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MiniMax M3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

MiniMax M3 leads Nemotron 3 Ultra on coding, 39.2 to 30.0 on the Vibe Coding Index, and MiniMax M3 costs 2.0x less per output token ($1.20 vs $2.40 per million). Updated October 22, 2026; 68 benchmarks have a result for both.

Replace MiniMax M3 Replace Nemotron 3 Ultra
MiniMax M3MiniMax
Coding
39.2
Overall
51.7
Output $/M
$1.20
45
Nemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA
Coding
30.0
Overall
53.1
Output $/M
$2.40
23
vs boards won of 68 shared

MiniMax M3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra: which to pick

Pick MiniMax M3 for coding: it scores 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Model AMiniMax M3MiniMax39.2/1006 independent benchmarks$0.56 per solved taskModel BNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIA30.0/1003 independent benchmarksNo cost per solved task
Shared results
68
MiniMax M3 only
49
Nemotron 3 Ultra only
3
Like-for-like categories
8 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 M3 39.2 from 6 benchmarks, Nemotron 3 Ultra 30.0 from 3 benchmarks.
Widest category
Agentic work, 11.8 points apart on average over 6 shared benchmarks.
Widest single gap
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI): MiniMax M3 47.6% against Nemotron 3 Ultra 7.6%, 39.9 points apart on a 0 to 100 scale.
Output price
MiniMax M3 $1.20 against Nemotron 3 Ultra $2.40 per million output tokens, 2.0x apart.
Context window
MiniMax M3 takes 1.05M 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 M3BarsNemotron 3 UltraTies
Coding92
Intelligence20
Agentic work60
Reasoning53
Math13
Knowledge45
Web design80
General1010
All shared boards4523
CodingLike-for-likeSix of these boards feed the Vibe Coding Index92
Coding benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
LiveBench coding70.9%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev1482Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
AA Coding Index58.649.3MiniMax M3
LiveCodeBench (Vals AI)82.2%86.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
SWE-bench Verified (Vals AI)75.0%69.0%MiniMax M3
Terminal-Bench 4 (Vals AI)1.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench (Vals AI)47.6%7.6%MiniMax M3
Code migration (Vals AI)19.9%4.9%MiniMax M3
ProgramBench (Vals AI)Not measured0.0%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals AI)53.6%50.9%MiniMax M3
SWE-bench Multimodal (Vals AI)33.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Vibe Code Bench 1-100 (Vals AI)9.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SkillsBench (Vals AI)51.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
CyberBench (Vals AI)65.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SciCode47.1%40.3%MiniMax M3
Terminal-Bench Hard (Artificial Analysis run)42.4%36.4%MiniMax M3
FrontierCode14.7%13.6%MiniMax M3
WeirdMLNot measured43.5%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
ALE-Bench640.0Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: coding14701468MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: software and IT14661468Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena WebDev: React1478Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev: HTML1455Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena WebDev: from an image1470Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 19 boards here
IntelligenceLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index20
Intelligence benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Intelligence Index29.222.9MiniMax M3
Epoch Capabilities Index146.9146.0MiniMax M3
Agentic workLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index60
Agentic work benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
AA Agentic Index29.520.1MiniMax M3
Design Arena: agents building web apps1200Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building full-stack apps1197Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building mobile apps1169Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building Android apps1158Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: agents building games1159Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: HTML slides1120Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: PowerPoint slides1178Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Design Arena: spreadsheets1042Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench research68.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench browser8.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LiveBench long agentic12.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Finance Agent (Vals AI)48.3%37.7%MiniMax M3
Tax Agent Bench (Vals AI)20.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Legal Research Bench (Vals AI)29.8%15.4%MiniMax M3
Excel Modeling Benchmark (Vals AI)47.8%31.7%MiniMax M3
τ²-Bench Telecom88.9%83.3%MiniMax M3
APEX-Agents37.7%22.7%MiniMax M3
OSWorld 2.04.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Vending-Bench 2$2,158Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MCP AtlasNot measured63.1%Only Nemotron 3 Ultra measured
Neither model has a result on the other 21 boards here
ReasoningLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index53
Reasoning benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
GPQA Diamond92.7%86.1%MiniMax M3
LiveBench reasoning74.5%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MMMU Pro (Vals AI)81.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
GPQA Diamond (Artificial Analysis run)92.9%86.7%MiniMax M3
Humanity's Last Exam (Artificial Analysis run)39.0%28.4%MiniMax M3
GPQA Diamond (Epoch AI run)90.9%85.4%MiniMax M3
SimpleBench45.8%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Chess puzzles13.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Mystery game puzzles8.0%20.0%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts14471452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: expert14611472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: hard prompts in English14551453MiniMax M3
LMArena Vision: diagrams1266Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: homework1268Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 9 boards here
MathLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index13
Math benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
OTIS Mock AIME71.1%86.7%Nemotron 3 Ultra
ProofBench18.0%2.0%MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: math14291457Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: mathematical work14481461Nemotron 3 Ultra
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
KnowledgeLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index45
Knowledge benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
MMLU Pro84.2%85.8%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LegalBench (Vals AI)85.4%82.1%MiniMax M3
CorpFin (Vals AI)68.1%65.5%MiniMax M3
TaxEval (Vals AI)72.7%73.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
MortgageTax (Vals AI)68.4%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MedCode (Vals AI)46.3%38.6%MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: science14521465Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: medicine and healthcare14411456Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: legal and government14371452Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: business and finance14341434MiniMax M3
Neither model has a result on the other 10 boards here
Web designLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index80
Web design benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
Design Arena: websites12571145MiniMax M3
Design Arena: UI components12431135MiniMax M3
Design Arena: game dev12101138MiniMax M3
Design Arena: data viz12361141MiniMax M3
Design Arena: 3D12081131MiniMax M3
Design Arena: all code categories12461146MiniMax M3
Design Arena: SVG11601069MiniMax M3
Design Arena: ASCII art11611100MiniMax M3
LiveBench design66.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
GeneralLike-for-likePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index1010
General benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 3 UltraLeader
LiveBench data analysis76.2%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Public Benefits Bench (Vals AI)64.1%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
SAGE (Vals AI)50.6%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
MedScribe (Vals AI)87.3%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Vals Multimodal Index60.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
IFBench82.9%81.4%MiniMax M3
Long context reasoning (AA-LCR)83.0%79.3%MiniMax M3
DTBench78.9%90.1%Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMCA33.7%36.9%Nemotron 3 Ultra
Surface Evolver Bench55.0%Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text14331445Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: instruction following14331418MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: creative writing14041399MiniMax M3
LMArena Vision1251Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: English14431455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: non-English14201427Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Chinese14661497Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: German14281472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Japanese1380Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Text: Korean13731384Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: French14441472Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Spanish14331455Nemotron 3 Ultra
LMArena Text: Russian14261417MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: Polish14231385MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: multi-turn14431411MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: longer queries14461437MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: writing and language14191406MiniMax M3
LMArena Text: entertainment and media14031397MiniMax M3
LMArena Vision: English1263Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: Chinese1311Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: reading text1259Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: humor1235Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: recognizing things1197Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Vision: creative writing1234Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
LMArena Document1435Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
EQ-Bench 41150Not measuredOnly MiniMax M3 measured
Neither model has a result on the other 12 boards here
Image generationNot comparablePublic boards, shown as published, kept out of the index0 boards, none shared
Image generation benchmarks for MiniMax M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
BenchmarkMiniMax M3Nemotron 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 M3$0.0009Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.0018Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Repository review

