GPT-4.1 vs Ministral 3 14B

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

GPT-4.1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 65 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-4.1's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 51.7 against 33. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2024, 26.4 to 70. Ministral 3 14B does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

GPT-4.1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $8.00 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. GPT-4.1 gives you the larger context window at 1M, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 14B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

64.7

Ministral 3 14B

48.4

61
Terminal-Bench 2.0
48
73
BrowseComp
55
63
OSWorld-Verified
44

Coding

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

51.7

Ministral 3 14B

33

54.6
SWE-bench Verified
37
51
SWE-bench Pro
34
Coming soon
HumanEval
58
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
31

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

73.6

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

70
MMMU-Pro
70
78
OfficeQA Pro
71

Reasoning

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

80.9

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

80
LongBench v2
60
82
MRCRv2
60
Coming soon
SimpleQA
66
Coming soon
MuSR
64
Coming soon
BBH
74

Knowledge

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

63.3

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

90.2
MMLU
69
66.3
GPQA
68
61
FrontierScience
60
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
66
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
64
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
67
Coming soon
HLE
5

Instruction Following

GPT-4.1

GPT-4.1

87.4

Ministral 3 14B

80

87.4
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Ministral 3 14B

GPT-4.1

69

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

69
MMLU-ProX
75
Coming soon
MGSM
80

Mathematics

Ministral 3 14B

GPT-4.1

26.4

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

26.4
AIME 2024
70
Coming soon
AIME 2023
68
Coming soon
AIME 2025
72
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
64
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
66
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
65
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
67
Coming soon
MATH-500
72

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 is ahead overall, 65 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2024, where the scores are 26.4 and 70.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 63.3 versus 50.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 51.7 versus 33. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 69.7 versus 26.4. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 80.9 versus 63.6. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 64.7 versus 48.4. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.6 versus 70.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

GPT-4.1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 87.4 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4.1 or Ministral 3 14B?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.8 versus 69. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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