DeepSeekMath V2 vs Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

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

DeepSeekMath V2 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

DeepSeekMath V2's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 47.3 against 35. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 51 to 36. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) does hit back in multimodal & grounded, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeekMath V2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if multimodal & grounded is the priority.

Agentic

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

63.9

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

58.5

65
Terminal-Bench 2.0
60
66
BrowseComp
61
61
OSWorld-Verified
55

Coding

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

47.3

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

35

72
HumanEval
62
45
SWE-bench Verified
39
44
LiveCodeBench
33
51
SWE-bench Pro
36

Multimodal & Grounded

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

DeepSeekMath V2

68.1

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

71.5

64
MMMU-Pro
71
73
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

75.9

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

69.2

77
SimpleQA
70
75
MuSR
70
86
BBH
80
75
LongBench v2
66
72
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

61

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

52.1

80
MMLU
71
79
GPQA
70
77
SuperGPQA
68
75
OpenBookQA
66
74
MMLU-Pro
69
18
HLE
7
73
FrontierScience
62

Instruction Following

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

83

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

81

83
IFEval
81

Multilingual

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

82.5

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

77.8

87
MGSM
81
80
MMLU-ProX
76

Mathematics

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

84

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

75.2

80
AIME 2023
73
82
AIME 2024
75
81
AIME 2025
74
76
HMMT Feb 2023
69
78
HMMT Feb 2024
71
77
HMMT Feb 2025
70
79
BRUMO 2025
72
90
MATH-500
79

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 is ahead overall, 66 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 51 and 36.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 52.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.3 versus 35. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84 versus 75.2. Inside this category, MATH-500 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 69.2. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.9 versus 58.5. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.5 versus 68.1. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 81. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 77.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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