# Ministral 3B vs StarCoder 2 7B

> Ministral 3B has enough public results to be ranked (#338); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/ministral-3b-vs-starcoder-2-7b
- Last updated: 2026-10-12
- Shared benchmarks: 1

## Summary

- They share 1 benchmark with published results for both.

## Snapshot

| | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 26.2 | 37.0 |
| Rank | 338 | — |
| Context | 131K | — |
| Input $/M | $0.10 | — |
| Output $/M | $0.10 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Ministral 3B: —
- StarCoder 2 7B: 34.8

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 27.7% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 29.9% |

## Reasoning

- Ministral 3B: 18.4 (#282)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 118.1 | 93.56 |
| DTBench | 51.7% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Ministral 3B: 26.6 (#258)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| MATH Level 5 | 14.4% | — |
| GSM8K | — | 32.7% |

## Knowledge

- Ministral 3B: 10.4 (#302)
- StarCoder 2 7B: —

| Benchmark | Ministral 3B | StarCoder 2 7B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 25.3% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 7.3% | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 38.7% |
| MMLU | — | 38.8% |

## FAQ

### Is Ministral 3B better than StarCoder 2 7B?

Ministral 3B has enough public results to be ranked (#338); StarCoder 2 7B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### How many benchmarks do Ministral 3B and StarCoder 2 7B share?

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