Compare/Ministral 3 14B vs gpt-oss-20B (low)

Ministral 3 14Bvsgpt-oss-20B (low)

Side-by-side comparison of pricing, 12 benchmarks, and generation speed.

Mistral

Ministral 3 14B

Input
$0.2/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
125 tok/s
TTFT
0.28s
OpenAI

gpt-oss-20B (low)

Input
$0.06/M
Output
$0.2/M
Speed
321 tok/s
TTFT
0.46s

Winner by Category

Cheaper
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Faster (tok/s)
gpt-oss-20B (low)
Lower Latency
Ministral 3 14B
Benchmarks (0-10)
gpt-oss-20B (low)

Pricing Comparison

MetricMinistral 3 14Bgpt-oss-20B (low)
Input ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.06
Output ($/M tokens)$0.2$0.2
Cost for 1M input + 100K output tokens:
Ministral 3 14B$0.22
gpt-oss-20B (low)$0.08

Speed Comparison

Output Speed (tokens/s) — higher is better
Ministral 3 14B
125 tok/s
gpt-oss-20B (low)
321 tok/s
Time to First Token (seconds) — lower is better
Ministral 3 14B
0.28s
gpt-oss-20B (low)
0.46s

Benchmark Comparison

Data from Artificial Analysis API — 12 benchmarks

Intelligence Index
16.020.8
Coding Index
10.914.4
Math Index
30.062.3
GPQA Diamond
57.2%61.1%
MMLU-Pro
69.3%71.8%
LiveCodeBench
35.1%65.2%
AIME 2025
30.0%62.3%
MATH-500
Humanity's Last Exam
4.6%5.1%
SciCode
23.6%34.0%
IFBench
32.0%57.8%
TerminalBench
4.5%4.5%
Ministral 3 14B0 wins
10 winsgpt-oss-20B (low)

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is cheaper, Ministral 3 14B or gpt-oss-20B (low)?

gpt-oss-20B (low) is cheaper overall. Its blended price (3:1 input/output ratio) is $0.09/M tokens vs $0.20/M for Ministral 3 14B.

Which model performs better on benchmarks?

gpt-oss-20B (low) wins 10 out of 12 benchmarks compared to 0 for Ministral 3 14B. See the detailed benchmark chart above for per-category results.

Which is faster for real-time applications?

gpt-oss-20B (low) generates tokens faster at 321 tok/s vs 125 tok/s. Ministral 3 14B also has lower time-to-first-token (0.28s vs 0.46s).

When should I use Ministral 3 14B vs gpt-oss-20B (low)?

Choose based on your priorities: gpt-oss-20B (low) for lower cost, gpt-oss-20B (low) for stronger benchmark performance, and gpt-oss-20B (low) for faster generation. For latency-sensitive apps, check the TTFT comparison above.