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MiniMax M1 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4

SpecMiniMax M1NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Respan Index16.4 (#140)16.0 (#142)
Blended price per 1M$0.963$0.078
Context window1M1M
Input / output per 1M$0.55 / $2.2$0.05 / $0.16
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Released2025-06-162026-08-11

Respan Index by category

Each category is scored 0 to 100, and how far ahead the winner is. Leads under a point are close to even.

CategoryMiniMax M1NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Coding3.2 MiniMax M11.7 NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Agents13.5* MiniMax M114.0 NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Reasoning20.2 MiniMax M120.1 NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Knowledge & language11.7 MiniMax M112.3 NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
Human preference40.3 MiniMax M138.8 NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4

* Estimated: no published scores in that category. How the Respan Index works

Benchmarks both report

They split the 4 benchmarks both report evenly. Higher is better. Each score links to where it was published.

BenchmarkMiniMax M1NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4
LMArena Elo13641353
GPQA Diamond70%75.6%
MMLU-Pro81.1%81.6%
SWE-bench Verified56%52.8%

FAQ

Is MiniMax M1 better than NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4?

MiniMax M1 scores 16.4 on the Respan Index (#140), ahead of NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 at 16.0 (#142). They split the 4 benchmarks both report evenly.

Which is cheaper, MiniMax M1 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4?

MiniMax M1 lists at $0.55 input and $2.2 output per 1M tokens; NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 at $0.05 and $0.16. NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B-A3B NVFP4 is 12x cheaper per token at list price.

Which has the larger context window?

Both accept 1M tokens of context.

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