GPT-5.4 Pro vs Ministral 3 3B

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

GPT-5.4 Pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 91 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4 Pro's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 87.4 against 6.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 89 to 5.

GPT-5.4 Pro is also the more expensive model on tokens at $30.00 input / $180.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Ministral 3 3B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 Pro is the reasoning model in the pair, while Ministral 3 3B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. GPT-5.4 Pro gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 3B.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 Pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 3B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

87.4

Ministral 3 3B

22.9

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
19
88
BrowseComp
33
84
OSWorld-Verified
20

Coding

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

87.4

Ministral 3 3B

6.2

95
HumanEval
15
86
SWE-bench Verified
8
86
LiveCodeBench
7
89
SWE-bench Pro
5

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

94.9

Ministral 3 3B

30.4

94
MMMU-Pro
25
96
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

96.1

Ministral 3 3B

30.1

97
SimpleQA
22
95
MuSR
20
98
BBH
57
95
LongBench v2
32
97
MRCRv2
35

Knowledge

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

83.8

Ministral 3 3B

24.5

99
MMLU
24
99
GPQA
23
97
SuperGPQA
21
94
OpenBookQA
19
94
MMLU-Pro
48
50
HLE
1
92
FrontierScience
28

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

97

Ministral 3 3B

67

97
IFEval
67

Multilingual

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

95.7

Ministral 3 3B

59.7

97
MGSM
61
95
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

GPT-5.4 Pro

GPT-5.4 Pro

98.2

Ministral 3 3B

36

99
AIME 2023
23
99
AIME 2024
25
99
AIME 2025
24
96
HMMT Feb 2023
19
98
HMMT Feb 2024
21
97
HMMT Feb 2025
20
97
BRUMO 2025
22
99
MATH-500
53

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro is ahead overall, 91 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 89 and 5.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 24.5. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.4 versus 6.2. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 36. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 96.1 versus 30.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.4 versus 22.9. 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-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.9 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-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 97 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 Pro or Ministral 3 3B?

GPT-5.4 Pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 95.7 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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