{
  "publisher": "Perchy, LLC",
  "published": "2026-09-08",
  "scope": "Selected internal engineering and acceptance samples. Not a service level, universal benchmark, or guaranteed price. Managed inference API availability and service scope are agreed per customer; Perchy retains server administration.",
  "measurements": [
    {
      "model": "Ideogram 4.0",
      "date": "2026-09-08",
      "stage": "production acceptance",
      "configuration": "official NF4 Turbo12, 12 steps, 1024x1024",
      "samples": 1,
      "generation_seconds": 13.68,
      "delivery_seconds": 19.538
    },
    {
      "model": "MiniMax H3",
      "date": "2026-09-07",
      "stage": "isolated engineering validation",
      "configuration": "INT8 DiT, Larry Turbo 8NFE, single 96GB GPU, 1344x768, 124 frames, 24 fps, stereo audio",
      "samples": 2,
      "generation_seconds": [93.255, 93.188],
      "delivery_seconds": [98.92, 100.042],
      "video_duration_seconds": 5.166667,
      "quality_note": "Not a blinded quality comparison; no claim of equivalence to the full hosted workflow."
    },
    {
      "model": "SDXL",
      "stage": "controlled delivery comparison",
      "samples": 6,
      "same_settings_and_output_hashes": true,
      "median_delivery_seconds_before": 8.37,
      "median_delivery_seconds_after": 3.62,
      "relative_reduction": 0.5675
    }
  ],
  "h3_cost_scenario": {
    "provider_reference_output_price_usd_per_second_768p": 0.08,
    "provider_reference_url": "https://platform.minimax.io/subscribe/token-plan?tab=api-enterprise",
    "price_access_date": "2026-09-08",
    "local_hourly_rate": "user-supplied assumption, not verified pricing",
    "excluded": "operations, licensing, storage, transfer, cold starts, failed jobs, margin, hosted enhancements",
    "note": "No measured 1/30 total-cost saving is asserted."
  }
}