DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

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

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 41 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 19.9 against 7.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LongBench v2, 57 to 37.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

44.2

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

34

42
Terminal-Bench 2.0
33
48
BrowseComp
37
44
OSWorld-Verified
33

Coding

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

19.9

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

7.2

26
HumanEval
16
14
SWE-bench Verified
9
16
LiveCodeBench
8
25
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

41.5

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

30.4

37
MMMU-Pro
25
47
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

45.8

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

35.3

32
SimpleQA
26
30
MuSR
26
64
BBH
63
57
LongBench v2
37
56
MRCRv2
40

Knowledge

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

32.8

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

25.2

34
MMLU
25
33
GPQA
24
31
SuperGPQA
22
29
OpenBookQA
20
53
MMLU-Pro
49
10
HLE
1
37
FrontierScience
29

Instruction Following

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

70

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

68

70
IFEval
68

Multilingual

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

62.1

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

59.7

64
MGSM
61
61
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning)

46.1

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

40.9

34
AIME 2023
27
36
AIME 2024
29
35
AIME 2025
28
30
HMMT Feb 2023
23
32
HMMT Feb 2024
25
31
HMMT Feb 2025
24
33
BRUMO 2025
26
62
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 41 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LongBench v2, where the scores are 57 and 37.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 32.8 versus 25.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 19.9 versus 7.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 46.1 versus 40.9. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 45.8 versus 35.3. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 44.2 versus 34. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 41.5 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 V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 70 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeek V3.1 (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 62.1 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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