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Model comparison

MiniMax-M2.7 vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 17 shared benchmarks.

MiniMax-M2.7 MiniMax

37.4

Rank #188 Confirmed

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning NVIDIA

39.3

Rank #156 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 17 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher in 6 categories and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning in 2 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in writing & preference, where MiniMax-M2.7 leads 59.1 to 48.5.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper at $0.06 / $0.16 per million input/output tokens, against $0.30 / $1.20 for MiniMax-M2.7.
  • Nemotron 3.5 Lightning accepts more context: 262K tokens versus 205K.

Side by side

MiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
ProviderMiniMaxNVIDIA
Noometry Index37.439.3
Released2026-03-182026-08-11
WeightsOpenOpen
Context window205K262K
Max output131K262K
Input $ / M tokens$0.30$0.06
Output $ / M tokens$1.20$0.16
Results tracked3018

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Category by category

Coding MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 41.4 (#115), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.6 (#143)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Coding14541370
LMArena WebDev1397—
SciCode47%—
WeirdML37%—
ALE-Bench599.25—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#103), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: —

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
Terminal-Bench45.1%—
ExploitBench13.3%—
GBAEval0%—

Reasoning Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 19.0 (#248), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 25.7 (#128)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Hard Prompts14221335
NYT Connections (extended)24.7%—
CritPt0.6%—
Thematic Generalization39.3%—
Epoch Capabilities Index145.84—

Math Nemotron 3.5 Lightning leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 24.9 (#254), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 34.7 (#156)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Math14201355
ProofBench3%—

Knowledge Too close to call

MiniMax-M2.7: 37.1 (#151), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 36.9 (#154)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Expert14431354
Vectara Hallucination Rate12.9%—

Multilingual MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 50.5 (#120), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 44.0 (#175)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Non-English13821292
LMArena Chinese14391356
LMArena French14221369
LMArena German13981280
LMArena Japanese12611213
LMArena Korean13131233
LMArena Russian13831257
LMArena Spanish14031321

Instruction Following MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 74.2 (#101), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 69.8 (#166)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Instruction Following14041317

Long Context MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 43.3 (#94), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 39.9 (#160)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Longer Query14191312

Writing & Preference MiniMax-M2.7 leads

MiniMax-M2.7: 59.1 (#107), Nemotron 3.5 Lightning: 48.5 (#198)

BenchmarkMiniMax-M2.7Nemotron 3.5 Lightning
LMArena Text14041324
LMArena Creative Writing13541254
LMArena Multi-Turn14131327
EQ-Bench Creative Writing—1280

Frequently asked questions

Is MiniMax-M2.7 better than Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is the stronger model overall, scoring 39.3 to 37.4 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M2.7 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning is cheaper. It lists at $0.06 per million input tokens and $0.16 per million output tokens; MiniMax-M2.7 lists at $0.30 and $1.20.

Is MiniMax-M2.7 or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning better for coding?

MiniMax-M2.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.4 versus 39.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning does, with 262K tokens against 205K.

How many benchmarks do MiniMax-M2.7 and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning share?

17 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax-M2.7 has 30 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning has 18.

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