MiniMax H3 Max vs Ray 3.2
Almost every comparison of MiniMax H3 Max and Ray 3.2 on the internet is written from two launch announcements. This one is written from our catalogue: the specifications below are the records the studio sells from, read when the page is served, so they cannot go stale. Both clips were generated on Musevate, each from its own prompt, shown under it — so they show what each model does, not a like-for-like test. Nothing here is taken from either vendor’s reel, which is always the best of many attempts.
MiniMax H3 Max costs 14 credits for five seconds against 25 for Ray 3.2 — 1.8 times the price for the same length, which is the difference you will feel first if you iterate on a prompt.
MiniMax H3 Max generates its own sound and Ray 3.2 does not. If the clip has to be heard rather than scored afterwards, that is not a preference, it is the decision.
Neither is declared the winner anywhere on this page. Where a row has a better answer — a lower price, a longer clip, a larger render — it is marked, and the rest is left unmarked, because sound, mode support and the look of the output are differences rather than rankings.
Specifications read from the Musevate catalogue when this page loaded. Both clips were generated on Musevate, each from its own prompt, shown under it — so they show what each model does, not a like-for-like test.
Both, on the same platform
The part no specification table can give you. Each clip below came out of Musevate through the same pipeline, and the prompt that produced it is underneath.
Side by side
Every figure here is read from our catalogue — the records the studio sells from — when the page is served, so it cannot drift the way a written comparison does. Where a row has a better answer it is marked; where it does not, both are shown plainly rather than scored.
| MiniMax H3 Max | Ray 3.2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Price for a 5 second clip | 14 credits at 480p | 25 credits at 720p |
| Longest clip | 10 seconds | 10 seconds |
| Highest resolution | 1080p | 1080p |
| Generates sound | Always, as part of the generation | No |
| Text to video | Yes | Yes |
| Animates an image you upload | Yes | Yes |
| Takes reference images | Yes | No |
| Example generated on Musevate | Yes | Yes |
Prices are credits for a five second clip at 720p, or at the smallest size a model sells where it does not sell 720p — 480p for MiniMax H3 Max and 720p for Ray 3.2 — so the two are not a like-for-like price. MiniMax H3 Max and Ray 3.2 each have a full page with the rest of their specification.
Questions
Should I use MiniMax H3 Max or Ray 3.2?
It depends on the shot, and any page answering that without knowing what you are making is guessing. The honest way to choose is to run the same prompt through both — on Musevate that is two generations from one balance. The two clips on this page were each made from their own prompt, so they show what each model does rather than settling it. The differences above are the ones worth deciding on before you spend anything.
Is Ray 3.2 worth the extra over MiniMax H3 Max?
Ray 3.2 costs 25 credits for five seconds against 14 for MiniMax H3 Max — 720p for Ray 3.2 and 480p for MiniMax H3 Max, so the two prices are for different sizes. Whether that buys you anything depends entirely on the shot: on some prompts the difference is obvious and on others it is invisible. That is why both clips here are shown with the prompt that produced them rather than described.
Do I have to choose one on Musevate?
No. Both are in the same catalogue on the same balance, and the router will pick between them for you if you would rather describe the shot than the model. Picking by hand is there when you want it and never required.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax H3 Max or Ray 3.2?
They are not sold at one common entry size, so neither is simply cheaper. Five seconds of MiniMax H3 Max starts at 14 credits at 480p, and of Ray 3.2 at 25 credits at 720p. The studio quotes the exact figure for the size you pick before you spend anything.
Which makes longer clips, MiniMax H3 Max or Ray 3.2?
Both accept up to 10 seconds in one generation.
Do MiniMax H3 Max and Ray 3.2 generate sound?
MiniMax H3 Max does; the other returns pictures only, and anything you hear over it has to be added afterwards.
Can I use both MiniMax H3 Max and Ray 3.2 on one account?
Yes. Musevate is one account and one credit balance across every model, so comparing them costs nothing beyond the two generations. That is how the two clips on this page were made.
Run the comparison yourself
Both models are on one account with one balance. MiniMax H3 Max is 14 credits for five seconds at 480p; Ray 3.2 is 25 at 720p.
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