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Ling 3.1 Flash vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 3.6.

InclusionAI · Mistral AI · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the overall LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 3.6, ranking #15 overall.

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

Choose Ling 3.1 Flash

  • overall performance matters — it scores 51.0 and ranks #15 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Sep 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.

Ling 3.1 Flash
InclusionAI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
Mistral AI
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
51.0
#15
3.6
#324
Reasoning
47.5
#26
3.5
#316
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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Input price
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Output price
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Context window
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Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Ling 3.1 Flash · 6 for Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

No common benchmarks found

Ling 3.1 Flash 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

546.0B diff

Ling 3.1 Flash has 546.0B more parameters than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512), making it 3900.0% larger.

InclusionAI
Ling 3.1 Flash
560.0Bparameters
Mistral AI
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
14.0Bparameters
560.0B
Ling 3.1 Flash
14.0B
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) supports multimodal inputs, whereas Ling 3.1 Flash does not.

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

Ling 3.1 Flash

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Ling 3.1 Flash was released on 2026-09-30, while Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) was released on 2025-12-04.

Ling 3.1 Flash is 10 months newer than Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

Ling 3.1 Flash

Sep 30, 2026

1 weeks ago

10mo newer
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)

Dec 4, 2025

10 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 Ling 3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Ling 3.1 Flash
✓ Preferred
Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)
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FAQ

Common questions about Ling 3.1 Flash vs Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512).

Which is better, Ling 3.1 Flash or Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Ling 3.1 Flash leads the LLM Stats Score 51.0 to 3.6. Ling 3.1 Flash is made by InclusionAI 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 Ling 3.1 Flash compare to Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) in benchmarks?

Ling 3.1 Flash scores CyberGym: 87.9%, DRACO: 85.5%, FrontierSWE: 75.2%, Multi-Challenge: 69.8%, SkillsBench: 68.7%. 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 main differences between Ling 3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (51.0 vs 3.6), multimodal support (no vs yes), licensing (Unknown vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Ling 3.1 Flash and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512)?

Ling 3.1 Flash is developed by InclusionAI and Ministral 3 (14B Base 2512) is developed by Mistral AI.

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