# Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) vs QwQ-32B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) and QwQ-32B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/qwen3-235b-a22b-reasoning-vs-qwq-32b
- Last updated: October 14, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 11
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) if you want the stronger benchmark profile. QwQ-32B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) leads overall 64 to 62.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 81.5% and 69.5%.
- QwQ-32B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 128K | 131K |
| Overall Score | null | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 11 | 11 |
| Pricing (input/output) | N/A | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | 70.8% | 66.4% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 70.7% | 62.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 92.7% | 90% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| GPQA | 71.1% | 65.6% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| C-Eval | 89.6% | 88.4% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| MMMLU | 84.3% | 80.9% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 78.7% | 69.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.4% | 83.9% | QwQ-32B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 98% | 98% | Tie |
| AIME 2024 | 85.7% | 79.5% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |
| AIME 2025 | 81.5% | 69.5% | Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) or QwQ-32B?

Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 235B-A22B (Reasoning) currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does QwQ-32B cover on BenchLM?

QwQ-32B currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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