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Google Veo 3.1 vs MiniMax H3
Specs, pricing, and capabilities side by side, plus outputs generated from identical prompts, so the only variable between the columns is the model.
Cloud
Google's high-quality video model with native audio, reference-image support, and frame-to-frame control.
Learn more about Veo 3.1 →Cloud
MiniMax's Hailuo 3 video model with native synchronized audio, multi-reference consistency, and prompt-driven editing of a finished clip.
Learn more about H3 →Overview
Creator
Google
MiniMax
Released
Oct 2025
Jul 2026
Available on
OpenRouterRunwareReplicate
MiniMaxOpenRouterRunwareReplicate
Model ID
google/veo-3.1
minimax/h3
Specs
Pricing
$0.40 per second
$0.08 per second
Max resolution
4K
2K
Aspect ratios
16:9, 9:16
21:9, 16:9, 4:3 +3 more
Clip length
Up to 8s
Up to 15s
Audio
Synchronized track
Synchronized track
Image-to-video
Start & end frame + reference images
Start & end frame + reference images
Negative prompt
Supported
-
Seed control
Supported
-
Text to video rank
#13
#8
Image to video rank
#14
#1
Video edit rank
-
#3
Samples
Establishing shotCamera motion, scene coherence over time
Close-upFluid motion, fine detail, temporal stability
Every sample is the model’s first result for the shared scene prompt (no cherry-picking), generated via Runware or Replicate. Hover a copy icon to read the full prompt.
LMArena ranks come from the arena.ai leaderboard (dataset, CC BY 4.0), boards of Sep 22, 2026 (text to video, image to video) and Aug 27, 2026 (video edit).
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