# MiniMax M1 vs Nemotron 3 Super

> MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Super score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.3 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/minimax-m1-vs-nemotron-3-super
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. MiniMax M1 scores higher in 2 categories and Nemotron 3 Super in 6 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where MiniMax M1 leads 26.9 to 18.7.
- Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper at $0.08 / $0.45 per million input/output tokens, against $0.55 / $2.20 for MiniMax M1.
- MiniMax M1 accepts more context: 1M tokens versus 262K.

## Snapshot

| | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | MiniMax | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 40.3 | 40.1 |
| Rank | 150 | 153 |
| Context | 1M | 262K |
| Input $/M | $0.55 | $0.08 |
| Output $/M | $2.20 | $0.45 |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- MiniMax M1: 39.9 (#153)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 39.4 (#158)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1359 | 1403 |
| SciCode | — | 36% |
| WeirdML | — | 38% |
| ALE-Bench | — | 213.9 |

## Reasoning

- MiniMax M1: 26.9 (#126)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 18.7 (#276)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1339 | 1386 |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 15.4% |
| CritPt | — | 3.1% |

## Math

- MiniMax M1: 37.5 (#151)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 39.6 (#101)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1361 | 1380 |
| MathArena Final-Answer Competitions | — | 60.4% |

## Knowledge

- MiniMax M1: 36.4 (#170)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 38.9 (#139)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1317 | 1398 |

## Multilingual

- MiniMax M1: 45.8 (#163)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 48.4 (#144)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1319 | 1355 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1360 | 1432 |
| LMArena French | 1370 | 1405 |
| LMArena German | 1350 | 1341 |
| LMArena Russian | 1329 | 1336 |
| LMArena Spanish | 1353 | 1417 |
| LMArena Japanese | 1217 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1266 | — |

## Instruction Following

- MiniMax M1: 69.3 (#174)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 71.2 (#154)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1312 | 1347 |

## Long Context

- MiniMax M1: 41.4 (#141)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 41.5 (#139)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1326 | 1362 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 69.4% | — |

## Writing & Preference

- MiniMax M1: 53.1 (#161)
- Nemotron 3 Super: 55.9 (#140)

| Benchmark | MiniMax M1 | Nemotron 3 Super |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1343 | 1378 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1298 | 1317 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1335 | 1369 |

## FAQ

### Is MiniMax M1 better than Nemotron 3 Super?

MiniMax M1 and Nemotron 3 Super score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.3 vs 40.1), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.

### Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Super?

Nemotron 3 Super is cheaper. It lists at $0.08 per million input tokens and $0.45 per million output tokens; MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 and $2.20.

### Is MiniMax M1 or Nemotron 3 Super better for coding?

They score almost the same on coding (39.9 vs 39.4); 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 Super share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. MiniMax M1 has 18 scored results on Noometry and Nemotron 3 Super has 21.