Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) vs Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

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

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 76 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)'s sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 64.1 against 35. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is SWE-bench Pro, 70 to 36.

Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

73.1

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

58.5

75
Terminal-Bench 2.0
60
77
BrowseComp
61
68
OSWorld-Verified
55

Coding

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

64.1

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

35

84
HumanEval
62
65
SWE-bench Verified
39
58
LiveCodeBench
33
70
SWE-bench Pro
36

Multimodal & Grounded

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

74.3

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

71.5

72
MMMU-Pro
71
77
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

84.9

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

69.2

88
SimpleQA
70
86
MuSR
70
91
BBH
80
82
LongBench v2
66
81
MRCRv2
66

Knowledge

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

69.7

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

52.1

92
MMLU
71
90
GPQA
70
88
SuperGPQA
68
86
OpenBookQA
66
81
MMLU-Pro
69
27
HLE
7
80
FrontierScience
62

Instruction Following

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

91

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

81

91
IFEval
81

Multilingual

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

86.7

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

77.8

88
MGSM
81
86
MMLU-ProX
76

Mathematics

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning)

92.6

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

75.2

94
AIME 2023
73
96
AIME 2024
75
95
AIME 2025
74
90
HMMT Feb 2023
69
92
HMMT Feb 2024
71
91
HMMT Feb 2025
70
93
BRUMO 2025
72
92
MATH-500
79

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) is ahead overall, 76 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is SWE-bench Pro, where the scores are 70 and 36.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.7 versus 52.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 64.1 versus 35. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 92.6 versus 75.2. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 84.9 versus 69.2. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 73.1 versus 58.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 71.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 91 versus 81. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Kimi K2.5 (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 86.7 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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