DeepSeekMath V2 vs Ministral 3 3B (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 31. 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 mathematics, where it averages 84 against 40.9. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 72 to 16.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeekMath V2 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

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

63.9

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

34

65
Terminal-Bench 2.0
33
66
BrowseComp
37
61
OSWorld-Verified
33

Coding

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

47.3

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

7.2

72
HumanEval
16
45
SWE-bench Verified
9
44
LiveCodeBench
8
51
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

68.1

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

30.4

64
MMMU-Pro
25
73
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

75.9

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

35.3

77
SimpleQA
26
75
MuSR
26
86
BBH
63
75
LongBench v2
37
72
MRCRv2
40

Knowledge

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

61

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

25.2

80
MMLU
25
79
GPQA
24
77
SuperGPQA
22
75
OpenBookQA
20
74
MMLU-Pro
49
18
HLE
1
73
FrontierScience
29

Instruction Following

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

83

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

68

83
IFEval
68

Multilingual

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

82.5

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

59.7

87
MGSM
61
80
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

84

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

40.9

80
AIME 2023
27
82
AIME 2024
29
81
AIME 2025
28
76
HMMT Feb 2023
23
78
HMMT Feb 2024
25
77
HMMT Feb 2025
24
79
BRUMO 2025
26
90
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

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

DeepSeekMath V2 is ahead overall, 66 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 72 and 16.

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

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 25.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.3 versus 7.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84 versus 40.9. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 35.3. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.9 versus 34. 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, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.1 versus 30.4. 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 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 68. 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 3B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 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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