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ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 3.1.

Baidu · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the overall LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 3.1, ranking #13 overall.

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

Choose ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

  • overall performance matters — it scores 52.3 and ranks #13 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Nov 2026

Choose Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Baidu
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
52.3
#13
3.1
#355
Reasoning
50.7
#12
2.9
#346
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.28 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.13 / M
— / M
Context window
1,048,576
—

Individual benchmarks

13 reported for ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview · 6 for Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

No common benchmarks found

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)don't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Model Size

Parameter count comparison

266.0B diff

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview has 266.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512), making it 1900.0% larger.

Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
280.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
14.0Bparameters
280.0B
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
14.0B
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview specifies input context (1,048,576 tokens). Only ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview specifies output context (1,048,576 tokens).

Baidu
ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
Input1,048,576 tokens
Output1,048,576 tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Fri Nov 13 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview does not.

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) can handle both text and other forms of data like images, making it suitable for multimodal applications.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview 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.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview was released on 2026-11-11, while Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is 11 months newer than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview

Nov 11, 2026

1 days ago

11mo newer
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

11 months ago

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 ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview
✓ Preferred
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
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FAQ

Common questions about ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

Which is better, ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview or Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview leads the LLM Stats Score 52.3 to 3.1. ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is made by Baidu 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 ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview compare to Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) in benchmarks?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview scores BrowseComp: 87.4%, DRACO: 84.9%, MCP Atlas: 84.6%, DeepSWE 1.1: 71.2%, OfficeQA Pro: 67.9%. 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 ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview supports 1.0M 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 ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (52.3 vs 3.1), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

ERNIE 5.5 Flash Preview is developed by Baidu and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI.

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