MiniMax M3 vs NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
MiniMax M3 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 match in llmrun Score, with values of 111.0 versus 111.0; neither fits 24 GB.
Model A · MiniMax
MiniMax M3427.0B · 19.8B active · 1M context · Other · Jun 2026
Model B · NVIDIA
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16560.5B · 57B active · 256K context · Other · Jun 2026
Choose MiniMax M3 if you want…
Stronger at coding
113.0 vs 103.3
Lighter on memory
256.7 vs 370.0 GB at Q4_K_M
Longer context window
1M vs 256K tokens
Also does vision
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 doesn't list it
Choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 if you want…
Stronger at reasoning
115.2 vs 107.2
Also does chat
MiniMax M3 doesn't list it
On your hardware
Each model at its default quant (Q4_K_M), a smaller one when it must. Estimates, ±20%.
8 GB
RTX 4060 · 8 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
12 GB
RTX 3060 12GB · 12 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
16 GB
RTX 5060 Ti 16GB · 16 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
24 GBreference
RTX 4090 · 24 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
32 GB
RTX 5090 · 32 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
48 GB
RTX A6000 · 48 GB tier
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
Mac 32 GB
Mac Mini M4 · Macs
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
Mac 64 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M3
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 119.2 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
Mac 128 GB
Mac Studio M4 Max · Macs
MiniMax M3
IQ2_XXS · ~38 tok/s
119.2 GB · up to 64Kfits
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Doesn't fit
smallest quant needs 178 GB
Reference GPU: RTX 4090. Tinted cell = the better pick on that machine (fits, more headroom, or at least 10% faster).
Overall
MiniMax M3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Coding
MiniMax M3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Agents
MiniMax M3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
no data
Math
MiniMax M3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Science
MiniMax M3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Reasoning
MiniMax M3
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
MiniMax M3 · #22 of 92 open models · #19 of 88 that fit ≤512 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 · #23 of 92 open models · #20 of 88 that fit ≤512 GB
Benchmarks
12 shared boards: MiniMax M3 leads 6, NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 leads 5 · Benchmarks imported Oct 2026
MiniMax M3
90.9%#6/97 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
85.4%#19/97 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
1440.5#20/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
1426.1#27/186 open
ArenaLMArena · Oct 2026
MiniMax M3
68.2#19/19 open
IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
70.7#15/19 open
IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
74.5#17/19 open
IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
74.7#16/19 open
IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
71.1%#26/85 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
86.7%#17/85 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
77.0#19/19 open
IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
88.7#6/19 open
IndependentLiveBench · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
47.1%#16/65 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
40.3%#29/65 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
14.0%#16/67 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
12.0%#21/67 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
3.7%#20/65 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
3.1%#24/65 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
78.9%#24/68 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
90.1%#7/68 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
12 more boards (other shared and single-model boards)
MiniMax M3
33.7%#17/54 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
36.9%#13/54 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
18.0%#13/26 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
2.0%#23/26 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
14.7%#9/11 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
13.6%#11/11 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
37.7%#10/16 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
22.7%#14/16 open
Lab-reportedEpoch AI · Jun 2026
MiniMax M3
8.0%#14/18 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
20.0%#7/18 open
IndependentEpoch AI · Jun 2026
Only MiniMax M3 (6)
- LMArena WebDev1481.7
- SimpleBench45.8%
- ForecastBench61.4
- Vending-Bench 22157.8
- ALE-Bench640.0
- Surface Evolver Bench55.0%
Only NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 (1)
- WeirdML43.5%
VRAM by quantization
Memory to load the model and 2K context; below it, the total at 32K and 128K context. Lighter side in bold.
