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Comparison · 3 models · Updated Oct 4, 2026

MiniMax-M3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Qwen3.7 Plus

Too close to call on our weighted score (Qwen3.7 Plus 70, MiniMax-M3 69, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 62). The right pick depends on what you value most.

  1. MiniMax

    MiniMax-M3

    Released Jun 1, 2026

    69/100
    • ECI147.0
    • Price$0.30 / $1.20
    • Context1.05M
    Full specs Remove MiniMax-M3

  2. NVIDIA

    Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

    Released Jun 4, 2026

    62/100
    • ECI146.2
    • Price$0.50 / $2.50
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B

  3. Alibaba (Qwen)

    Qwen3.7 Plus

    Released Jun 2, 2026

    70/100
    • ECI147.4
    • Price$0.40 / $1.60
    • Context1M
    Full specs Remove Qwen3.7 Plus
01 — Verdict

Too close to call

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen3.7 Plus 70/100, MiniMax-M3 69/100, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 62/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.7 Plus for raw capability, MiniMax-M3 on price and MiniMax-M3 for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

  • CapabilityQwen3.7 PlusCapabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 · MiniMax-M3 147.0 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 146.2
  • Lowest priceMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M3 $0.525 · Qwen3.7 Plus $0.70 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B $1.00 per 1M tokens (3:1 blend)
  • Longest contextMiniMax-M3MiniMax-M3 1,048,576 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 1,000,000 · Qwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 tokens
  • Widest inputsMiniMax-M3 and Qwen3.7 PlusMiniMax-M3: Text, Images, Video · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: Text · Qwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video
  • Self-hostingMiniMax-M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BPublishes downloadable weights
How the score is built
MeasureWeightMiniMax-M3Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BQwen3.7 Plus
CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI)50%747375
Price25%635057
Inputs & features15%704580
Context window10%616060
Overall100%69/10062/10070/100
02 — Side by side

Every spec in one table

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MiniMax-M3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B vs Qwen3.7 Plus specifications side by side
SpecificationMiniMax-M3MiniMaxNemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIAQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen)
Capability
Capabilities Index (ECI)147.0146.2147.4 (best)
ECI rank#62 of 148#70 of 148#61 of 148 (best)
GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions90.9% (best)85.4%87.9%
FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics——34.4%
OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics71.1%86.7%93.3% (best)
Price per million tokens
Input$0.30 (best)$0.50$0.40
Output$1.20 (best)$2.50$1.60
Cached input$0.06$0.15$0.04 (best)
Blended (3:1)$0.525 (best)$1.00$0.70
Long-context rateOver 512K: $0.60 / $2.40Same rateOver 256K: $1.20 / $4.80
Price sourceOfficial MiniMax (minimax.io) APIOfficial Nvidia APIOfficial Alibaba API
Limits
Context window1,048,576 tokens (best)1,000,000 tokens1,000,000 tokens
Max output512,000 tokens (best)128,000 tokens64,000 tokens
Inputs and features
TextYesYesYes
ImagesYesNoYes
PDFsNoNoNo
AudioNoNoNo
VideoYesNoYes
ReasoningYesYesYes
Tool callingYesYesYes
Structured outputNoYesYes
Availability
WeightsOpenOpenProprietary
API model IDMiniMax-M3nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55bqwen3.7-plus
API providers42 (best)2125
ReleasedJun 1, 2026Jun 4, 2026Jun 2, 2026
Knowledge cutoff——Apr 2025
03 — Cost

What would a month cost?

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  • MiniMax-M3$5.40
  • Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$10.00
  • Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
04 — Questions

Which should you choose?

Which is better: MiniMax-M3, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

It is close. Our weighted score puts them within a point (Qwen3.7 Plus 70/100, MiniMax-M3 69/100, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 62/100), so choose by what matters most for your work: Qwen3.7 Plus for raw capability, MiniMax-M3 on price and MiniMax-M3 for long inputs. The score weighs capability 50%, price 25%, inputs & features 15%, context window 10%.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax-M3, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B or Qwen3.7 Plus?

MiniMax-M3 is cheaper at $0.30 input / $1.20 output per million tokens (official MiniMax (minimax.io) API price). Qwen3.7 Plus costs $0.40 input / $1.60 output per million tokens (official Alibaba API price); Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B costs $0.50 input / $2.50 output per million tokens (official Nvidia API price). At a typical mix of three input tokens to one output token, that is $0.525 per million tokens for MiniMax-M3 versus $0.70 for Qwen3.7 Plus (1.3× as much) and $1.00 for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B (1.9× as much).

Which scores higher on benchmarks?

Qwen3.7 Plus scores higher on the Capabilities Index (ECI): Qwen3.7 Plus 147.4 (#61 of 148), MiniMax-M3 147.0 (#62 of 148) and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 146.2 (#70 of 148). The confidence ranges of the top two overlap (145.7–148.9 vs 142.7–149.8), so treat the gap as small. On individual benchmarks: GPQA Diamond — MiniMax-M3 90.9%, Qwen3.7 Plus 87.9%, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 85.4%; OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025 — Qwen3.7 Plus 93.3%, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 86.7%, MiniMax-M3 71.1%.

Which is better for coding?

There are no published SWE-bench Verified results for MiniMax-M3, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B and Qwen3.7 Plus yet, so there is no like-for-like coding score. On overall capability, Qwen3.7 Plus leads, which tends to carry over to coding, but test on your own codebase. All three support tool calling for agent workflows.

Which has the bigger context window?

MiniMax-M3 has the largest context window at 1,048,576 tokens, against 1,000,000 for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B and 1,000,000 for Qwen3.7 Plus. Maximum output per response: MiniMax-M3 up to 512,000, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B up to 128,000, Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000 tokens.

Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?

MiniMax-M3 accepts text, images and video; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B accepts text; Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video. MiniMax-M3 handles the widest range of inputs.

Are any of these open source?

MiniMax-M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B publishes its weights and can be self-hosted; Qwen3.7 Plus is proprietary.

Which is newer?

Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B is the newest, released Jun 4, 2026. Qwen3.7 Plus came out Jun 2, 2026; MiniMax-M3 came out Jun 1, 2026. Knowledge cutoff: Qwen3.7 Plus Apr 2025.

How do you decide the winner?

Each model gets a 0–100 score on capability (50%, independent benchmark results); price (25%, blended price per million tokens (3 input : 1 output), log scale); inputs & features (15%, image, PDF, audio and video input, tool calling, structured output and reasoning); context window (10%, maximum tokens per request, log scale). Dimensions missing for any model are dropped and the remaining weights rescaled, so every model is judged on the same evidence. Specs and prices come from public model listings and the labs’ own API pages; capability scores come from independent benchmark runs. Data updated Oct 4, 2026.

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