GPT-5.4 vs Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

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

GPT-5.4 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 90 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

GPT-5.4's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 84.5 against 35. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is LiveCodeBench, 84 to 33.

GPT-5.4 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.50 input / $15.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning). That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. GPT-5.4 gives you the larger context window at 1.05M, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-5.4 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

87.8

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

58.5

90
Terminal-Bench 2.0
60
88
BrowseComp
61
85
OSWorld-Verified
55

Coding

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

84.5

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

35

95
HumanEval
62
84
SWE-bench Verified
39
84
LiveCodeBench
33
85
SWE-bench Pro
36

Multimodal & Grounded

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

95.5

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

71.5

95
MMMU-Pro
71
96
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

95.8

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

69.2

97
SimpleQA
70
94
MuSR
70
97
BBH
80
95
LongBench v2
66
97
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

82.6

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

52.1

99
MMLU
71
98
GPQA
70
96
SuperGPQA
68
94
OpenBookQA
66
93
MMLU-Pro
69
48
HLE
7
91
FrontierScience
62

Instruction Following

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

96

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

81

96
IFEval
81

Multilingual

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

94.7

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

77.8

96
MGSM
81
94
MMLU-ProX
76

Mathematics

GPT-5.4

GPT-5.4

98.2

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

75.2

99
AIME 2023
73
99
AIME 2024
75
99
AIME 2025
74
96
HMMT Feb 2023
69
98
HMMT Feb 2024
71
97
HMMT Feb 2025
70
97
BRUMO 2025
72
99
MATH-500
79

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 is ahead overall, 90 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is LiveCodeBench, where the scores are 84 and 33.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82.6 versus 52.1. Inside this category, HLE is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 84.5 versus 35. Inside this category, LiveCodeBench is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 98.2 versus 75.2. Inside this category, HMMT Feb 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 95.8 versus 69.2. Inside this category, MRCRv2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 87.8 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, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 95.5 versus 71.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 96 versus 81. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-5.4 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

GPT-5.4 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 94.7 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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