o1 vs Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 68 to 60. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 69.6 against 52.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 71. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) does hit back in mathematics, so the answer changes if that is the part of the workload you care about most.

o1 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $15.00 input / $60.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning). That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if mathematics is the priority or you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

o1

o1

65.4

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

58.5

66
Terminal-Bench 2.0
60
72
BrowseComp
61
60
OSWorld-Verified
55

Coding

o1

o1

48.4

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

35

41
SWE-bench Verified
39
50
SWE-bench Pro
36
Coming soon
HumanEval
62
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
33

Multimodal & Grounded

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

o1

70.7

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

71.5

68
MMMU-Pro
71
74
OfficeQA Pro
72

Reasoning

o1

o1

78.1

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

69.2

79
LongBench v2
66
77
MRCRv2
66
Coming soon
SimpleQA
70
Coming soon
MuSR
70
Coming soon
BBH
80

Knowledge

o1

o1

69.6

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

52.1

91.8
MMLU
71
75.7
GPQA
70
65
FrontierScience
62
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
68
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
66
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
69
Coming soon
HLE
7

Instruction Following

o1

o1

92.2

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

81

92.2
IFEval
81

Multilingual

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

o1

77

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

77.8

77
MMLU-ProX
76
Coming soon
MGSM
81

Mathematics

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

o1

74.3

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

75.2

74.3
AIME 2024
75
Coming soon
AIME 2023
73
Coming soon
AIME 2025
74
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
69
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
71
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
70
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
72
Coming soon
MATH-500
79

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

o1 is ahead overall, 68 to 60. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 71.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 52.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 35. Inside this category, SWE-bench Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 75.2 versus 74.3. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 69.2. Inside this category, LongBench v2 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.4 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, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 71.5 versus 70.7. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 81. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, o1 or Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)?

Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 77.8 versus 77. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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