# Qwen3 235B-A22B vs QwQ-32B

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

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick QwQ-32B 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

- QwQ-32B leads overall 62 to 61.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is AIME 2025 in Mathematics, with scores of 24.7% and 69.5%.
- QwQ-32B also has the larger context window at 131K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Alibaba | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Non-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 public-lane score: Coming soon
- QwQ-32B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| BFCL v3 | 68.0% | 66.4% | Qwen3 235B-A22B |

### Coding

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| LiveCodeBench v5 | 35.3% | 62.7% | QwQ-32B |

### Knowledge

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-Redux | 89.2% | 90% | QwQ-32B |
| GPQA | 62.9% | 65.6% | QwQ-32B |
| C-Eval | 86.1% | 88.4% | QwQ-32B |
| MMMLU | 79.8% | 80.9% | QwQ-32B |

### Multilingual

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| INCLUDE | 75.6% | 69.7% | Qwen3 235B-A22B |

### Instruction Following

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFEval | 83.2% | 83.9% | QwQ-32B |

### Mathematics

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

| Benchmark | Qwen3 235B-A22B | QwQ-32B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MATH-500 | 91.2% | 98% | QwQ-32B |
| AIME 2024 | 40.1% | 79.5% | QwQ-32B |
| AIME 2025 | 24.7% | 69.5% | QwQ-32B |

## FAQ

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

QwQ-32B 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 QwQ-32B cover on BenchLM?

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

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