Qwen3.7 Plus vs MiniMax-M3 vs Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
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.
Alibaba (Qwen)Qwen3.7 Plus
70/100- ECI147.4
- Price$0.40 / $1.60
- Context1M
MiniMaxMiniMax-M3
69/100- ECI147.0
- Price$0.30 / $1.20
- Context1.05M
NVIDIANemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B
62/100- ECI146.2
- Price$0.50 / $2.50
- Context1M
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 · Qwen3.7 Plus 1,000,000 · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 1,000,000 tokens
- Widest inputsQwen3.7 Plus and MiniMax-M3Qwen3.7 Plus: Text, Images, Video · MiniMax-M3: Text, Images, Video · Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B: Text
- Self-hostingMiniMax-M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BPublishes downloadable weights
| Measure | Weight | Qwen3.7 Plus | MiniMax-M3 | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CapabilityCapabilities Index (ECI) | 50% | 75 | 74 | 73 |
| Price | 25% | 57 | 63 | 50 |
| Inputs & features | 15% | 80 | 70 | 45 |
| Context window | 10% | 60 | 61 | 60 |
| Overall | 100% | 70/100 | 69/100 | 62/100 |
Every spec in one table
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| Specification | Qwen3.7 PlusAlibaba (Qwen) | MiniMax-M3MiniMax | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | |||
| Capabilities Index (ECI) | 147.4 (best) | 147.0 | 146.2 |
| ECI rank | #61 of 148 (best) | #62 of 148 | #70 of 148 |
| GPQA DiamondGraduate-level science questions | 87.9% | 90.9% (best) | 85.4% |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1–3Research-level mathematics | 34.4% | — | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024–2025Competition mathematics | 93.3% (best) | 71.1% | 86.7% |
| Price per million tokens | |||
| Input | $0.40 | $0.30 (best) | $0.50 |
| Output | $1.60 | $1.20 (best) | $2.50 |
| Cached input | $0.04 (best) | $0.06 | $0.15 |
| Blended (3:1) | $0.70 | $0.525 (best) | $1.00 |
| Long-context rate | Over 256K: $1.20 / $4.80 | Over 512K: $0.60 / $2.40 | Same rate |
| Price source | Official Alibaba API | Official MiniMax (minimax.io) API | Official Nvidia API |
| Limits | |||
| Context window | 1,000,000 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens (best) | 1,000,000 tokens |
| Max output | 64,000 tokens | 512,000 tokens (best) | 128,000 tokens |
| Inputs and features | |||
| Text | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Images | Yes | Yes | No |
| PDFs | No | No | No |
| Audio | No | No | No |
| Video | Yes | Yes | No |
| Reasoning | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Tool calling | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Structured output | Yes | No | Yes |
| Availability | |||
| Weights | Proprietary | Open | Open |
| API model ID | qwen3.7-plus | MiniMax-M3 | nvidia/nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b |
| API providers | 25 | 42 (best) | 21 |
| Released | Jun 2, 2026 | Jun 1, 2026 | Jun 4, 2026 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Apr 2025 | — | — |
What would a month cost?
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- Qwen3.7 Plus$7.20
- MiniMax-M3$5.40
- Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B$10.00
Which should you choose?
Which is better: Qwen3.7 Plus, MiniMax-M3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?
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, Qwen3.7 Plus, MiniMax-M3 or Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B?
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 Qwen3.7 Plus, MiniMax-M3 and Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B 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 Qwen3.7 Plus and 1,000,000 for Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B. Maximum output per response: Qwen3.7 Plus up to 64,000, MiniMax-M3 up to 512,000, Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B up to 128,000 tokens.
Which can read images, PDFs, audio or video?
Qwen3.7 Plus accepts text, images and video; MiniMax-M3 accepts text, images and video; Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B accepts text. Qwen3.7 Plus 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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