Ministral 3 14B
Analysis Summary
Ministral 3 14B is a Mistral model with a measured intelligence index of 6.0 and coding index of 14.4. Its listed input and output prices are each $0.20 per million tokens. The record also includes reasoning and coding benchmark results, but its agentic and instruction-following measures are limited, and no tool-use or context-window details are supplied.
It may warrant testing for simple, cost-sensitive tasks where a human can review the result, but the evidence does not make it a strong choice for complex client content, software engineering, or autonomous workflows. Its low price can be useful only when output quality meets the task requirement. Validate it against real prompts and retain a more capable model for work where accuracy, sustained reasoning, or multi-step execution is essential.
Assessed September 23, 2026
Editorial notes
Ministral 3 14B offers low listed token prices and measured coding results, but its limited reasoning and agentic performance constrain its production role.
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DFO Verdict
Ministral 3 14B offers low listed token prices and measured coding results, but its limited reasoning and agentic performance constrain its production role.
Benchmarks
Artificial Analysis data refreshed Nov 7, 2026. Arena ratings from the Oct 28, 2026 text leaderboard, with style control. Bars: magenta = reasoning, ink = coding and agents, cyan = instructions and long context.
Artificial Analysis no longer lists this model, so its indexes are converted from their older scale to stay comparable.
How Ministral 3 14B compares
Ministral 3 14B ranks #367 of 447 AI models we track for overall intelligence, #157 of 199 for coding, #157 of 181 for agentic tasks. At $0.20 per million input tokens it is cheaper than 52% of comparable models.
Dark bar = input · light bar = output, scaled to the priciest peer.
1M tokens ≈ 8 full-length novels or ~2,500 pages of business documents in a single request.
Pricing
| Token Type | Cost per 1M tokens | Cost per 1K tokens |
|---|---|---|
| Input | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
| Output | $0.20 | $0.000200 |
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Talk to our teamFrequently asked questions about Ministral 3 14B
How much does Ministral 3 14B cost?
Ministral 3 14B costs $0.20 per million input tokens and $0.20 per million output tokens.
Is Ministral 3 14B good for coding?
On our coding benchmark index, Ministral 3 14B ranks #157 of 199 models, placing it in the broader range of the field for code generation and debugging.
Who created Ministral 3 14B?
Ministral 3 14B is developed by Mistral and was released on December 2, 2025.