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Ministral 3 3B

Mistral · 3.8B · open weights

Strongest in Factual grounding (#101 of 101), weakest in Safety (#313 of 336). Above par in 0 of 6 scopes. Among the models it meets almost everywhere, it finishes behind GPT-6 Astra and GPT-5.5 and ahead of K2 Horizon 0.9B.

§ 1 · Profile

What it is good at

Bars run from 50 — the average of the models each source lists — so right of the line is above par. The middle column is the gap to whoever leads that scope.

Core abilities41.2#183/204
General intelligence37.3#189/204
Agents36.5#267/267
Knowledge work32.4#169/177
Safety42.5#313/336
Factual grounding26#101/101

§ 2 · Head to head

What it beats, and what beats it

The same models turn up scope after scope. Counted once: where both were placed, who finished higher. Bars run right for Ministral 3 3B, left for the other.

K2 Horizon 0.9Bwon 3 · lost 1
Qwen3.6 27Bwon 2 · lost 2
Jamba Mini 1.7won 2 · lost 2
Jamba Large 1.7won 2 · lost 2
Grok 4.3won 2 · lost 3
Gemma 3 4B Itwon 2 · lost 3
GPT-5.4 Miniwon 2 · lost 4
Phi-4 Mini Instructwon 1 · lost 3
Gemma 3 12B Itwon 1 · lost 3
Gemini 3.5 Flash Litewon 1 · lost 3
Qwen3.6 Pluswon 1 · lost 3
Kimi K2.7 Codewon 1 · lost 4
GPT-5.4 Nanowon 1 · lost 5
Gemma 3 27B Itwon 1 · lost 5
Mercury 2won 0 · lost 4
Nova 2 Litewon 0 · lost 4
Qwen3 8Bwon 0 · lost 4
Gemma 4 26B A4Bwon 0 · lost 4
Qwen3.5 35B A3Bwon 0 · lost 4
GPT-5.1won 0 · lost 4
Celeris 1won 0 · lost 4
Mistral Small 4won 0 · lost 4
Qwen3 Coder Nextwon 0 · lost 4
Granite 4.2 3Bwon 0 · lost 4
North Mini Codewon 0 · lost 4
Mistral Medium 3.5won 0 · lost 4
Granite 4.2 8Bwon 0 · lost 4
MiniCPM5 2Bwon 0 · lost 4
Mercury 2.5won 0 · lost 4
Nemotron 3.5 Lightningwon 0 · lost 4
Command A+won 0 · lost 4
K2 Horizon 3.7Bwon 0 · lost 4
Ring 2.6.1Twon 0 · lost 4
Muse Glimmerwon 0 · lost 4
GLM-4.5 Airwon 0 · lost 4
Qwen3.6 35B A3Bwon 0 · lost 4
LongCat 2.0won 0 · lost 4
Gemma 4 12Bwon 0 · lost 4
K2 Horizon 7Bwon 0 · lost 4
Ling 3.0 Flash Finwon 0 · lost 4
Nemotron 3 Ultrawon 0 · lost 4
Qwen3.7 Pluswon 0 · lost 4
Apodex 1.1won 0 · lost 4
GPT-5.5 Instantwon 0 · lost 4
DeepSeek V3.1won 0 · lost 4
Qwen3 30B A3B Thinkingwon 0 · lost 4
DeepSeek V3.1 Terminuswon 0 · lost 4
K2 Horizon 375B A23Bwon 0 · lost 4
Qwen3.8 27Bwon 0 · lost 4
Claude Opus 4.6won 0 · lost 4
Grok 3won 0 · lost 4
GLM-5.3won 0 · lost 4
Grok 4 Fastwon 0 · lost 4
Qwen3.8 Flash Nextwon 0 · lost 4
O3won 0 · lost 4
Muse Spark 1.2won 0 · lost 4
Qwen3.8 2.4T A95Bwon 0 · lost 4
O3 Prowon 0 · lost 4
Grok 4won 0 · lost 4
Claude Opus 4won 0 · lost 4
Gemini 3.7 Flashwon 0 · lost 4
GLM-5won 0 · lost 4
