Ministral 3 3B - NC Bench

mistralai/ministral-3b-2512

Ministral 3 3B

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Release Date

Dec 2nd, 2025

Context Size

131k

Benchmark Cost

$0.13

Speed

227.0 tok/s

Creative writing

59.51%

Rule following

62.07%

Utility

57.88%

Mathematics

90.00%

Tooling

60.81%

Language

87.03%

Logic

64.51%

Bad Writing Habits

Detects common prose quality anti-patterns in AI-generated creative writing, including passive voice, past progressive overuse, weak dialogue tags, filter words, purple prose, cliches, AI-ism words/adverbs/names, and more.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Detailed Writing Rules
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	69	68	67	62	59	65%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	83	83	81	80	79	81%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	84	79	76	75	71	77%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	77	74	72	72	75%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	81	79	78	76	70	77%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	79	78	76	75	67	75%
Detailed Writing Rules						75.04%
genre
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	73	69	68	65	65	68%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	81	81	80	77	69	78%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	78	75	72	72	76%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	80	78	75	73	71	75%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	80	79	79	75	79%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	84	76	74	73	70	75%
genre						75.18%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt
Fantasy: entering an ancient ruin 0-shot Creative writingRule following	77	76	70	67	67	71%
Horror: alone in an eerie place at night 0-shot Creative writingRule following	77	77	73	68	65	72%
Literary fiction: old friends reunite 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	82	82	78	68	78%
Mystery: examining a crime scene 0-shot Creative writingRule following	77	75	74	73	70	74%
Romance: separated couple reunites 0-shot Creative writingRule following	81	78	76	76	74	77%
Thriller: chase through city streets 0-shot Creative writingRule following	82	79	78	77	74	78%
Novelcrafter Default Prompt						75.14%
75.12%

Codex Violation Detection

Detects factual inconsistencies between a story bible and prose passages. The model must output structured XML identifying each violation with paragraph number and substring.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
matrix
Large codex (40 entries), long passage (1,019 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	47	46	44	42	41	41	41	40	38	38	42%
Large codex (40 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	80	77	76	76	72	67	57	54	48	35	64%
Small codex (7 entries), long passage (734 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	75	71	71	67	67	67	66	62	62	61	67%
Small codex (7 entries), short passage (165 words) 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	84	84	84	84	80	80	79	76	70	62	78%
matrix											62.77%
tiers
5 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	83	83	76	69	67	67	63	60	44	42	65%
10 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	86	56	53	52	52	49	41	41	39	37	51%
20 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	62	60	59	59	56	55	47	43	42	41	52%
40 codex entries 0-shot ToolingUtilityLogicRule following	83	83	83	80	75	72	71	67	60	53	73%
tiers											60.26%
61.52%

Data extraction

Extract key details from a given block of text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
All valid emails 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Contextual pronoun 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Fruits excluding citrus 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Future event time 0-shot UtilityLogic	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50	50%
Guess the pet 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Highest-rated movie 0-shot Utility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Indirect birth year 0-shot UtilityMathematicsLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	50	50	90%
What instrument does Lucy play? 0-shot UtilityLogic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
What's the color of the car? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
What's the correct time? 0-shot UtilityLogic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Who's the sister? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Who's the tallest? 0-shot UtilityLogic	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
78.33%

Dialogue tags

Various tasks related to dialogue tags in text.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
dialogue-200
Write 200 words with 10% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	98	98	92	70	50	34	9	5	5	0	46%
Write 200 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	34	10	7	7	5	1	0	0	0	11%
Write 200 words with 90% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	68	48	25	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	16%
dialogue-200											24.49%
dialogue-500
Write 500 words with 30% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	52	46	13	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	12%
Write 500 words with 50% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	50	48	44	25	22	3	0	0	0	0	19%
Write 500 words with 70% dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1%
dialogue-500											10.75%
Ungrouped
Write unattributed dialogue 0-shot Creative writingRule following	61	61	61	61	14	14	14	14	1	0	30%
19.36%

Language Comprehension

Does the model understand more than just English?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Asking for directions (Dutch) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Asking for directions (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (German) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Friend got new kittens (Tagalog) 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
100.00%

Language Writing

Can the model generate text in different languages?

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	Total
Character dialogue (French) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	0	80%
Character dialogue (German) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	90	0	0	58%
Character dialogue (Hindi) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	67	67	0	67%
Character dialogue (Italian) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	93	0	79%
Character dialogue (Spanish) in a story 0-shot Language	100	100	100	100	100	100%
76.65%

N-Length Sentences

Write sentences with exactly N words

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Write sentences with 5 words each 0-shot Rule following	93	84	74	74	64	63	56	56	52	50	66%
Write sentences with 10 words each 0-shot Rule following	82	78	65	64	58	56	54	53	15	7	53%
Write sentences with 20 words each 0-shot Rule following	23	19	10	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	6%
41.79%

Novel outline

Handle questions about the outline of a novel in various formats

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
outline-count
Count acts 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count chapters 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
Count scenes 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	50%
outline-count											83.33%
pov-count
Count point of views for Jack and Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	50	50	50	50	50	50	0	0	0	40%
Count point of views for Jack Harper 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%
Count point of views for Olivia 0-shot ToolingUtility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
pov-count											26.67%
55.00%

Tool usage within Novelcrafter

Output messages that are related to tool usage within Novelcrafter

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Create alternate prose sections 0-shot ToolingUtility	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	0	90%
90.00%

Voice/dialogue sheets

Extract dialogue from given text as voice sheets.

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
Multiple speakers 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (1-shot) 1-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Simple (5-shot) Few-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
Unattributed dialogue 0-shot Utility	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%
0.00%

Write N of X

Write exactly N words/sentences/paragraphs...

Scenario	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	#7	#8	#9	#10	Total
paragraphs
1 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
5 paragraph summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
paragraphs											100.00%
sentences
1 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
3 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100%
10 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	100%
20 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	92	54	2	2	0	65%
50 sentence summary 0-shot Rule following	92	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10%
sentences											74.85%
words
10 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	98	98	98	98	98	77	97%
20 word summary 0-shot Rule following	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	98	100%
50 word summary 0-shot Rule following	92	77	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20%
100 word summary 0-shot Rule following	98	92	92	54	27	0	0	0	0	0	36%
200 word summary 0-shot Rule following	92	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9%
words											52.40%
72.02%