# Ministral 3B vs StarCoder 2 15B

> Ministral 3B has enough public results to be ranked (#336); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ministral-3b-vs-starcoder-2-15b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both.

## Snapshot

| | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 25.6 | 37.5 |
| Rank | 336 | — |
| Context | 128K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.04 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.04 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Ministral 3B: —
- StarCoder 2 15B: 36.0

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 38.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 37.8% |

## Reasoning

- Ministral 3B: 17.7 (#278)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.08 | 104.61 |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 64.3% |

## Math

- Ministral 3B: 24.5 (#257)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 57.7% |

## Knowledge

- Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#297)
- StarCoder 2 15B: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 15B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 47.2% |
| MMLU | — | 64.1% |

## FAQ

### Is Ministral 3B better than StarCoder 2 15B?

Ministral 3B has enough public results to be ranked (#336); StarCoder 2 15B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and StarCoder 2 15B share?

1 benchmark has published results for both models. Ministral 3B has 6 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 15B has 7.