9-second MiniMax H3 vs H3 Max on Sume: 768p and 1080p costs

On Sume a 9-second clip costs $0.675 on MiniMax H3 at 768p, $0.90 on H3 Max at 768p, and $1.80 on H3 Max at 1080p. Only H3 Max lists a 1080p tier. At 480p the two are the same price, $0.5625.

Per-second prices

Both models accept 5 to 15 seconds on Sume, so 9 seconds is in range. Prices are linear in seconds.

The price of Max

At 768p, H3 Max costs 1.33 times H3, a premium of $0.225 on a 9-second clip. At 480p there is no premium, so a draft pass costs the same on either model. Going from H3 Max at 768p to 1080p doubles the cost, $1.80 against $0.90.

A reasonable sequence is a 480p draft at $0.5625, then a 768p or 1080p render of the keeper. Three drafts and one 1080p final cost $3.4875.

Where else H3 Max appears on Sume

Sume also lists MiniMax H3 Max Lip Sync at $0.10 per audio second at 768p, which is a separate job that animates a face to supplied audio. It does not change the generation prices above.

Pin either model with the model field on POST /v1/videos; limits per model come from GET /v1/videos/models. See the Video generation page and verify prices in the catalog before a large run. This page compares list prices and says nothing about output quality.

• Draft at 480p on either; same price.
• Need 1080p: H3 Max is the only one of the two.
• H3 at 768p is the cheaper final if 768p is enough.

Reproduce the numbers

Every Sume price on this page comes from the public catalog at https://api.sume.com/v1/catalog, which needs no API key. Fetch it, find the row for the job or model named in the table, and multiply by your own seconds, characters or image count. Sume bills the list price shown in that row, so the catalog figure is the one that applies to your balance.

All figures on this page are Sume's own, as of 2026-10-09. Prices and limits can change, so re-read the catalog and the linked docs before a large run, and keep the arithmetic in a spreadsheet so you can update it in a minute.