MiniMax H3 vs Wan 3.0
Both of these generate sound along with the picture, which already sets them apart from most video models. The difference is what you can do about it: on Wan 3.0 the audio is a switch you can turn off, and on MiniMax H3 it is not — H3 has no silent mode at all.
Everything else divides cleanly. Wan 3.0 runs four times longer and reaches 1080p; H3 stops at fifteen seconds and 768p or 2K, but adds 21:9 and will work from an end frame with no first frame. The table is read from each model’s page, so it moves when the models do.
Side by side
Every figure below is read from the two model pages, so it moves when the models do.
Which one to pick
Wan 3.0
See the audio row: Wan 3.0 generates sound by default but lets you switch it off, while MiniMax H3 is always on with no off switch. If the video is going under a voiceover, into a muted feed, or onto a timeline that already has its own score, H3 will keep handing you a track you then have to strip.
Wan 3.0
The duration row puts Wan 3.0 at 2–30s against 4–15s, and the resolution row gives it 1080p where H3 offers 768p and 2K. Fifteen seconds is a hard ceiling on H3 — a thirty-second cut would have to be two clips stitched together, which rarely matches across the join.
MiniMax H3
The ratio row shows 21:9 on H3 and not on Wan 3.0, so an ultrawide clip would otherwise have to be cropped out of 16:9. The end-frame row is the other one: both take an end frame, but H3 is the only model here that accepts one without a first frame, which is how you land on a specific closing composition.
Frequently asked questions
Run the same prompt on both
They sit next to each other in the same model menu, so comparing them is a dropdown change rather than a second account.