Ministral 3 14B vs Nova Pro

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 38. 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 41.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMMU-Pro, 70 to 37.

Quick Verdict

Pick Ministral 3 14B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nova Pro 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

Nova Pro

33.3

48
Terminal-Bench 2.0
31
55
BrowseComp
39
44
OSWorld-Verified
32

Coding

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

33

Nova Pro

17.2

58
HumanEval
33
37
SWE-bench Verified
19
31
LiveCodeBench
14
34
SWE-bench Pro
20

Multimodal & Grounded

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

Nova Pro

41.1

70
MMMU-Pro
37
71
OfficeQA Pro
46

Reasoning

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

Nova Pro

46.3

66
SimpleQA
39
64
MuSR
37
74
BBH
63
60
LongBench v2
51
60
MRCRv2
51

Knowledge

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

Nova Pro

34.2

69
MMLU
41
68
GPQA
40
66
SuperGPQA
38
64
OpenBookQA
36
67
MMLU-Pro
53
5
HLE
4
60
FrontierScience
41

Instruction Following

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

80

Nova Pro

66

80
IFEval
66

Multilingual

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

Nova Pro

60.4

80
MGSM
61
75
MMLU-ProX
60

Mathematics

Ministral 3 14B

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

Nova Pro

48.6

68
AIME 2023
41
70
AIME 2024
43
72
AIME 2025
42
64
HMMT Feb 2023
37
66
HMMT Feb 2024
39
65
HMMT Feb 2025
38
67
BRUMO 2025
40
72
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B is ahead overall, 55 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMMU-Pro, where the scores are 70 and 37.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.1 versus 34.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 33 versus 17.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 69.7 versus 48.6. Inside this category, AIME 2025 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 63.6 versus 46.3. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 33.3. 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 Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.5 versus 41.1. 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 Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 66. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Ministral 3 14B or Nova Pro?

Ministral 3 14B has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 76.8 versus 60.4. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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