Ministral 3 14B vs MiniMax M1 80k

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 35. 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. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 70 to 34.

Ministral 3 14B gives you the larger context window at 128K, compared with 80K for MiniMax M1 80k.

Quick Verdict

Pick Ministral 3 14B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. MiniMax M1 80k 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

MiniMax M1 80k

32.1

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
30
55
BrowseComp
37
44
OSWorld-Verified
31

Coding

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

33

MiniMax M1 80k

13.8

58
HumanEval
28
37
SWE-bench Verified
16
31
LiveCodeBench
10
34
SWE-bench Pro
17

Multimodal & Grounded

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

MiniMax M1 80k

39

70
MMMU-Pro
34
71
OfficeQA Pro
45

Reasoning

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

MiniMax M1 80k

41.7

66
SimpleQA
34
64
MuSR
32
74
BBH
64
60
LongBench v2
45
60
MRCRv2
46

Knowledge

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

MiniMax M1 80k

31.3

69
MMLU
36
68
GPQA
35
66
SuperGPQA
33
64
OpenBookQA
31
67
MMLU-Pro
51
5
HLE
2
60
FrontierScience
39

Instruction Following

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

80

MiniMax M1 80k

68

80
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

MiniMax M1 80k

59.1

80
MGSM
63
75
MMLU-ProX
57

Mathematics

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

MiniMax M1 80k

44.9

68
AIME 2023
36
70
AIME 2024
38
72
AIME 2025
37
64
HMMT Feb 2023
32
66
HMMT Feb 2024
34
65
HMMT Feb 2025
33
67
BRUMO 2025
35
72
MATH-500
57

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B is ahead overall, 55 to 35. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 70 and 34.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.1 versus 31.3. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33 versus 13.8. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 69.7 versus 44.9. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.6 versus 41.7. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 32.1. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 39. 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 MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Ministral 3 14B or MiniMax M1 80k?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.8 versus 59.1. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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