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

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

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

## Summary

- Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) leads overall 63 to 61.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 24.7% and 72.9%.

## Model Snapshot

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

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | 68.0% | 70.3% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |

### Coding

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 35.3% | 65.7% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |

### Knowledge

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 89.2% | 90.9% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| GPQA | 62.9% | 68.4% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| C-Eval | 86.1% | 87.3% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| MMMLU | 79.8% | 80.6% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |

### Multilingual

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 75.6% | 73.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B |

### Instruction Following

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.2% | 85% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |

### Mathematics

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 91.2% | 97.2% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| AIME 2024 | 40.1% | 81.4% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |
| AIME 2025 | 24.7% | 72.9% | Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) |

## FAQ

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

Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3 32B (Reasoning) currently has 11 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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## Explore More

- [Qwen3 235B-A22B profile](/models/qwen3-235b-a22b)
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