GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark vs Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

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

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 87 to 31. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 82.3 against 7.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 85 to 6.

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark 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 3B (Reasoning). That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark gives you the larger context window at 256K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

85.6

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

34

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
33
82
BrowseComp
37
83
OSWorld-Verified
33

Coding

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

82.3

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

7.2

91
HumanEval
16
80
SWE-bench Verified
9
80
LiveCodeBench
8
85
SWE-bench Pro
6

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

88.3

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

30.4

86
MMMU-Pro
25
91
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92.7

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

35.3

94
SimpleQA
26
92
MuSR
26
97
BBH
63
91
LongBench v2
37
92
MRCRv2
40

Knowledge

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

78.3

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

25.2

97
MMLU
25
95
GPQA
24
93
SuperGPQA
22
91
OpenBookQA
20
88
MMLU-Pro
49
42
HLE
1
88
FrontierScience
29

Instruction Following

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

92

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

68

92
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

90.8

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

59.7

94
MGSM
61
89
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark

96.7

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

40.9

98
AIME 2023
27
98
AIME 2024
29
97
AIME 2025
28
94
HMMT Feb 2023
23
96
HMMT Feb 2024
25
95
HMMT Feb 2025
24
95
BRUMO 2025
26
98
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark is ahead overall, 87 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 85 and 6.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.3 versus 25.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 82.3 versus 7.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 96.7 versus 40.9. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 92.7 versus 35.3. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 85.6 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, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 88.3 versus 30.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark or Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.3-Codex-Spark has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 90.8 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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