DeepSeekMath V2 vs Ministral 3 8B (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 36. 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 47.8. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 80 to 30.

Quick Verdict

Pick DeepSeekMath V2 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B (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 8B (Reasoning)

38.5

65
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
66
BrowseComp
41
61
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

47.3

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

15.2

72
HumanEval
24
45
SWE-bench Verified
17
44
LiveCodeBench
16
51
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

68.1

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

33.4

64
MMMU-Pro
28
73
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

75.9

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

42.1

77
SimpleQA
32
75
MuSR
33
86
BBH
70
75
LongBench v2
44
72
MRCRv2
47

Knowledge

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

61

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

30

80
MMLU
30
79
GPQA
29
77
SuperGPQA
27
75
OpenBookQA
25
74
MMLU-Pro
54
18
HLE
5
73
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

83

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

70

83
IFEval
70

Multilingual

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

82.5

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

61.7

87
MGSM
63
80
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

DeepSeekMath V2

DeepSeekMath V2

84

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

47.8

80
AIME 2023
33
82
AIME 2024
35
81
AIME 2025
34
76
HMMT Feb 2023
29
78
HMMT Feb 2024
31
77
HMMT Feb 2025
30
79
BRUMO 2025
32
90
MATH-500
67

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 is ahead overall, 66 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 80 and 30.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 61 versus 30. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 47.3 versus 15.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, DeepSeekMath V2 or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 84 versus 47.8. 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 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.9 versus 42.1. 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 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.9 versus 38.5. 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 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 68.1 versus 33.4. 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 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 70. 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 8B (Reasoning)?

DeepSeekMath V2 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.5 versus 61.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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