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MiniMax M1 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

Nemotron 3 Ultra leads MiniMax M1 on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.9 to 11.7, at about the same output price ($2.40 vs $2.20 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 28 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M1 Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
MiniMax M1MiniMax
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$2.20
0
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
28
vs boards won of 28 shared

MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick MiniMax M1 for output tokens 1.1x cheaper ($2.20 vs $2.40 per million) and a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).

Model AMiniMax M1MiniMaxNot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
28
MiniMax M1 only
1
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
43
Like-for-like categories
6 of 9

Only benchmarks that tested both models count toward a pick; a result only one model has is shown but not compared.

Which one for your work

Each card is decided by one number both models carry. Where only one has it, the card says so and makes no call.

At a glance

Coding index
MiniMax M1 not benchmarked, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Reasoning, 20.4 points apart on average over 3 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
LMArena Text: expert: MiniMax M1 1317 against Nemotron 3 Ultra 1472, 25.8 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M1 $2.20 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 1.1x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M1 takes 1M tokens, Nemotron 3 Ultra 262K.

Benchmark by benchmark

First the score: boards each model leads, per category, where both have a result. Then every board, a category to a fold; bars are each result on a 0 to 100 scale, so compare the two in a row, not one row with another.

Boards won, where both have a result
CategoryMiniMax M1BarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding02
Intelligence01
Reasoning03
Math02
Knowledge04
General016
All shared boards028
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index02
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Coding IndexNot measured49.3Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)Not measured86.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)Not measured69.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)Not measured7.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Code migration (Vals AI)Not measured4.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)Not measured50.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
SciCodeNot measured40.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured36.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
FrontierCodeNot measured13.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: coding13591467Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: software and IT13591468Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 30 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index01
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index11.722.9Nemotron 3 Ultra
Epoch Capabilities IndexNot measured146.0Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Agentic workDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured20.1Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)Not measured37.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)Not measured15.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)Not measured31.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
τ²-Bench TelecomNot measured83.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
APEX-AgentsNot measured22.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MCP AtlasNot measured63.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 35 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index03
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA DiamondNot measured86.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured86.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured28.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)Not measured85.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Mystery game puzzlesNot measured20.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13391452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert13171472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13531453Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 15 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index02
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
OTIS Mock AIMENot measured86.7%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ProofBenchNot measured2.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: math13611457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work13631462Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index04
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU ProNot measured85.8%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)Not measured82.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)Not measured65.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)Not measured73.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
MedCode (Vals AI)Not measured38.6%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text: science13541465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13551455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government13371453Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance13191435Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 11 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index8 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websitesNot measured1145Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: UI componentsNot measured1135Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: game devNot measured1138Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: data vizNot measured1142Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: 3DNot measured1132Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: all code categoriesNot measured1146Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: SVGNot measured1069Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Design Arena: ASCII artNot measured1100Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 1 board here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index016
General benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
IFBenchNot measured81.4%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)Not measured79.3%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
DTBenchNot measured90.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMCANot measured36.9%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
LMArena Text13431445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following13121418Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: creative writing12971398Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: English13631454Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English13191427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese13601498Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German13501474Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1218Not measuredOnly MiniMax M1 measured
LMArena Text: Korean12661385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French13701473Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish13531454Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian13291417Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Polish13291385Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: multi-turn13351411Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: longer queries13261437Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: writing and language13111405Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13031397Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 27 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M1Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
Neither model has a result on 5 boards here

What each workload costs

Three fixed token mixes at each model's listed price, so per-token rates become a bill.

Chat turn

1K input + 500 output tokens

MiniMax M1$0.0015Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

MiniMax M1 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M1$0.027Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

MiniMax M1 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M1$0.102Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

MiniMax M1 costs less

Listed OpenRouter rates, without cache or batch discounts. A workload that does not fit a model's context window would need splitting.

Specification differences

The leading value in a row is marked; a row with a missing value names no leader. Our two rows are marked in red.

Specifications of MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationMiniMax M1NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerMiniMaxNVIDIA
WeightsNo public weights listedOpen weights
ReleasedJune 17, 2025June 4, 2026
Context window1M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.40$0.60
Output $/Mtok$2.20$2.40
Coding indexNot benchmarked30.0
Independent measurements behind it03
Cost per solved taskNot computableNot computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M1 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Only Nemotron 3 Ultra has a coding score, 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index; MiniMax M1 has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick MiniMax M1 for output tokens 1.1x cheaper ($2.20 vs $2.40 per million) and a larger context window (1M against 262K tokens).

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MiniMax M1 costs $0.40 per million input tokens and $2.20 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for neither of them.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MiniMax M1, with 1M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M1 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

28 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. MiniMax M1's coding index rests on 0 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Ultra's on 3. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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