Z-1 vs Ministral 3 3B

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

Z-1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 47 to 27. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

Z-1's sharpest advantage is in mathematics, where it averages 60.9 against 36. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 44 to 15.

Quick Verdict

Pick Z-1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 3B only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

Z-1

Z-1

42.2

Ministral 3 3B

22.9

39
Terminal-Bench 2.0
19
49
BrowseComp
33
41
OSWorld-Verified
20

Coding

Z-1

Z-1

26.7

Ministral 3 3B

6.2

44
HumanEval
15
33
SWE-bench Verified
8
22
LiveCodeBench
7
30
SWE-bench Pro
5

Multimodal & Grounded

Z-1

Z-1

50.5

Ministral 3 3B

30.4

46
MMMU-Pro
25
56
OfficeQA Pro
37

Reasoning

Z-1

Z-1

54.8

Ministral 3 3B

30.1

50
SimpleQA
22
48
MuSR
20
74
BBH
57
56
LongBench v2
32
57
MRCRv2
35

Knowledge

Z-1

Z-1

42.7

Ministral 3 3B

24.5

52
MMLU
24
51
GPQA
23
49
SuperGPQA
21
47
OpenBookQA
19
64
MMLU-Pro
48
6
HLE
1
51
FrontierScience
28

Instruction Following

Z-1

Z-1

80

Ministral 3 3B

67

80
IFEval
67

Multilingual

Z-1

Z-1

72.7

Ministral 3 3B

59.7

74
MGSM
61
72
MMLU-ProX
59

Mathematics

Z-1

Z-1

60.9

Ministral 3 3B

36

52
AIME 2023
23
54
AIME 2024
25
53
AIME 2025
24
48
HMMT Feb 2023
19
50
HMMT Feb 2024
21
49
HMMT Feb 2025
20
51
BRUMO 2025
22
73
MATH-500
53

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 is ahead overall, 47 to 27. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 44 and 15.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 42.7 versus 24.5. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 26.7 versus 6.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 60.9 versus 36. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 54.8 versus 30.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 42.2 versus 22.9. Inside this category, OSWorld-Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 50.5 versus 30.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 80 versus 67. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, Z-1 or Ministral 3 3B?

Z-1 has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 72.7 versus 59.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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