o1 vs Ministral 3 14B

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 68 to 55. 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 50.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 69.

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. That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Ministral 3 14B is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 14B.

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 14B only becomes the better choice if you want the cheaper token bill or you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Agentic

o1

o1

65.4

Ministral 3 14B

48.4

66
Terminal-Bench 2.0
48
72
BrowseComp
55
60
OSWorld-Verified
44

Coding

o1

o1

48.4

Ministral 3 14B

33

41
SWE-bench Verified
37
50
SWE-bench Pro
34
Coming soon
HumanEval
58
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
31

Multimodal & Grounded

o1

o1

70.7

Ministral 3 14B

70.5

68
MMMU-Pro
70
74
OfficeQA Pro
71

Reasoning

o1

o1

78.1

Ministral 3 14B

63.6

79
LongBench v2
60
77
MRCRv2
60
Coming soon
SimpleQA
66
Coming soon
MuSR
64
Coming soon
BBH
74

Knowledge

o1

o1

69.6

Ministral 3 14B

50.1

91.8
MMLU
69
75.7
GPQA
68
65
FrontierScience
60
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
66
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
64
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
67
Coming soon
HLE
5

Instruction Following

o1

o1

92.2

Ministral 3 14B

80

92.2
IFEval
80

Multilingual

o1

o1

77

Ministral 3 14B

76.8

77
MMLU-ProX
75
Coming soon
MGSM
80

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

Ministral 3 14B

69.7

74.3
AIME 2024
70
Coming soon
AIME 2023
68
Coming soon
AIME 2025
72
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
64
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
66
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
65
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
67
Coming soon
MATH-500
72

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or Ministral 3 14B?

o1 is ahead overall, 68 to 55. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 69.

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

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 50.1. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 33. 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?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 69.7. 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?

o1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 63.6. 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?

o1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.4 versus 48.4. 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, o1 or Ministral 3 14B?

o1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.7 versus 70.5. Inside this category, OfficeQA Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 80. 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?

o1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 77 versus 76.8. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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