**[MiniMax H3 Max Released Just a Week Ago Gets a Speed Boost: Turbo Version 2.5x Faster, Price Halved]** Beating AI Newsflash: AI inference platform fal has introduced a faster and cheaper version of the H3 Max, which was launched just a week ago. The H3 Max Turbo continues to be fine-tuned based on the MiniMax H3 and is optimized for fal's proprietary inference system. In official tests on 5-second, 768p videos, the generation latency dropped from 3.49 seconds on the H3 Max to 1.40 seconds on the Turbo, approximately 2.5 times faster. While speed has improved, there is a slight decline in quality. According to fal's internal evaluation, the original H3 Max's quality is rated at 100%, while the Turbo scores 97%. The company claims that prompt comprehension, aesthetics, and overall quality are largely retained, and asserts that the Turbo still outperforms the original MiniMax H3 and other benchmarked video models. The H3 Max itself was only released on August 27, and within a week, fal has already accelerated its performance and reduced its price. The regular price for the Turbo's 768p output is $0.04 per second, half of the H3 Max's regular price of $0.08 per second. As part of the launch promotion, there's an additional 75% discount, bringing the cost down to just $0.01 per second—creating a 1-minute video costs only $0.60. [Original Link]