50K input + 3K output tokens

MiniMax M3$0.019Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.037Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 costs less

Agent loop

200K input + 10K output tokens

MiniMax M3$0.072Fits in one request
Nemotron 3 Ultra$0.144Fits in one request

MiniMax M3 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 M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra
SpecificationMiniMax M3NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra
MakerMiniMaxNVIDIA
WeightsOpen weightsOpen weights
ReleasedMay 31, 2026June 4, 2026
Context window1.05M262K
Input $/Mtok$0.30$0.60
Output $/Mtok$1.20$2.40
Coding index39.230.0
Independent measurements behind it63
Cost per solved task$0.56Not computable
SourceOpenRouter listingOpenRouter listing

Questions

Is MiniMax M3 better than Nemotron 3 Ultra for coding?

Pick MiniMax M3 for coding: it scores 39.2 on the Vibe Coding Index against 30.0 for Nemotron 3 Ultra. Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra for work measured by LiveCodeBench (Vals AI) or LMArena Text: software and IT, where it leads.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MiniMax M3 costs $0.30 per million input tokens and $1.20 per million output tokens; Nemotron 3 Ultra costs $0.60 and $2.40. Cost per solved task is known for MiniMax M3 only.

Which has the bigger context window, MiniMax M3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

MiniMax M3, with 1.05M tokens against 262K.

How many benchmarks is the MiniMax M3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra comparison based on?

68 benchmarks have a result for both models as of October 22, 2026. MiniMax M3's coding index rests on 6 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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