GLM-5 (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

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

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 78 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GLM-5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 62.5 against 35. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 67 to 36.

GLM-5 (Reasoning) gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GLM-5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

78.3

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

58.5

81
Terminal-Bench 2.0
60
80
BrowseComp
61
74
OSWorld-Verified
55

Coding

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

62.5

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

35

88
HumanEval
62
62
SWE-bench Verified
39
58
LiveCodeBench
33
67
SWE-bench Pro
36

Multimodal & Grounded

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

78.5

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

71.5

74
MMMU-Pro
71
84
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

88.9

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

69.2

92
SimpleQA
70
90
MuSR
70
91
BBH
80
86
LongBench v2
66
87
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

72

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

52.1

96
MMLU
71
94
GPQA
70
92
SuperGPQA
68
90
OpenBookQA
66
81
MMLU-Pro
69
29
HLE
7
83
FrontierScience
62

Instruction Following

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

92

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

81

92
IFEval
81

Multilingual

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

86.4

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

77.8

89
MGSM
81
85
MMLU-ProX
76

Mathematics

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

GLM-5 (Reasoning)

94.4

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

75.2

98
AIME 2023
73
99
AIME 2024
75
98
AIME 2025
74
94
HMMT Feb 2023
69
96
HMMT Feb 2024
71
95
HMMT Feb 2025
70
96
BRUMO 2025
72
92
MATH-500
79

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 78 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 67 and 36.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 72 versus 52.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 62.5 versus 35. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 94.4 versus 75.2. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 88.9 versus 69.2. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 58.5. 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, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.5 versus 71.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 81. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GLM-5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GLM-5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 86.4 versus 77.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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