Step 5won 0 · lost 4
DeepSeek V4.1 Flashwon 0 · lost 4
Kimi K3won 0 · lost 4
Muse Spark 1.3won 0 · lost 4
Claude Fable 5.1won 0 · lost 4
Claude Fable 5won 0 · lost 4
Grok Build 0.1won 0 · lost 5
GPT-4o Miniwon 0 · lost 5
Command Awon 0 · lost 5
GPT-4.1 Nanowon 0 · lost 5
MiniMax M3won 0 · lost 5
GPT-6 Lunawon 0 · lost 5
Mistral Smallwon 0 · lost 5
GPT OSS 20Bwon 0 · lost 5
GPT-5.6 Lunawon 0 · lost 5
Gemini 2.5 Flash Litewon 0 · lost 5
GLM-5.3 Flashwon 0 · lost 5
Inklingwon 0 · lost 5
GLM-5.2won 0 · lost 5
Muse Spark 1.1won 0 · lost 5
GPT-4.1 Miniwon 0 · lost 5
Claude Sonnet 5won 0 · lost 5
Mistral Mediumwon 0 · lost 5
Ling 3.0 Flash VLwon 0 · lost 5
Hy3won 0 · lost 5
Kimi K2won 0 · lost 5
GPT-4.1won 0 · lost 5
Mimo V2.5 Prowon 0 · lost 5
Gemini 3.6 Flashwon 0 · lost 5
DeepSeek V4 Flashwon 0 · lost 5
Qwen3.7 Maxwon 0 · lost 5
Gemini 2.5 Flashwon 0 · lost 5
Claude Opus 4.5won 0 · lost 5
Gemini 3.5 Flashwon 0 · lost 5
GPT-5.2won 0 · lost 5
Qwen3.5 397B A17Bwon 0 · lost 5
GPT-5 Nanowon 0 · lost 5
Claude Opus 4.8won 0 · lost 5
O4 Miniwon 0 · lost 5
GPT-5.6 Terrawon 0 · lost 5
Claude Opus 5won 0 · lost 5
Gemini 3.8 Flashwon 0 · lost 5
Grok 4.5won 0 · lost 5
Grok 4.6won 0 · lost 5
Grok 4.7won 0 · lost 5
Mimo V2.6 Prowon 0 · lost 5
Qwen3.8 Maxwon 0 · lost 5
Gemini 3 Prowon 0 · lost 5
Claude Opus 5.5won 0 · lost 5
Ministral 3 8Bwon 0 · lost 6
Kimi K2.6won 0 · lost 6
Ministral 3 14Bwon 0 · lost 6
Trinity Largewon 0 · lost 6
Mistral Large 3won 0 · lost 6
Llama 4 Scout Instructwon 0 · lost 6
Qwen3.5 122B A10Bwon 0 · lost 6
Claude Haiku 4.5won 0 · lost 6
GPT OSS 120Bwon 0 · lost 6
Claude Sonnet 4.6won 0 · lost 6
GLM-4.6won 0 · lost 6
Qwen3 32Bwon 0 · lost 6
Qwen3 14Bwon 0 · lost 6
DeepSeek V3.2won 0 · lost 6
DeepSeek V3won 0 · lost 6
Claude Sonnet 4.5won 0 · lost 6
Gemma 4 31Bwon 0 · lost 6
Gemini 3.1 Flash Litewon 0 · lost 6
DeepSeek V4 Prowon 0 · lost 6
Claude Opus 4.7won 0 · lost 6
DeepSeek R1won 0 · lost 6
Gemini 2.5 Prowon 0 · lost 6
GPT-5 Miniwon 0 · lost 6
GPT-5.4won 0 · lost 6
GPT-5won 0 · lost 6
Claude Sonnet 4won 0 · lost 6
Kimi K2.5won 0 · lost 6
Gemini 3.1 Prowon 0 · lost 6
GPT-6 Solwon 0 · lost 6
GPT-5.6 Solwon 0 · lost 6
GPT-5.5won 0 · lost 6
GPT-6 Astrawon 0 · lost 6

§ 3 · Sources

Where the numbers come from

4 publications, 4 figures. Every one links to the page it was read from.

Artificial Analysis ↗1 measureread 2026-09-27
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index 5
GDPval-AA ↗1 measureread 2026-09-27
GDPval-AA 15
AA-Briefcase ↗1 measureread 2026-09-27
AA-Briefcase 0
Vectara · Factual consistency 75.8%

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