Ministral 3 14B vs Grok 3 [Beta]

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

Ministral 3 14B is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 55 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Ministral 3 14B's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 70.5 against 43.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 70 to 40.

Quick Verdict

Pick Ministral 3 14B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Grok 3 [Beta] only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

48.4

Grok 3 [Beta]

35.7

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
32
55
BrowseComp
41
44
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

33

Grok 3 [Beta]

16.3

58
HumanEval
34
37
SWE-bench Verified
19
31
LiveCodeBench
11
34
SWE-bench Pro
21

Multimodal & Grounded

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

Grok 3 [Beta]

43.2

70
MMMU-Pro
40
71
OfficeQA Pro
47

Reasoning

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

Grok 3 [Beta]

47.4

66
SimpleQA
40
64
MuSR
38
74
BBH
62
60
LongBench v2
53
60
MRCRv2
52

Knowledge

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

Grok 3 [Beta]

34

69
MMLU
42
68
GPQA
41
66
SuperGPQA
39
64
OpenBookQA
37
67
MMLU-Pro
53
5
HLE
3
60
FrontierScience
40

Instruction Following

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

80

Grok 3 [Beta]

67

80
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

Grok 3 [Beta]

58.7

80
MGSM
60
75
MMLU-ProX
58

Mathematics

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

Grok 3 [Beta]

49.1

68
AIME 2023
42
70
AIME 2024
44
72
AIME 2025
43
64
HMMT Feb 2023
38
66
HMMT Feb 2024
40
65
HMMT Feb 2025
39
67
BRUMO 2025
41
72
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B is ahead overall, 55 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 70 and 40.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.1 versus 34. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33 versus 16.3. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 69.7 versus 49.1. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.6 versus 47.4. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 35.7. 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, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 43.2. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Grok 3 [Beta]?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.8 versus 58.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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