GPT-4o mini vs Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

Side-by-side benchmark comparison across knowledge, coding, math, and reasoning.

GPT-4o mini has the cleaner overall profile here, landing at 43 versus 40. It is a real lead, but still close enough that category-level strengths matter more than the headline number.

GPT-4o mini's sharpest advantage is in coding, where it averages 87.2 against 22. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is HumanEval, 87.2 to 32.

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) is the reasoning model in the pair, while GPT-4o mini is not. That usually helps on harder chain-of-thought-heavy tests, but it can also mean more latency and more token spend in real use.

Quick Verdict

Pick GPT-4o mini if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if you want the stronger reasoning-first profile.

Knowledge

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

82

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

34.7

82
MMLU
40
-
GPQA
39
-
SuperGPQA
37
-
OpenBookQA
35
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
6

Coding

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

87.2

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

22

87.2
HumanEval
32
-
SWE-bench Verified
16
-
LiveCodeBench
18

Mathematics

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
-
AIME 2023
40
-
AIME 2024
42
-
AIME 2025
41
-
HMMT Feb 2023
36
-
HMMT Feb 2024
38
-
HMMT Feb 2025
37
-
BRUMO 2025
39
-
MATH-500
60

Reasoning

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
-
SimpleQA
38
-
MuSR
36
-
BBH
63

Instruction Following

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
-
IFEval
68

Multilingual

GPT-4o mini

GPT-4o mini

87

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

62

87
MGSM
62

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4o mini is ahead overall, 43 to 40. The biggest single separator in this matchup is HumanEval, where the scores are 87.2 and 32.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 82 versus 34.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 87.2 versus 22. Inside this category, HumanEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for multilingual tasks, GPT-4o mini or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

GPT-4o mini has the edge for multilingual tasks in this comparison, averaging 87 versus 62. Inside this category, MGSM is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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