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Inkling 2 Small vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Inkling 2 Small leads the LLM Stats Score 47.1 to 3.1.

Thinking Machines Lab · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Inkling 2 Small leads the overall LLM Stats Score 47.1 to 3.1, ranking #40 overall.

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

Choose Inkling 2 Small

  • overall performance matters — it scores 47.1 and ranks #40 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.

Inkling 2 Small
Thinking Machines Lab
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
47.1
#40
3.1
#350
Reasoning
47.9
#25
2.9
#342
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
$0.30 / M
— / M
Output price
$1.00 / M
— / M
Context window
256,000
—

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Inkling 2 Small · 6 for Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

No common benchmarks found

Inkling 2 Small 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

580.0B diff

Inkling 2 Small has 580.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512), making it 4142.9% larger.

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling 2 Small
594.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
14.0Bparameters
594.0B
Inkling 2 Small
14.0B
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Inkling 2 Small specifies input context (256,000 tokens).

Thinking Machines Lab
Inkling 2 Small
Input256,000 tokens
Output- tokens
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Mon Nov 09 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Inkling 2 Small and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) support multimodal inputs.

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

Inkling 2 Small

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Inkling 2 Small 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.

Inkling 2 Small

Proprietary

Closed source

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Inkling 2 Small was released on 2026-11-05, while Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04.

Inkling 2 Small is 11 months newer than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

Inkling 2 Small

Nov 5, 2026

4 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 Inkling 2 Small and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Inkling 2 Small
✓ Preferred
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
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FAQ

Common questions about Inkling 2 Small vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

Which is better, Inkling 2 Small or Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Inkling 2 Small leads the LLM Stats Score 47.1 to 3.1. Inkling 2 Small is made by Thinking Machines Lab 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 Inkling 2 Small compare to Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) in benchmarks?

Inkling 2 Small scores GPQA: 93.0%, BrowseComp: 90.2%, CharXiv-R: 85.6%, MCP Atlas: 85.0%, SWE-Bench Verified: 82.2%. 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 Inkling 2 Small and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Inkling 2 Small supports 256K 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 Inkling 2 Small and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (47.1 vs 3.1), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Inkling 2 Small and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Inkling 2 Small is developed by Thinking Machines Lab and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI.

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