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MiniMax M3vsNVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
MiniMax M3 leads 2 of 2 shared benchmarks. Both offer a 1M-token context window.
Benchmarks from cited public sources; pricing from official pages; status from official provider feeds.
Shared benchmarks
2 – 0
MiniMax M3 leads
Cheaper per token
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list price, input + output
Larger context
Tie
both 1M tokens
Provider uptime (30d)
100% · 100%
MiniMax · NVIDIA
MiniMax M3
MiniMax · released 2026-06-01
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NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
NVIDIA · released 2026-08-11
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- Context
- 1M
- Max out
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- Input /1M
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- Output /1M
- —
- Cached /1M
- —
- Scores
- 7 · 5 core
Quality
Benchmark matrix
2 shared · 1 only MiniMax M3 · 5 only NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 | Δ | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reported by both · 2 | ||||
| GPQA Diamond | 90.9% ↗epoch | 75.57% ↗ | +15.3 pt | MiniMax M3 |
| LMArena Elo | 1433.5 ↗ | 1330.7 ↗ | +102.8 | MiniMax M3 |
| Only MiniMax M3 reports · 1 | ||||
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 (Epoch AI run) | 71.1% ↗epoch | not reported | — | — |
| Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 reports · 5 | ||||
| SWE-bench Verified | not reported | 52.8% ↗ | — | — |
| MMLU-Pro | not reported | 81.62% ↗ | — | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam (no tools) | not reported | 10.47% ↗ | — | — |
| BrowseComp | not reported | 36.81% ↗ | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | not reported | 23.46% ↗ | — | — |
Scores tagged "epoch" or "matharena" are independent runs, used only where the lab has not published its own; ⚠ marks rows MathArena flags as released after the competition. Higher is better on every row. Δ is MiniMax M3 minus NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 in the benchmark's own unit. "Not reported" means the lab has not published that figure; it is not a zero. ↗ opens the source.
Specs & pricing
Side by side
Official pricing pages and model cards| Spec | MiniMax M3 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context window | 1M tokens | 1M tokens | Tie |
| Max output | — | — | — |
| Input price / 1M | $0.3 ↗ | — | — |
| Output price / 1M | $1.2 ↗ | — | — |
| Cached input / 1M | $0.06 ↗ | — | — |
| Input + output / 1M Lower is cheaper. List prices; batch, tool and regional fees excluded. | $1.5 | — | — |
| Modalities | text · vision | text | MiniMax M3 |
| Released | 2026-06-01 | 2026-08-11 | — |
| Cited benchmark scores | 3 | 7 | — |
Reliability
Provider status
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