o1 vs Qwen3 235B 2507

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 51 to 38. The gap is large enough that you do not need to squint at the spreadsheet to see the difference.

o1's sharpest advantage is in knowledge, where it averages 83.8 against 33.2. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 39.

o1 is the reasoning model in the pair, while Qwen3 235B 2507 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. o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B 2507.

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 only becomes the better choice if you would rather avoid the extra latency and token burn of a reasoning model.

Knowledge

o1

o1

83.8

Qwen3 235B 2507

33.2

91.8
MMLU
39
75.7
GPQA
38
-
SuperGPQA
36
-
OpenBookQA
34
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
1

Coding

o1

o1

41

Qwen3 235B 2507

18.7

41
SWE-bench Verified
15
-
HumanEval
31
-
LiveCodeBench
10

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

Qwen3 235B 2507

40.4

74.3
AIME 2024
41
-
AIME 2023
39
-
AIME 2025
40
-
HMMT Feb 2023
35
-
HMMT Feb 2024
37
-
HMMT Feb 2025
36
-
BRUMO 2025
38
-
MATH-500
57

Reasoning

Qwen3 235B 2507
-
SimpleQA
37
-
MuSR
35
-
BBH
60

Instruction Following

o1

o1

92.2

Qwen3 235B 2507

69

92.2
IFEval
69

Multilingual

Qwen3 235B 2507
-
MGSM
63

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or Qwen3 235B 2507?

o1 is ahead overall, 51 to 38. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 39.

Which is better for knowledge tasks, o1 or Qwen3 235B 2507?

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 33.2. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for coding, o1 or Qwen3 235B 2507?

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 18.7. Inside this category, SWE-bench Verified is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for math, o1 or Qwen3 235B 2507?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 40.4. Inside this category, AIME 2024 is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Which is better for instruction following, o1 or Qwen3 235B 2507?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 69. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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