{"slug": "minimax-releases-open-weight-h3-image-model-with-4k-output-on-hugging-face", "title": "MiniMax releases open-weight H3-Image model with 4K output on Hugging Face", "summary": "MiniMax released H3-Image, a 33.1 billion parameter open-weight diffusion transformer model that generates and edits images natively at up to 4096×4096 and 6272×2688, on November 10, 2026 via Hugging Face, MiniMax Code and the company's APIs. The community license excludes use in the US, EU, UK and South Korea, and larger companies need written authorization from MiniMax. API pricing runs about $0.022 per 1K image and $0.069 per 4K image, with promotional discounts through November 17, 2026, and local use requires the separate Qwen3-VL-32B text encoder.", "body_md": "# MiniMax releases open-weight H3-Image model with 4K output on Hugging Face\n\nPhoto: Merlin Lightpainting / Pexels\n\nThe Chinese AI firm's 33.1 billion parameter model combines image generation and editing, but its license excludes users in the US, EU, UK, and South Korea\n\nMiniMax has released H3-Image, an open-weight image model that generates and edits pictures at 4K resolution.\n\nThe model went live on November 10, 2026. It is available on Hugging Face under the MiniMaxAI organization, through MiniMax Code, and via the company’s APIs. Developers can download the weights and run the model themselves, or pay per image through the API.\n\nThere is a catch for a large share of the world’s developers. The community license excludes use in the US, the EU, the UK, and South Korea. The weights are public, but the welcome mat has a few countries crossed off.\n\n## What H3-Image actually does\n\nMost image tools split the work in two: one model creates images from text and another edits them. H3-Image handles both jobs in a single framework, covering text-to-image generation and advanced editing.\n\nUnder the hood, it runs on a diffusion transformer, or DiT, architecture. The model has **33.1 billion parameters**, the internal settings it learned during training.\n\nOutput resolution is the headline feature. H3-Image produces native images of approximately 16 megapixels, with supported sizes including 4096×4096. It can also go wider, up to 6272×2688, which is a shape better suited to panoramas and banners than profile pictures.\n\n“Native” matters here. Many image models generate at a lower resolution and then upscale, a bit like stretching a photo and hoping nobody zooms in. Native output means the model builds the image at full size from the start.\n\n### AI, tech, and the markets they move—in one daily briefing.\n\nDaily. Free. Join 34,000+ readers across crypto, finance, and policy.\n\n## Speed, references, and the fine print\n\nGeneration is efficient. H3-Image needs only about 6 sampling steps to produce an image, and it does so without classifier-free guidance.\n\nThe model also accepts up to 16 reference images at once. That gives users a way to show the model what they want, such as a character, a product, or a style, rather than describing it entirely in words.\n\nPricing on the API runs approximately $0.022 for a 1K image and approximately $0.069 for a 4K image. MiniMax is also offering promotional discounts until November 17, 2026.\n\nRunning the model locally comes with an additional requirement. Full functionality depends on a separate text encoder, Qwen3-VL-32B, which translates prompts into a form the image model can work with. So the download is really two large models, not one.\n\nIntegration arrived quickly. ComfyUI, the node-based interface widely used for building image generation workflows, supported H3-Image immediately upon release.\n\n## The licensing question\n\nThe community license bars use in the US, EU, UK, and South Korea. On top of that, larger companies need written authorization from MiniMax to use the model.\n\n## A derivative already in the mix\n\nThe ecosystem around H3-Image is already moving. A derivative model called P-H3-Image was announced on November 3, 2026, with claims of faster inference on consumer hardware.\n\n**Disclosure:** This article was edited by Diego Almada Lopez. 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