Opus 5.5 takes 12 hours on an animation that MiniMax H3 makes in 5 minutes
The author spent 12 hours building an editable animation in code with Opus 5.5, while MiniMax H3 produced a 10-second clip from one prompt in 5 minutes at about $0.08 per second.
OPUS 5.5 TOOK 12 HOURS. MINIMAX H3 MADE THIS FROM ONE PROMPT IN 5 MINUTES no iterations, no storyboard, barely any directing Claude's version is better and editable because it built the animation in code. H3 gave me a finished 10-second clip, so it's not a clean benchmark still, H3 starts at $0.08 per second and a full 15-second 2K video with native stereo audio costs $1.95 if the lazy first try already looks like this, imagine what happens when people actually learn how to direct it
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