Model comparison
MiniMax M1 vs Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B
MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.3 vs 40.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.
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NVIDIASummary
- They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 3 categories and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B in 5 categories; 2 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper at $0.05 / $0.20 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.
Side by side
| MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 40.6 |
| Released | 2025-06-13 | 2025-12-15 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 1M | 262K |
| Max output | 40K | 262K |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.55 | $0.05 |
| Output $ / M tokens | $2.20 | $0.20 |
| Results tracked | 18 | 18 |
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Category by category
Coding Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 40.5 (#138)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1378 |
Reasoning Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 27.1 (#124)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | 1348 |
Math Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 37.8 (#147)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | 1371 |
Knowledge Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B leads
MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 38.2 (#148)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | 1355 |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 9.6% |
Multilingual Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 45.8 (#162)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1320 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | 1382 |
| LMArena French | 1370 | 1396 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1348 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | 1268 |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | 1269 |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | 1303 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | 1376 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 68.8 (#180)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1304 |
Long Context MiniMax M1 leads
MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 39.5 (#175)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1300 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161), Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B: 52.3 (#174)
| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1348 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1269 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1319 |
Frequently asked questions
Is MiniMax M1 better than Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.3 vs 40.6), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B?
Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B is cheaper. It lists at $0.05 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.
Is MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B better for coding?
They score almost the same on coding (39.9 vs 40.5); test both on your own repository before choosing.
Which has the bigger context window?
MiniMax M1 does, with 1M tokens against 262K.
How many benchmarks do MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B share?
17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B has 18.