MiniMax H3 Image vs FLUX 3
Image Generator TeamFLUX 3 is the coordinate-layout model in this comparison. MiniMax H3 Image is the large native frame and the stack of up to 16 reference images, at 8, 12, or 32 credits.
Some pictures are placed. A title sits in a box, a caption sits under a module, a rule sits on a margin you could describe with coordinates. Some pictures are gathered. Sixteen photos already exist, and the new frame has to be large enough to hold them without starting from a thumbnail. FLUX 3 is the placement tool in this comparison. MiniMax H3 Image is the gathering tool: a native frame of about 16 megapixels, and up to sixteen reference images.
FLUX 3 is not the FLUX.2 row in this site’s picker. Do not copy this page onto that model. Coordinate layout is stated here only for FLUX 3. Large native output and reference count are stated here only for MiniMax H3 Image. No latency, no benchmark, and no currency price is added for either side.
Coordinates versus a pile of references
Coordinate layout means you can tell the model where a block goes, not merely what the picture is “about.” A poster with a masthead at the top, a single object in a measured margin, and a footer line is that kind of brief. If the layout is the work, FLUX 3 is the side this article assigns it to. MiniMax H3 Image will follow a prompt, including “leave space at the top,” but this comparison does not claim coordinate placement for it. Asking H3 to imitate a grid by adjectives is how people waste a 4K render.
The H3 brief is the opposite shape. You already have the parts as images. On this site you can attach up to sixteen of them, and the prompt cites them in upload order: Image 1 through Image 16. A campaign still might use a product photo, a material swatch, a location, a previous approved crop, and a color reference, then ask for one new frame. That is reference count, not a coordinate system. The image-to-image page is where those uploads belong. If you have no files yet, text to image is the empty-canvas path. Both sit on the homepage generator.
The large frame is the other H3 fact. About 16MP is the 4K tier. It costs 32 credits. 2K costs 12. 1K costs 8. Use 1K while you learn whether the sixteen files are even the right files. Move up only when the composition is the one you mean to keep. A coordinate layout that is wrong at small size is still wrong when you buy a larger FLUX 3 frame, and this article will not invent what that larger frame costs.
What not to mix up
People mix FLUX 3 with FLUX.2 because the names share a brand. The model list on this site can include FLUX.2. This article is not its spec sheet. If you need the coordinate behavior described above, do not assume the FLUX.2 entry provides it. Open FLUX 3’s own materials for that behavior, and do not ask this page for a number it does not have.
People also mix “a big PNG” with “a designed page.” A 16MP file can still have the headline in the wrong place. Size does not place type. If placement is the acceptance test, FLUX 3 stays the tool even when you would have liked more reference slots. If the acceptance test is “use these photos, and keep the file large,” H3 stays the tool even when you would have liked coordinates.
The model page lists H3’s own limits: sixteen references, the area tiers, PNG output, no transparent background, and no mask. It does not list a coordinate API. The pricing page is where plan size lives. Neither page is a FLUX 3 price list.
Vendor speed and price stay on two links
MiniMax’s published speed and price were not copied into this article. Read MiniMax’s H3 Image post. The Fal listing this site uses is the H3 Image model page. Retrieval date: 2026-11-11. FLUX 3’s currency price is omitted on purpose. So is any sentence of the form “H3 is N percent cheaper” or “FLUX 3 is N seconds faster.”
| Job | MiniMax H3 Image here | FLUX 3 |
|---|---|---|
| Place blocks by coordinates | Not claimed | The advantage |
| Native frame | About 16MP at 4K | Not claimed here |
| Reference images | Up to 16 in one request | Not the advantage in this comparison |
| Credits on this site | 1K 8, 2K 12, 4K 32 | Not listed |
| Output on this site | PNG, opaque | Not described here |
Decide from the brief’s first sentence
Read the first sentence of the brief before you pick. “Put the title in the top band and the object on the lower third” is a coordinate problem. “Rebuild this scene from these photographs at a large native size” is an H3 problem. If the brief contains both, split the work: place the layout with the tool that has coordinates, and build the photographic plate with the tool that has the references and the about-16MP tier. One model does not have to lose a contest it was not entered in.
FAQ
Is FLUX 3 the same product as FLUX.2 on this site?
No. This page only assigns coordinate layout to FLUX 3. It does not restate FLUX.2’s catalog copy.
Does H3 accept layout coordinates?
Not as a feature this article claims. H3’s strengths here are the large native frame and as many as sixteen reference images.
What do the area tiers cost?
1K is 8 credits, 2K is 12, and the about-16MP 4K tier is 32. No dollar amount is printed beside them.
Where are the official H3 speed and price?
On the MiniMax blog post and the Fal model page linked above, retrieved 2026-11-11. Generate from the homepage, text to image, or image to image, and read limits on the model page and plans on pricing.