FLUX 3 Max video model (fal)
Confirmed
Status
- Claim
Confirmed
- Our reporting
- High confidence
- Importance
- 2 of 5
- Last verified
- 25 October 2026
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Key facts
- Built by fal Research with Black Forest Labs on the FLUX 3 base model; text-to-video, image-to-video and keyframes-to-video on fal’s API
- Speed (fal): ~12.45 s for a 10 s 720p video vs 126.44 s for FLUX 3 and 277.80 s for Seedance 2.5
- Quality (fal): Elo 1139 on Artificial Analysis’ preliminary image-to-video arena, tied #1 with Seedance 2.5 (MiniMax H3 1141); AA text-to-video board read 2026-10-25: #6, Elo 1155
- Price: $0.0425 per second at 720p, discounted 75% from $0.17 until Nov 7, 2026
- fal’s X announcement (Oct 19) had ~444k views by Oct 25
What happened
fal, a model-hosting company, released a faster post-trained version of Black Forest Labs’ FLUX 3 video model, served only through its own platform, with a large launch discount.
Why it matters
Generation time for a 10-second clip falls to roughly real time, which matters for interactive and agent-driven video tools.
Sources
2 sources from 2 sites. Numbers match the chips in the text.
2 sources: 2 primary
Primary
- fal: FLUX 3 Maxfal.ai, official
- fal on X: FLUX 3 Max announcement (Oct 19)x.com, official
Changes
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