Question 1

How much does the MiniMax H3 Image API cost?

Accepted Answer

Published provider prices for MiniMax H3 Image start at $0.0115 per image (1K, KIE). Prices vary by channel, resolution and quality. The comparison table above lists each channel’s public price for the same output specification; token-billed channels show an output-only estimate that excludes input costs. When you call through Yir, you are billed the public price of the channel that ran the job, with no markup.

Question 2

MiniMax H3 Image or Nano Banana 2.1: which should I use?

Accepted Answer

Use MiniMax H3 Image when you want open weights you can self-host or fine-tune later. Use Nano Banana 2.1 when price comes first: its cheapest 4K channel on Yir costs less than H3 Image's, and it has more providers to fail over to.

Question 3

Which channel is cheapest for MiniMax H3 Image?

Accepted Answer

Lowest published price for each specification: 1K: $0.0115 per image via KIE; 2K: $0.0115 per image via KIE; 4K: $0.03 per image via KIE. The table groups channel prices by representative output specifications. Unit prices are directly comparable only when fee coverage, billing units and applicable conditions match. Output estimates are for reference, exclude separately billed inputs and do not guarantee equivalent pixels or quality across channels. Check the price details and resolution, quality and reference-image limits; Yir selects an eligible channel within your budget and routing settings.

Question 4

Does calling MiniMax H3 Image through Yir cost more than going to the provider?

Accepted Answer

No: each job is billed at the public price of the channel that ran it, with no markup; wallet top-ups of US$50 or more carry no fee (smaller top-ups add a flat US$0.50). Attempts the provider never billed and Yir's own delivery failures are free, and routing fails over to another channel so you don't pay for your own retries.

Question 5

What resolutions and aspect ratios does MiniMax H3 Image support?

Accepted Answer

Resolutions: 1K / 2K / 4K. Aspect ratios: 1:1, 2:3, 3:2, 3:4, 4:3, 4:5, 5:4, 9:16, 16:9, 21:9. Channel prices are tiered by resolution and quality; see the price comparison above.

Question 6

Can MiniMax H3 Image edit images or generate from references?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Send 1 to 16 reference images and describe what to change or how to combine them. Upload references with the Files API first, then reference them in the generation request.

Question 7

How much does it cost to test MiniMax H3 Image?

Accepted Answer

At the lowest public price of $0.0115/image (1K, KIE), US$10 covers about 869 images. You top up the Yir wallet manually and are charged only for attempts the upstream bills; attempts the upstream did not bill are free.

Question 8

What pixel size is a 4K MiniMax H3 Image?

Accepted Answer

About 16 to 17 megapixels. On KIE, 4K is 4096 × 4096 at 1:1, 5472 × 3072 at 16:9 and 6272 × 2688 at 21:9; the official route returns up to 5440 × 3072 at 16:9.

Question 9

How fast is MiniMax H3 Image at 4K?

Accepted Answer

MiniMax says a 4K image takes under 10 seconds on its own platform. In our test of six 4K text-to-image jobs on KIE, processing took 23 to 39 seconds, with a median of about 28 (November 2026).

Question 10

Can MiniMax H3 Image put text in images?

Accepted Answer

Yes. In the trail map on this page every title, label and legend line came out as written, though the model added a small "EST. 1925" line we did not ask for. Put the exact words in quotes and say where they go.

Question 11

Is MiniMax H3 Image open source?

Accepted Answer

The weights are public on Hugging Face as MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3-Image, so you can self-host or fine-tune later. Through Yir you call MiniMax's own API or KIE, with nothing to deploy.

Question 12

How do I call MiniMax H3 Image through the API?

Accepted Answer

Create a Yir API key, then submit generation jobs and fetch results through the Yir API. The API section above has a ready-to-copy sample; adjust parameters in the playground.

Output specification	Providers	Published provider price	Typical time	Try it

1K
1K	MiniMaxOfficial			Try it
1K	KIE	Typical time 15 sec	15 sec	Try it
2K
2K	MiniMaxOfficial	Typical time 27 sec	27 sec	Try it
2K	KIE	Typical time 26 sec	26 sec	Try it
4K
4K	MiniMaxOfficial			Try it
4K	KIE	Typical time 37 sec	37 sec	Try it

1	import { createNodeYirClient } from "@yir-ai/sdk/server";
2
3	// Reads YIR_API_KEY from the environment by default: process.env.YIR_API_KEY
4	const client = createNodeYirClient();
5
6	// 1. Submit an image generation job
7	const job = await client.submitImage({
8	model: "minimax/minimax-h3-image",
9	input: {
10	type: "text",
11	prompt: "Create a citrus sparkling water product poster: a clear glass bottle and fresh oranges, cream background, soft natural light, and a crisp product label",
12	},
13	parameters: {
14	resolution: "4K",
15	aspect_ratio: "1:1",
16	n: 1,
17	},
18	});
19
20	// 2. Wait for the job to finish and deliver its result
21	const result = await client.waitForJob(job.id);
22	console.log("Delivered files:", result.result);
23	if (result.result && "files" in result.result) {
24	for (const file of result.result.files) {
25	console.log("->", file.url);
26	}
27	}

MiniMax H3 Image API