MiniMax-M3 vs Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning)
Which is better for the money: MiniMax-M3 by MiniMax or Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) by NVIDIA? Intelligence, total benchmark cost, and end-to-end time from Artificial Analysis & other sources, snapshot 2026-10-26.
Clear winner
Verdict
Pick MiniMax-M3
Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) vs MiniMax-M3: 56.2% less intelligence, 145.1% more cost to run the AA benchmark, and 30.8% faster end-to-end.
| Metric | MiniMax-M3 | Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intelligence (higher is better) | 29.2 | 12.8 | −56.2% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 56.2% less intelligent |
| Total AA cost (lower is better) | $537.98 | $1,318.62 | +145.1% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 2.5× more expensive |
| End-to-end time (lower is better) | 24.11s | 16.68s | −30.8% Nemotron 3 Super 120B… is 30.8% faster |
| Price per 1M tokens (in / out) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.30 / $0.90 | |
| Input modalities | Text, Image, Video | Text |
Today's Pareto frontier
Against the frontier
- MiniMax-M3 is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (High) scores 50.20 for $521.
- Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B (Reasoning) is off the frontier: at the same or lower cost, GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) scores 51.80 for $1082.
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