Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Ministral 3 14B

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

Gemini 3.1 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 84 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Gemini 3.1 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 71.9 against 33. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 71 to 31.

Gemini 3.1 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $1.25 input / $5.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Ministral 3 14B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. Gemini 3.1 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 14B.

Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.1 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

76.1

Ministral 3 14B

48.4

77
Terminal-Bench 2.0
48
86
BrowseComp
55
68
OSWorld-Verified
44

Coding

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

71.9

Ministral 3 14B

33

91
HumanEval
58
75
SWE-bench Verified
37
71
LiveCodeBench
31
72
SWE-bench Pro
34

Multimodal & Grounded

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

95

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

95
MMMU-Pro
70
95
OfficeQA Pro
71

Reasoning

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

92.7

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

95
SimpleQA
66
93
MuSR
64
92
BBH
74
93
LongBench v2
60
90
MRCRv2
60

Knowledge

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

79.4

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

99
MMLU
69
97
GPQA
68
95
SuperGPQA
66
93
OpenBookQA
64
92
MMLU-Pro
67
40
HLE
5
88
FrontierScience
60

Instruction Following

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

95

Ministral 3 14B

80

95
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

94.1

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

96
MGSM
80
93
MMLU-ProX
75

Mathematics

Gemini 3.1 Pro

Gemini 3.1 Pro

96.8

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

99
AIME 2023
68
99
AIME 2024
70
98
AIME 2025
72
95
HMMT Feb 2023
64
97
HMMT Feb 2024
66
96
HMMT Feb 2025
65
96
BRUMO 2025
67
97
MATH-500
72

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro is ahead overall, 84 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 71 and 31.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.4 versus 50.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 71.9 versus 33. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.8 versus 69.7. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 63.6. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.1 versus 48.4. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 70.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 95 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Ministral 3 14B?

Gemini 3.1 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.1 versus 76.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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