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Claude 3 Sonnet vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) are closely matched at 1.7 and 3.6 on the LLM Stats Score.

Anthropic · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) are closely matched on the overall LLM Stats Score at 1.7 and 3.6.

In the 1 individual benchmarks reported for both models, Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) wins 1; this is a narrower head-to-head signal than the composite indexes.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Claude 3 Sonnet

  • you want predictable pricing at $3.00/M input and $15.00/M output

Choose Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

  • you value its reported benchmark strengths — it wins 1 of 1 exact shared results
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Dec 2025
  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Claude 3 Sonnet
Anthropic
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
1.7
#335
3.6
#324
Reasoning
1.7
#326
3.5
#316
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
0 of 1
1 of 1
Input price
$3.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$15.00 / M
— / M
Context window
200,000
—

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

2 shared
Index
Claude 3 Sonnet
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Math
7.4#270
8.8#262
Legal
3.1#174
7.6#145
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Claude 3 Sonnet · 6 for Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

1 shared

Claude 3 Sonnet outperforms in 0 benchmarks, while Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is better at 1 benchmark (MMLU).

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) significantly outperforms across most benchmarks.

Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Claude 3 Sonnet specifies input context (200,000 tokens). Only Claude 3 Sonnet specifies output context (200,000 tokens).

Anthropic
Claude 3 Sonnet
Input200,000 tokens
Output200,000 tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Thu Oct 08 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Claude 3 Sonnet is licensed under a proprietary license, while Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Claude 3 Sonnet was released on 2024-02-29, while Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04.

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is 21 months newer than Claude 3 Sonnet.

Claude 3 Sonnet

Feb 29, 2024

2.6 years ago

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

10 months ago

1.8yr newer

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Neither model specifies a knowledge cutoff date.

Unable to compare the recency of their training data.

No cutoff dates available

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Claude 3 Sonnet
✓ Preferred
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
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FAQ

Common questions about Claude 3 Sonnet vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

Which is better, Claude 3 Sonnet or Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) are closely matched on the LLM Stats Score at 1.7 and 3.6. Claude 3 Sonnet is made by Anthropic and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is made by Mistral AI. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Claude 3 Sonnet compare to Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) in benchmarks?

Claude 3 Sonnet scores ARC-C: 93.2%, GSM8k: 92.3%, HellaSwag: 89.0%, MGSM: 83.5%, BIG-Bench Hard: 82.9%. Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) scores MMLU-Redux: 82.0%, MMLU: 79.4%, TriviaQA: 74.9%, Multilingual MMLU: 74.2%, MATH (CoT): 67.6%.

What are the context window sizes for Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Claude 3 Sonnet supports 200K tokens and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (1.7 vs 3.6), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Claude 3 Sonnet and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Claude 3 Sonnet is developed by Anthropic and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI.

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