o1 vs Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

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

o1 is clearly ahead on the aggregate, 51 to 40. 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 34.7. The single biggest benchmark swing on the page is MMLU, 91.8 to 40.

o1 gives you the larger context window at 200K, compared with 128K for Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning).

Quick Verdict

Pick o1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning) only becomes the better choice if its workflow or ecosystem matters more than the raw scoreboard.

Knowledge

o1

o1

83.8

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

34.7

91.8
MMLU
40
75.7
GPQA
39
-
SuperGPQA
37
-
OpenBookQA
35
-
MMLU-Pro
51
-
HLE
6

Coding

o1

o1

41

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

22

41
SWE-bench Verified
16
-
HumanEval
32
-
LiveCodeBench
18

Mathematics

o1

o1

74.3

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

41.6

74.3
AIME 2024
42
-
AIME 2023
40
-
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

o1

o1

92.2

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)

68

92.2
IFEval
68

Multilingual

Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)
-
MGSM
62

Frequently Asked Questions

Which is better, o1 or Qwen3 235B 2507 (Reasoning)?

o1 is ahead overall, 51 to 40. The biggest single separator in this matchup is MMLU, where the scores are 91.8 and 40.

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

o1 has the edge for knowledge tasks in this comparison, averaging 83.8 versus 34.7. Inside this category, MMLU is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

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

o1 has the edge for coding in this comparison, averaging 41 versus 22. 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 (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for math in this comparison, averaging 74.3 versus 41.6. 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 (Reasoning)?

o1 has the edge for instruction following in this comparison, averaging 92.2 versus 68. Inside this category, IFEval is the benchmark that creates the most daylight between them.

Last updated: March 9, 2026

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