Mistral Large 3 vs Ministral 3 14B

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

Mistral Large 3 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 61 to 55. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Mistral Large 3's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 41 against 33. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 68 to 58.

Mistral Large 3 is also the more expensive model on tokens at $2.00 input / $6.00 output per 1M tokens, versus $0.00 input / $0.00 output per 1M tokens for Ministral 3 14B. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone.

Quick Verdict

Pick Mistral Large 3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill.

Agentic

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

52.5

Ministral 3 14B

48.4

52
Terminal-Bench 2.0
48
58
BrowseComp
55
49
OSWorld-Verified
44

Coding

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

41

Ministral 3 14B

33

68
HumanEval
58
45
SWE-bench Verified
37
39
LiveCodeBench
31
42
SWE-bench Pro
34

Multimodal & Grounded

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

75.5

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

75
MMMU-Pro
70
76
OfficeQA Pro
71

Reasoning

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

70.6

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

73
SimpleQA
66
71
MuSR
64
81
BBH
74
67
LongBench v2
60
67
MRCRv2
60

Knowledge

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

57.1

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

76
MMLU
69
75
GPQA
68
73
SuperGPQA
66
71
OpenBookQA
64
74
MMLU-Pro
67
12
HLE
5
67
FrontierScience
60

Instruction Following

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

83

Ministral 3 14B

80

83
IFEval
80

Multilingual

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

78.8

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

82
MGSM
80
77
MMLU-ProX
75

Mathematics

Mistral Large 3

Mistral Large 3

77.3

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

76
AIME 2023
68
78
AIME 2024
70
77
AIME 2025
72
72
HMMT Feb 2023
64
74
HMMT Feb 2024
66
73
HMMT Feb 2025
65
75
BRUMO 2025
67
80
MATH-500
72

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 is ahead overall, 61 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 68 and 58.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 57.1 versus 50.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 33. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 77.3 versus 69.7. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 70.6 versus 63.6. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 52.5 versus 48.4. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 75.5 versus 70.5. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 83 versus 80. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Mistral Large 3 or Ministral 3 14B?

Mistral Large 3 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 78.8 versus 76.8. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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