15-second vertical clip: MiniMax H3 768p $1.125 vs Wan 3.0 720p $1.875

A 15-second vertical clip is $1.125 on MiniMax H3 at 768p and $1.875 on Wan 3.0 at 720p, from the Sume price tool on 2026-10-09. At 480p the two are identical at $0.9375, and at the top of each range H3 cannot match Wan: H3 stops at 768p, Wan 3.0 reaches 1080p ($3.75).

A Short's maximum upload resolution is 1080p (YouTube Help, read 2026-10-09). That makes Wan 3.0 the only one of the two that gets to it; H3 Max is the MiniMax route to 1080p.

Same clip, every tier they share

MiniMax H3's native tiers are 480p and 768p, and 768p is not 720p. Wan 3.0's are 480p, 720p and 1080p. Both accept 9:16 and 15 seconds.

Choosing

Use H3 when the budget is the limit and 768p is enough for the platform. Use Wan 3.0 when you want a clip longer than 15 seconds in one job (it goes to 30) or a 1080p tier without a latent step. Both accept audio and video references, and both produce audio natively.

curl -X POST https://api.sume.com/v1/videos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SUME_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"model":"minimax-h3","prompt":"Scene 1 of 3: ...",
   "aspect_ratio":"9:16","resolution":"768p","duration":15}'

Gotchas

• Send resolution 768p for H3, not 720p; the catalog lists what each model accepts.
• H3 minimum is 5 seconds, Wan 3.0 minimum is 2.
• Prices are linear: a 30-second Wan job at 720p is $3.75; two 15-second H3 jobs at 768p are $2.25 plus a $0.10 Timeline join.
• Prices are list rates read 2026-10-09; confirm pricing_skus before a large batch.