Q2_K
MiniMax M3
182 GB151.9 GB file
32K 185 GB · 128K 194 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
262 GB~238.2 GB file
32K 280 GB · 128K 338 GB
Q3_K_S
MiniMax M3
187 GB187.3 GB file
32K 190 GB · 128K 199 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q3_K_M
MiniMax M3
209 GB195.5 GB file
32K 212 GB · 128K 221 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
301 GB274.0 GB file
32K 319 GB · 128K 376 GB
Q4_0
MiniMax M3
214 GB243.6 GB file
32K 217 GB · 128K 226 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q4_K_M
MiniMax M3
257 GB264.9 GB file
32K 260 GB · 128K 269 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
370 GB359.2 GB file
32K 388 GB · 128K 446 GB
Q5_K_M
MiniMax M3
305 GB318.7 GB file
32K 308 GB · 128K 317 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
439 GB426.5 GB file
32K 457 GB · 128K 515 GB
Q6_K
MiniMax M3
353 GB355.3 GB file
32K 356 GB · 128K 365 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
509 GB460.7 GB file
32K 527 GB · 128K 585 GB
Q8_0
MiniMax M3
428 GB453.6 GB file
32K 430 GB · 128K 439 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
617 GB584.3 GB file
32K 635 GB · 128K 692 GB
15 more quants
IQ2_XXS
MiniMax M3
118 GB134.9 GB file
32K 121 GB · 128K 130 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
170 GB193.8 GB file
32K 188 GB · 128K 245 GB
IQ2_XS
MiniMax M3
129 GB129.5 GB file
32K 131 GB · 128K 140 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
185 GB169.5 GB file
32K 203 GB · 128K 261 GB
IQ2_S
MiniMax M3
134 GB132.1 GB file
32K 137 GB · 128K 146 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
IQ2_M
MiniMax M3
145 GB135.1 GB file
32K 147 GB · 128K 157 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
208 GB194.0 GB file
32K 226 GB · 128K 284 GB
IQ3_XXS
MiniMax M3
166 GB160.3 GB file
32K 169 GB · 128K 178 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
239 GB223.3 GB file
32K 257 GB · 128K 315 GB
IQ3_XS
MiniMax M3
177 GB196.4 GB file
32K 179 GB · 128K 189 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
IQ3_S
MiniMax M3
182 GB175.6 GB file
32K 185 GB · 128K 194 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
262 GB250.5 GB file
32K 280 GB · 128K 338 GB
IQ3_M
MiniMax M3
193 GB205.5 GB file
32K 195 GB · 128K 205 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q3_K_L
MiniMax M3
219 GB205.0 GB file
32K 222 GB · 128K 231 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
IQ4_XS
MiniMax M3
230 GB208.5 GB file
32K 233 GB · 128K 242 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
331 GB286.1 GB file
32K 349 GB · 128K 407 GB
IQ4_NL
MiniMax M3
241 GB212.7 GB file
32K 244 GB · 128K 253 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
347 GB294.2 GB file
32K 365 GB · 128K 423 GB
Q4_1
MiniMax M3
241 GB268.9 GB file
32K 244 GB · 128K 253 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
not listed
Q4_K_S
MiniMax M3
241 GB248.6 GB file
32K 244 GB · 128K 253 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
347 GB327.7 GB file
32K 365 GB · 128K 423 GB
Q5_K_S
MiniMax M3
294 GB299.7 GB file
32K 297 GB · 128K 306 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
424 GB391.7 GB file
32K 442 GB · 128K 500 GB
BF16
MiniMax M3
855 GB852.9 GB file
32K 857 GB · 128K 866 GB
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
1233 GB1099.0 GB file
32K 1251 GB · 128K 1309 GB
MiniMax M3
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/MiniMax-M3-GGUF:Q4_K_MNVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16
Ollama · Q4_K_M
ollama run hf.co/unsloth/NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-GGUF:Q4_K_M| Spec | MiniMax M3 | NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 |
|---|---|---|
| Publisher | MiniMax | NVIDIA |
| Parameters | 427.0B | 560.5B |
| Active parameters | 20B per token | 57B per token |
| Architecture | MiniMaxM3SparseForConditionalGeneration | NemotronHForCausalLM |
| Context | 1M tokens | 256K tokens |
| Modalities | Vision, Function-calling | Chat, Function-calling |
| License | Other | Other |
| Released | Jun 2026 | Jun 2026 |
Frequently Asked Questions
Which is better, MiniMax M3 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?
MiniMax M3 and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 match in llmrun Score, with values of 111.0 versus 111.0; neither fits 24 GB. Choose MiniMax M3 for stronger at coding and lighter on memory; choose NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 for stronger at reasoning and also does chat.
Which needs less VRAM, MiniMax M3 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?
At Q4_K_M, MiniMax M3 requires 256.7 GB while NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 needs 370.0 GB, making MiniMax M3 the easier model to run on your local setup.
Can I run MiniMax M3 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 on a 16 GB GPU?
MiniMax M3 does not fit (smallest quant needs 119.2 GB); NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 does not fit (smallest quant needs 178 GB).
Which has a longer context window, MiniMax M3 or NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16?
MiniMax M3 supports 1,048,576 tokens and NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B BF16 supports 262,144 tokens.