Run MiniMax-H3-Image-PE on Lium

MiniMax · Text generation · 27.4B parameters · 17.9 GB 5-bit weights · released 2026-11-08

It needs about 22 GB of VRAM. The cheapest setup that runs it is RTX 3090 (24 GB), from $0.20 per hour, billed per second.

Rent RTX 3090

Other GPUs that run it

RTX PRO 4000 Blackwell	24 GB	from $0.27 / hour	Rent
H100 PCIe	80 GB	from $1.90 / hour	Rent

How to run it

Rent the pod above, open a terminal over SSH or Jupyter and serve MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3-Image-PE:

vllm serve MiniMaxAI/MiniMax-H3-Image-PE

Claude Code and Codex can do all of it through the Lium CLI.

Frequently asked questions

How much VRAM does MiniMax-H3-Image-PE need?

About 17.9 GB for the released 5-bit weights, so plan on 22 GB with room for activations and KV cache at a short context. Longer contexts and bigger batches need more.

What GPU should I rent to run MiniMax-H3-Image-PE?

RTX 3090 (24 GB). On Lium that setup costs from $0.20 per hour, billed per second with no minimum.

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