DeepSeek LLM 2.0 vs Ministral 3 3B

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, and math workflows.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 62 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek LLM 2.0's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 80.8 against 36. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 73 to 15.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek LLM 2.0 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

57.9

Ministral 3 3B

22.9

57
Terminal-Bench 2.0
19
62
BrowseComp
33
56
OSWorld-Verified
20

Coding

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

42.9

Ministral 3 3B

6.2

73
HumanEval
15
46
SWE-bench Verified
8
39
LiveCodeBench
7
46
SWE-bench Pro
5

Multimodal & Grounded

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

64.5

Ministral 3 3B

30.4

60
MMMU-Pro
25
70
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

73.6

Ministral 3 3B

30.1

77
SimpleQA
22
75
MuSR
20
81
BBH
57
70
LongBench v2
32
69
MRCRv2
35

Knowledge

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

57.5

Ministral 3 3B

24.5

79
MMLU
24
78
GPQA
23
76
SuperGPQA
21
74
OpenBookQA
19
72
MMLU-Pro
48
12
HLE
1
67
FrontierScience
28

Instruction Following

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

85

Ministral 3 3B

67

85
IFEval
67

Multilingual

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

78.8

Ministral 3 3B

59.7

82
MGSM
61
77
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

DeepSeek LLM 2.0

80.8

Ministral 3 3B

36

80
AIME 2023
23
82
AIME 2024
25
81
AIME 2025
24
76
HMMT Feb 2023
19
78
HMMT Feb 2024
21
77
HMMT Feb 2025
20
79
BRUMO 2025
22
83
MATH-500
53

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 is ahead overall, 62 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 73 and 15.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.5 versus 24.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 42.9 versus 6.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 80.8 versus 36. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 73.6 versus 30.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.9 versus 22.9. Inside this category, Terminal-Bench 2.0 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.5 versus 30.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 85 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, DeepSeek LLM 2.0 or Ministral 3 3B?

DeepSeek LLM 2.0 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.8 versus 59.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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