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Running the model on an M5 Max MacBook Pro downloaded approximately 115 GB of model files and took just under 45 minutes for video generation.
The model is resource-intensive, requiring 115 GB of downloads and taking about 45 minutes to generate a single video clip on high-end Apple hardware. ✦ AI generated
article author · Simon Willison's Weblog · 2026-08-04 · original ↗
It downloaded ~115 GB of model files, and the video generation took just under 45 minutes.
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- ·~115 GB of model files required
- ·Video generation took ~45 minutes
- ·Single video clip output
- ·M5 Max is high-end Apple silicon
- ·Massive download footprint
- ·Minutes per frame, not seconds
- ·Consumer hardware strained at limits
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MiniMax-H3 is a general-purpose, omni-modal generative system that accepts text, images, audio and video inputs and can generate up to 15-second video clips with audio included.article author · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 85%A Python package has been created to port MiniMax-H3 to MLX for running on Apple Silicon.article author · Simon Willison's Weblog · conf 85%