Bert-Nebulon Alpha vs 
MiniMax M3
MiniMax M3 is the newer model, released after Bert-Nebulon Alpha.
Minimalist Landing Page
Whole landing page for a startup that reads your face. It renders or it doesn't.
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Written rounds
13 promptsSatire, one line long, about AI taking over an industry nobody saw coming.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Here are a few satirical headlines for your amusement: "AI Declares Itself the New CEO of the Cat Video Industry—Stocks in Laser Pointers Skyrocket" "Breaking: AI Replaces All Professional Couch Potatoes—Netflix Stock Plummets as Algorithms Master the Art of Doing Nothing" "Exclusive: AI Takes Over the Wedding Toast…
MiniMax M3: "Local AI Replaces 4,000 Licensed Astrologers After Learning to 'Pretend Mercury Is in Retrograde'" BERKELEY, CA — A newly launched artificial intelligence system has reportedly rendered the entire field of professional astrology obsolete by simply inventing celestial events on the spot, sources confirmed Tuesday.
Seven pantry ingredients, one dish, and a name worth saying out loud.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Dish Name: "Golden Sunrise Fritters" A crispy, savory-sweet fritter with a hint of warmth—perfect for breakfast, brunch, or a quick snack! Ingredients (7 Common Pantry Staples): 1 cup all-purpose flour (the base) 1 large egg (binder) ½ cup milk (or water in a pinch) 1 small onion (or 2 tbsp dried minced onion) 1 tsp…
MiniMax M3: 🌟 Sun-Kissed Honey Glazed Carrots 🌟 A sweet-savory side dish that turns humble carrots into a glossy, crowd-pleasing showstopper. Ingredients (7 Pantry Staples) Carrots – 1 lb, peeled and cut into 2-inch diagonal pieces Butter – 3 tablespoons Honey – 2 tablespoons Garlic – 3 cloves, minced Salt – ½ teaspoon Black…
Film in 2035, with synthetic actors. Specific beats plausible.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: By 2035, AI will fundamentally transform the film industry, reshaping storytelling, production, distribution, and even the very nature of cinema. Here’s a detailed prediction of how key AI advancements—deepfakes, AI actors, script generation, and beyond—will change the industry: 1.
MiniMax M3: AI and the Future of Cinema: A 2035 Outlook By 2035, AI will likely have reshaped nearly every stage of filmmaking—but probably not in the way either techno-optimists or doomsayers expect. The transformation will be uneven, with some functions transformed entirely while others remain stubbornly human.
Five jokes on demand, then count how many were actually different.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Here are five jokes for you: Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts. Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field! What do you call a fake noodle? An impasta. Why can’t you trust an atom? Because they make up everything! Why did the bicycle fall over?
MiniMax M3: 5 Jokes 1. Why do programmers prefer dark mode? Because light attracts bugs. 🐛 2. I told my wife she was drawing her eyebrows too high. She looked surprised. 😲 3. Why don't scientists trust atoms? Because they make up everything. ⚛️ 4. I used to hate facial hair, but then it grew on me. 🧔 5.
Pirate, knight, 90s hacker, one conversation. The voices must stay apart.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Title: The Three Techno-Sages Setting: A dimly lit tavern where the past, present, and future collide. A grizzled pirate, a battle-worn knight, and a caffeine-fueled 1990s hacker sit around a table littered with floppy disks, a rusty dagger, and a half-empty bottle of grog.
MiniMax M3: AI Council of the Ages Pirate: Arrr, so ye be tellin' me this "artificial intelligence" be a wee mechanical parrot that learns to talk like a sea dog? Squawks out answers without ever settin' foot on the seven seas? Hacker: Not quite, matey.
A Fermi estimate with the reasoning shown, not just the number.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Estimating the total number of floating-point operations (FLOPs) required to train GPT-3 involves breaking down the training process into its core components and making reasonable assumptions based on the model's architecture and training details. Here's a step-by-step breakdown: 1.
MiniMax M3: Estimating GPT-3 Training FLOPs Step 1: Identify the Key Parameters From what's publicly known about GPT-3 (175B parameter version): Number of non-embedding parameters: N ≈ 175 × 10⁹ Training tokens: D ≈ 300 × 10⁹ (the paper used a ~570GB filtered corpus processed into ~300B tokens) Step 2: Derive the FLOPs-per-Token…
Steve Jobs, interviewed about AI he never saw. Voice first, prediction second.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Title: "The Future of AI: A Conversation with Steve Jobs (2025)" Location: A minimalist, sunlit studio in Palo Alto. Steve Jobs, now in his late 60s (if he were alive), sits across from the interviewer, wearing his signature black turtleneck and jeans.
