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MiniMax M2.5 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B

MiniMax M2.5 leads Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, 22.8 to 8.9, and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs 5.5x less per output token ($0.22 vs $1.20 per million). Updated October 23, 2026; 35 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M2.5 Replace Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MiniMax M2.5MiniMax
Coding
37.2
Overall
37.3
Output $/M
$1.20
31
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIA
Coding
No data
Overall
No data
Output $/M
$0.22
4
vs boards won of 35 shared

MiniMax M2.5 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: which to pick

Only MiniMax M2.5 has a coding score, 37.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding.

Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 5.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $1.20 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 205K tokens).

Model AMiniMax M2.5MiniMax37.2/1003 independent benchmarks$0.62 per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BNVIDIANot benchmarkedNo coding benchmarkNo cost per solved task
Shared results
35
MiniMax M2.5 only
36
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B only
7
Like-for-like categories
7 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 M2.5 37.2 from 3 benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B not benchmarked.
Widest category
Agentic work, 54.4 points apart on average over 1 shared benchmark.
Widest single gap
τ²-Bench Telecom: MiniMax M2.5 95.3% against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 40.9%, 54.4 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M2.5 $1.20 against Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B $0.22 per million output tokens, 5.5x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M2.5 takes 205K tokens, Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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 M2.5BarsNemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BTies
Coding30
Intelligence10
Agentic work10
Reasoning50
Math20
Knowledge40
General154
All shared boards314
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index30
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
SWE-bench Verified75.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Multilingual68.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev1386Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
AA Coding IndexNot measured14.4Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)79.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)74.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)14.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LiveCodeBench (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured74.1%Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
SciCodeNot measured30.6%Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)34.8%13.6%MiniMax M2.5
Terminal-Bench42.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
ALE-Bench618.2Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: coding13801378MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: software and IT13831382MiniMax M2.5
LMArena WebDev: React1374Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1414Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE Atlas: Codebase QnA10.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE Atlas: Refactoring19.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
SWE Atlas: Test Writing18.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 24 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Intelligence Index22.88.9MiniMax M2.5
Epoch Capabilities Index146.6Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index10
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AA Agentic IndexNot measured1.0Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
τ²-Bench Telecom95.3%40.9%MiniMax M2.5
Vending-Bench 2-$23Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 39 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index50
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
GPQA Diamond82.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)84.8%75.7%MiniMax M2.5
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)20.5%11.4%MiniMax M2.5
ARC-AGI63.7%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
ARC-AGI-24.9%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: hard prompts13721348MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: expert13791356MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English13841376MiniMax M2.5
Kagi LLM Benchmark55.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 14 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
AIME88.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
AA Math IndexNot measured91.0Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
AIME 2025 (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured91.0%Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
ProofBench4.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text: math13781371MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: mathematical work13781375MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 8 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index40
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
MMLU Pro80.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LegalBench (Vals AI)80.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CaseLaw (Vals AI)53.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CorpFin (Vals AI)59.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
TaxEval (Vals AI)68.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MedQA (Vals AI)92.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
MMLU Pro (Artificial Analysis run)Not measured79.4%Only Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B measured
LMArena Text: science13691353MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare13571349MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: legal and government13661341MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: business and finance13561345MiniMax M2.5
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
Web designDirectional onlyPublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index7 boards, none shared
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
Design Arena: websites1222Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: UI components1170Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: game dev1176Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: data viz1172Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: 3D1170Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: all code categories1207Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Design Arena: SVG1150Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 2 boards here
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index154
General benchmarks for MiniMax M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
IFBench71.6%71.1%MiniMax M2.5
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)73.3%38.0%MiniMax M2.5
CL-bench11.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
CL-bench Life6.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M2.5 measured
LMArena Text13591348MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: instruction following13531304MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: creative writing13311270MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: English13801378MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: non-English13381320MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: Chinese13931383MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: German13611348MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: Japanese11711269Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: Korean12331269Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: French13631396Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: Spanish13531376Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
LMArena Text: Russian13591304MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: Polish13341302MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: multi-turn13641319MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: longer queries13661300MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: writing and language13451284MiniMax M2.5
LMArena Text: entertainment and media13291294MiniMax M2.5
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 M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
BenchmarkMiniMax M2.5Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3BLeader
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 M2.5$0.0009Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0002Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.019Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.0034Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M2.5$0.072Exceeds the context window
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B$0.013Fits in one request

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B 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 M2.5 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
SpecificationMiniMax M2.5NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MakerMiniMaxNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedFebruary 12, 2026December 14, 2025
Context window205K262K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.055
Output $/Mtok$1.20$0.22
Coding index37.2Not benchmarked
Independent measurements behind it30
Cost per solved task$0.62Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M2.5 better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for coding?

Only MiniMax M2.5 has a coding score, 37.2 on the Vibe Coding Index; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has none, so the two cannot be ranked on coding. Pick Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B for output tokens 5.5x cheaper ($0.22 vs $1.20 per million) and a larger context window (262K against 205K tokens).

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M2.5 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

MiniMax M2.5 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B costs $0.055 and $0.22. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M2.5 only.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M2.5 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?

Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M2.5 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B comparison based on?

35 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 23, 2026. MiniMax M2.5's coding index rests on 3 independent benchmarks and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B's on 0. Where only one model has a result, the page says so instead of naming a winner.

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