MiniMax: MiniMax M3 vs NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free)
Based on weekly OpenRouter usage tracked by AI Tier List, MiniMax: MiniMax M3 ranks #4 overall — ahead of NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) at #6. NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) is cheaper on input tokens at Free/1M vs $0.30/1M for MiniMax: MiniMax M3. MiniMax: MiniMax M3 offers the larger context window at 1M tokens.
Spec Comparison
| MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) | |
|---|---|---|
| Author | minimax | nvidia |
| Input price (per 1M tokens) | $0.30 | Free |
| Output price (per 1M tokens) | $1.20 | Free |
| Context window | 1M | 1M |
| Input modalities | text, image, video | text |
| Output modalities | text | text |
| AA Intelligence | 44.4 | — |
| AA Coding | — | — |
| AA Agentic | 35.4 | — |
| Released | May 2026 | Jun 2026 |
Usage Rank by Task
| Task | MiniMax: MiniMax M3 | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Ultra (free) |
|---|---|---|
| Overall | #4 | #6 |
| Memory Extraction | #4 | #5 |
| Multi-step Planning | #2 | #9 |
| Tool Dispatch | #2 | — |
| Web Search | #3 | #8 |
| Agent Workflows | #1 | — |
| Classification & Tagging | #4 | — |
| Debugging | #2 | #6 |
| DevOps Config | #2 | #6 |
| File Read/Write | #3 | #8 |
| Frontend UI | #2 | #8 |
| Code Implementation | #2 | #8 |
| Repo Analysis | #3 | #7 |
| Code Review & Security | #2 | #8 |
| Shell Execution | #2 | #8 |
FAQ
Usage ranks are weekly data aggregated by OpenRouter. Prices are USD per 1M tokens.