o1 vs Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 68 to 31. 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 25.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 25.

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 3B (Reasoning). That is roughly Infinityx on output cost alone. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

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

Agentic

o1

o1

65.4

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

34

66
Terminal-Bench 2.0
33
72
BrowseComp
37
60
OSWorld-Verified
33

Coding

o1

o1

48.4

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

7.2

41
SWE-bench Verified
9
50
SWE-bench Pro
6
Coming soon
HumanEval
16
Coming soon
LiveCodeBench
8

Multimodal & Grounded

o1

o1

70.7

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

30.4

68
MMMU-Pro
25
74
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

o1

o1

78.1

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

35.3

79
LongBench v2
37
77
MRCRv2
40
Coming soon
SimpleQA
26
Coming soon
MuSR
26
Coming soon
BBH
63

Knowledge

o1

o1

69.6

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

25.2

91.8
MMLU
25
75.7
GPQA
24
65
FrontierScience
29
Coming soon
SuperGPQA
22
Coming soon
OpenBookQA
20
Coming soon
MMLU-Pro
49
Coming soon
HLE
1

Instruction Following

o1

o1

92.2

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

68

92.2
IFEval
68

Multilingual

o1

o1

77

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

59.7

77
MMLU-ProX
59
Coming soon
MGSM
61

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

Ministral 3 3B (Reasoning)

40.9

74.3
AIME 2024
29
Coming soon
AIME 2023
27
Coming soon
AIME 2025
28
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2023
23
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2024
25
Coming soon
HMMT Feb 2025
24
Coming soon
BRUMO 2025
26
Coming soon
MATH-500
59

Frequently Asked Questions

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

o1 is ahead overall, 68 to 31. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 25.

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

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 69.6 versus 25.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 48.4 versus 7.2. 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 3B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 40.9. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 78.1 versus 35.3. 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 3B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 65.4 versus 34. 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 3B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.7 versus 30.4. 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 3B (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 77 versus 59.7. Inside this category, MMLU-ProX is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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