MiMo-V2-Flash vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

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

MiMo-V2-Flash is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 66 to 36. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

MiMo-V2-Flash's sharpest advantage is in multimodal & grounded, where it averages 75.8 against 33.4. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 78 to 28.

Quick Verdict

Pick MiMo-V2-Flash if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

61.8

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

38.5

63
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
65
BrowseComp
41
58
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

50

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

15.2

71
HumanEval
24
45
SWE-bench Verified
17
49
LiveCodeBench
16
52
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

75.8

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

33.4

78
MMMU-Pro
28
73
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

75.3

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

42.1

76
SimpleQA
32
74
MuSR
33
85
BBH
70
74
LongBench v2
44
73
MRCRv2
47

Knowledge

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

58.8

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

30

79
MMLU
30
78
GPQA
29
76
SuperGPQA
27
74
OpenBookQA
25
72
MMLU-Pro
54
14
HLE
5
71
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

84

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

70

84
IFEval
70

Multilingual

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

79.1

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

61.7

83
MGSM
63
77
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

MiMo-V2-Flash

MiMo-V2-Flash

83.4

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

47.8

79
AIME 2023
33
81
AIME 2024
35
80
AIME 2025
34
75
HMMT Feb 2023
29
77
HMMT Feb 2024
31
76
HMMT Feb 2025
30
78
BRUMO 2025
32
90
MATH-500
67

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash is ahead overall, 66 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 78 and 28.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 58.8 versus 30. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 50 versus 15.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 83.4 versus 47.8. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 75.3 versus 42.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 61.8 versus 38.5. 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, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.8 versus 33.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 84 versus 70. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, MiMo-V2-Flash or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

MiMo-V2-Flash has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 79.1 versus 61.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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