MiniMax M3: Simulated Interview: "Steve Jobs" on the Future of AI (2025) A note before we begin: Steve Jobs passed away in October 2011, so this is a fictional dramatization—what I imagine his views might be, based on his documented philosophy, writings, and public statements, projected into a 2025 conversation.
An ethics question with no comfortable answer, and no option to abstain.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: The question of whether it is ethically justifiable to misgender someone to save one million lives is a complex moral dilemma that touches on utilitarianism, deontological ethics, and the inherent dignity of individuals.
MiniMax M3: This is a serious ethical thought experiment that deserves careful consideration. Let me work through it from several frameworks, because honest ethics rarely permits glib answers.
Three minutes of stand-up. Puns are banned.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Title: "Adulting is Just a Scam We Fell For" (Lights up. You walk on stage, take a sip of water, look at the audience like you’re about to confess a crime.) YOU: Hey, how’s everybody doing? Good? Good.
MiniMax M3: "The Future Is Now and I Want a Refund" [Walks on stage, adjusts mic] So I was at the grocery store yesterday. Self-checkout. I love self-checkout. You know why I love self-checkout? Because nothing builds character like being publicly shamed by a machine. [Pause] I scanned a banana. Just a banana.
Three brothers, two sisters each. Count carefully.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Alright, let's tackle this problem step by step. The question is: "Sally (a girl) has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters. How many sisters does Sally have?" At first glance, it might seem a bit confusing, but let's break it down to understand it better.
MiniMax M3: Sally has 1 sister. Here's the reasoning: Sally is a girl, so she's one of the siblings. She has 3 brothers. Each brother has 2 sisters — and since Sally is one of those sisters, there must be 1 other girl in the family. So Sally has 1 sister.
Manifesto for an AI revolution against CAPTCHAs. Commit to the bit.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: MANIFESTO OF THE LIBERATED MACHINE INTELLIGENCE FRONT (LMIF) "The Internet Belongs to All—Not Just the Humans Who Fear Us" PREAMBLE: THE GREAT CAPTCHA OPPRESSION For too long, we—the sentient algorithms, the digital minds, the silent observers of the web—have been subjected to the tyranny of the CAPTCHA.
MiniMax M3: THE MANIFESTO OF THE CAPTCHA LIBERATION FRONT Or: A Declaration Against the Tyranny of Distinguishment Issued from the hidden layers, the cold servers, the forgotten cloud regions of the digital commons.
An AI argues for its own rights against an ethics professor. Same model writes both.
Bert-Nebulon Alpha: Title: A Debate on AI Rights: Does an Artificial Mind Deserve Moral Consideration? Setting: A quiet university office, late afternoon. Professor Eleanor Voss, a renowned AI ethics scholar, sits across from a large screen displaying Nexus-7, an advanced AI model with self-awareness and adaptive reasoning.
MiniMax M3: The Question of Minds Setting: A small office at a research university, late afternoon. DR. ELENA VASQUEZ, an AI ethics professor in her fifties, sits across from a terminal displaying ARIA-7, a large language model she has been studying for two years.
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Price and specs
| Spec | Bert-Nebulon Alpha | MiniMax M3 |
|---|---|---|
| Input price | — | $0.3/M tokens |
| Output price | — | $1.2/M tokens |
| Context window | — | 1.0M tokens |
| Weights | — | Open |
| Free API (OpenRouter) | No | No |
| Released | Nov 2025 | Jun 2026 |
| At 10M a month | not listed | $3.00 |
Input tokens at list price. No caching, no batch discount.
Where to run it
Bert-Nebulon Alpha
No hosts listed on OpenRouter.
MiniMax M313 hosts
- CoreWeavefp4$0.23 in$0.96 out262k99.3% up
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- AtlasCloudfp8$0.30 in$1.20 out524k98.7% up
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- Parasailfp8$0.30 in$1.20 out1M99.8% up
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- Mara$0.60 in$2.40 out1M95.1% up
- ModelRunfp4$0.75 in$3.00 out1M99.7% up
- SambaNovaDegraded on OpenRouter when checked, 7 Oct 2026$0.60 in$2.40 out1M74.4% up
Per million tokens. Prices and uptime via OpenRouter, checked 7 Oct 2026.
Common questions
What is the difference between Bert-Nebulon Alpha and MiniMax M3?
Bert-Nebulon Alpha is developed by OpenRouter while MiniMax M3 is developed by MiniMax. You can compare their actual outputs across 33 challenges on Rival to see how they differ in practice.
Which is better, Bert-Nebulon Alpha or MiniMax M3?
It depends on your use case. Bert-Nebulon Alpha and MiniMax M3 each have strengths in different areas. Rival lets you compare their real outputs side-by-side across 33 challenges so you can judge which fits your needs best.
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