Ministral 3 14B vs Kimi K2

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 34. 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 39.5. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is AIME 2025, 72 to 33.

Quick Verdict

Pick Ministral 3 14B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Kimi K2 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

Kimi K2

29.3

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
27
55
BrowseComp
36
44
OSWorld-Verified
27

Coding

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

33

Kimi K2

12.8

58
HumanEval
24
37
SWE-bench Verified
15
31
LiveCodeBench
12
34
SWE-bench Pro
13

Multimodal & Grounded

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

Kimi K2

39.5

70
MMMU-Pro
35
71
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

Kimi K2

40.9

66
SimpleQA
30
64
MuSR
28
74
BBH
61
60
LongBench v2
47
60
MRCRv2
50

Knowledge

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

Kimi K2

29.3

69
MMLU
32
68
GPQA
31
66
SuperGPQA
29
64
OpenBookQA
27
67
MMLU-Pro
51
5
HLE
3
60
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

80

Kimi K2

67

80
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

Kimi K2

59.7

80
MGSM
61
75
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

Kimi K2

42.7

68
AIME 2023
32
70
AIME 2024
34
72
AIME 2025
33
64
HMMT Feb 2023
28
66
HMMT Feb 2024
30
65
HMMT Feb 2025
29
67
BRUMO 2025
31
72
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Ministral 3 14B or Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B is ahead overall, 55 to 34. The biggest single separator in this matchup is AIME 2025, where the scores are 72 and 33.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.1 versus 29.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Ministral 3 14B or Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33 versus 12.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Ministral 3 14B or Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 69.7 versus 42.7. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Ministral 3 14B or Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.6 versus 40.9. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 29.3. 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 Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 39.5. 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 Kimi K2?

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 Kimi K2?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.8 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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