10-second ads for one launch and needs five of them at 1080p. On H3 Max the plan is 10 drafts at 768p, 10 x $1.00 = $10.00, and 5 finals at 1080p, 5 x $2.00 = $10.00, for $20.00. Making all ten at 1080p from the start would be $20.00, and it would pay for five finals you did not need. The draft-then-final plan saves $0.00 even after the cost of the drafts.
Review the forecast monthly against real usage. If the share of re-runs is above one in five, the problem is usually in the source files or photos rather than in the model, and fixing the inputs is cheaper than paying for more takes. Track jobs by source length, since that is what sets the price, and keep exports at the length you quoted.
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