o3-pro vs Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

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

o3-pro is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 71 to 36. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o3-pro's sharpest advantage is in reasoning, where it averages 83.6 against 42.1. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is GPQA, 89 to 29.

o3-pro gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick o3-pro if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Agentic

o3-pro

o3-pro

70.4

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

38.5

69
Terminal-Bench 2.0
39
76
BrowseComp
41
68
OSWorld-Verified
36

Coding

o3-pro

o3-pro

49.2

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

15.2

80
HumanEval
24
46
SWE-bench Verified
17
44
LiveCodeBench
16
55
SWE-bench Pro
14

Multimodal & Grounded

o3-pro

o3-pro

74.1

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

33.4

70
MMMU-Pro
28
79
OfficeQA Pro
40

Reasoning

o3-pro

o3-pro

83.6

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

42.1

86
SimpleQA
32
84
MuSR
33
89
BBH
70
81
LongBench v2
44
81
MRCRv2
47

Knowledge

o3-pro

o3-pro

67.1

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

30

88
MMLU
30
89
GPQA
29
87
SuperGPQA
27
85
OpenBookQA
25
75
MMLU-Pro
54
26
HLE
5
77
FrontierScience
34

Instruction Following

o3-pro

o3-pro

82

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

70

82
IFEval
70

Multilingual

o3-pro

o3-pro

81.1

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

61.7

83
MGSM
63
80
MMLU-ProX
61

Mathematics

o3-pro

o3-pro

89

Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)

47.8

90
AIME 2023
33
92
AIME 2024
35
91
AIME 2025
34
86
HMMT Feb 2023
29
88
HMMT Feb 2024
31
87
HMMT Feb 2025
30
89
BRUMO 2025
32
89
MATH-500
67

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro is ahead overall, 71 to 36. The biggest single separator in this matchup is GPQA, where the scores are 89 and 29.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 67.1 versus 30. Inside this category, GPQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 49.2 versus 15.2. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 89 versus 47.8. Inside this category, AIME 2023 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for reasoning, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for reasoning in this comparison, averaging 83.6 versus 42.1. Inside this category, SimpleQA is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for agentic tasks, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for agentic tasks in this comparison, averaging 70.4 versus 38.5. Inside this category, BrowseComp is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multimodal and grounded tasks, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for multimodal and grounded tasks in this comparison, averaging 74.1 versus 33.4. Inside this category, MMMU-Pro is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 70. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, o3-pro or Ministral 3 8B (Reasoning)?

o3-pro has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 81.1 versus 61.7. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 12, 2026

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