MiniMax M3 428B — B200 vs GB200 NVL72 Performance per Dollar
Cost per million tokens of B200 (NVIDIA Blackwell) versus GB200 NVL72 (NVIDIA Blackwell) on MiniMax M3 428B. Large-hyperscaler-volume ownership TCO normalized by total tokens — performance per dollar across LLM workloads. Pick the more cost-efficient SKU at every target interactivity level. Use the chart controls below to switch sequences, precisions, and metrics — same interactions as the main inference chart.
AgentX replays real coding-agent sessions rather than fixed-length prompts, so context grows turn over turn and most of each request is served from cache instead of being recomputed. That turns the comparison into a systems question: KV transfer between nodes, prefix-aware routing, and cache capacity all move the curve alongside raw chip throughput. Fixed-sequence workloads stay the clean baseline for kernel and silicon performance, so the two scenarios answer different questions about the same hardware. Learn more about AgentX →
On MiniMax M3 428B at 122 tok/s/user, the per-million math comes out to $0.01 for B200 and $0.02 for GB200 NVL72; B200 delivers 92% more total tokens per dollar.
At 200 tok/s/user on MiniMax M3 428B, B200 costs $0.02 per million tokens; GB200 NVL72 costs $0.05. B200 is 123% more cost-efficient at this operating point.
B200 edges GB200 NVL72 at 279 tok/s/user on MiniMax M3 428B — $0.05 per million tokens versus $0.06, a 15% cost-per-token gap. (Numbers reflect the default agentic-traces · fp4 selection for this URL — table and chart below update if you change sequence, precision, or model in the controls.)
Chip pricing (owning hyperscaler): B200 $1.73/chip/hr · GB200 NVL72 $1.86/chip/hr. Source: SemiAnalysis Market July 2026 Pricing Surveys & AI Cloud TCO Model.
| Metric | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) | Interactivity (tok/s/user) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dollar per Million Tokens | B200:$0.011GB200 NVL72:$0.021 | B200:$0.020GB200 NVL72:$0.045 | B200:$0.051GB200 NVL72:$0.059 |
| Concurrency | B200:~27GB200 NVL72:~16 | B200:~16GB200 NVL72:~10 | B200:~5GB200 NVL72:~16 |
Inference Performance
Agentic inference metrics from the AgentX scenario and fixed-sequence inference metrics across models, hardware configurations, and serving parameters.
MiniMax M3 428B 8K / 1K Cost per Million Total Tokens vs. Interactivity
MiniMax M3 428B 8K / 1K Cost per Million Total Tokens vs. Interactivity- Cost Tier:
- Owning at Large Hyperscaler Volume
- Source:
- SemiAnalysis InferenceX™
TCO $/chip/hr: VR200: 3.61H100: 1.17H200: 1.22B200: 1.73B300: 2.26GB200: 1.86GB300: 2.31MI300X: 0.95MI325X: 1.1MI355X: 1.5RTX6000PRO: 0.68Jalapeño (OpenAI): 1.47TPUV7: 1.03
Source: SemiAnalysis Market July 2026 Pricing Surveys & AI Cloud TCO Model
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate cost per million tokens per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct token cost comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate input throughput per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct input throughput comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate output throughput per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct output throughput comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate power per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct power comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
Note: Disaggregated inference configurations (e.g., MoRI SGLang, Dynamo TRTLLM) calculate Joules per decode chip or per prefill chip, rather than per total chip count. This makes direct Joules per token comparison with aggregated configs not an apples-to-apples comparison.
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