# MiniMax M3 vs Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning)

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for MiniMax M3 and Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/minimax-m3-vs-ministral-3-14b-reasoning
- Last updated: September 8, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 0
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

No benchmark verdict yet: there is no shared sourced benchmark row for MiniMax M3 and Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning).

## Summary

- MiniMax M3 and Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) do not currently share a sourced benchmark row. The mirror therefore compares metadata, pricing, context windows, and each model's separately reported coverage without naming a benchmark winner.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | MiniMax M3 | Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | MiniMax | Mistral |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 128K |
| Independent public score (not head-to-head) | 61.5 | 47.7 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 0 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $1.20 | $0.20 / $0.20 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 42 (Supported · #109/152)
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 70.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BankerToolBench | 76.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 19.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 48.9 (Estimated · #66/151)
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 59% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | 42.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VIBE V2 | 50.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SVG-Bench | 63.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| KernelBench Hard | 28.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OpenHarmony Bench | 48.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 52.2 (#34/48)
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| OfficeQA Pro | 45.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 91.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 78.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | 84.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Video-MME (with subtitle) | 85.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 78 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 53.4 (Supported · #64/182)
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 84.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: 93.7 (#4/121)
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Insufficient shared evidence
- MiniMax M3 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | MiniMax M3 | Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| USAMO 2026 | 85.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Can I compare MiniMax M3 and Ministral 3 14B (Reasoning) on BenchLM yet?

Not fully yet. BenchLM is tracking both models, but sourced benchmark coverage is still incomplete for a fair score-level comparison.

### Why does this page show "coming soon" values?

BenchLM only calls winners when public benchmark coverage is available on both sides of the comparison.

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