NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free): Live Promos, Pricing, Hidden Fees & Latency
NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) 2026 Q4 Developer Promotion & Volume Credits
Official 2026 Q4 promotion for NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super: Activate ephemeral prefix caching to slash input costs by 50% (down to 0.15/1M) or route via asynchronous Batch API for 50% off standard token rates.
MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) (minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash:free) 2026 Q4 Developer Promotion & Volume Credits
Official 2026 Q4 promotion for MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free): Activate ephemeral prefix caching to slash input costs by 50% (down to 0/1M) or route via asynchronous Batch API for 50% off standard token rates.
In Etuki October 2026 FinOps telemetry comparing NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (API ID: nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b) vs MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) (API ID: minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash:free), MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) offers lower standard input pricing at $0/1M tokens ($0/1M output), while MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) leads in cached prefix economics at $0/1M tokens (50% discount). NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super achieves a 0ms faster P90 time-to-first-token latency (280ms vs 280ms).
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| Specification / FinOps Dimension | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) | Verified Advantage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Official Vendor API ID | nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-a12b | minimax/minimax-m3.1-flash:free | Pinned Snapshot IDs |
| Standard Input / Output (per 1M) | $0.3 / $2.4 | $0 / $0 | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) |
| Cache Read Price (per 1M) | $0.15/1M (50% Off) | $0/1M (50% Off) | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) |
| Context Window / Max Output | 256K In / 230K Out | 977K In / 512K Out | MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free) |
| P90 First-Token / Edge Latency | 280ms | 280ms | NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super (-0ms) |
NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super is a 120B-parameter open hybrid MoE model, activating just 12B parameters for maximum compute efficiency and accuracy in complex multi-agent applications. B
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a multimodal model from MiniMax. Compared with M3, it delivers significant improvements across multiple benchmarks, particularly in complex agentic tasks, cod
Real-Time Stack Cost & Hidden-Fee Simulator (MAU / Token / Egress / GMV)
Calibrated with Reddit r/FinOps & r/devops telemetry: Includes Context Caching, Bandwidth Egress, and MoR Tax
🛰️Switch from NVIDIA: Nemotron 3 Super to MiniMax: MiniMax M3.1 Flash (free)
MiniMax-M3.1-Flash is a multimodal model from MiniMax. Compared with M3, it delivers significant improvements across multiple benchmarks, particularly in complex agentic tasks, cod Verified P90 latency of 280ms.