MiniMax H3 Max tops Artificial Analysis Text-to-Video Arena
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MiniMax H3 Max, served by Fal, took #1 on the Artificial Analysis Text-to-Video Arena with a score of 1117.2, up from #4 at 1097.5 two days earlier. MiniMax H3 (768p) sits at #3 with 1115.4, ahead of ByteDance Seed's Dreamina Seedance 2.5 (1099.5) and Black Forest Labs' FLUX 3 (1092.8).
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