Gemma 3 1B Instruct vs Qwen3 235B A22B
Wins 0 of 5 areas
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Wins 4 of 5 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Facts · Following instructions
Qwen3 235B A22B is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 27 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the five areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking02Qwen3 235B A22B2 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- CodingWriting and fixing software02Qwen3 235B A22B2 of 2 tests
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up02Qwen3 235B A22B2 of 2 tests
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked01Qwen3 235B A22B1 of 1 test
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts00Even0 each · 1 tie
Long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where Qwen3 235B A22B pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+46.3points ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+32.7points ahead
- Follows unfamiliar, precisely checkable instructionsIFBench+18.8points ahead
Where Gemma 3 1B Instruct pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 27 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingQwen3 235B A22B
- LiveCodeBench v6Qwen3 235B A22B by 32.74.337+32.7
- Terminal-Bench HardQwen3 235B A22B by 6.106.1+6.1
ReasoningQwen3 235B A22B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 235B A22B by 46.323.770+46.3
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3 235B A22B by 5.75.311+5.7
- CritPttie00tie
FactsQwen3 235B A22B
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyQwen3 235B A22B by 14.73.818.5+14.7
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationQwen3 235B A22B by 4.717.722.4+4.7
Following instructionsQwen3 235B A22B
- IFBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 18.819.938.7+18.8
Other results18 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- LiveCodeBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 68.81.970.7+68.8
- BFCLv4Qwen3 235B A22B by 63.67.270.8+63.6
- MMLU-ProQwen3 235B A22B by 53.514.768.2+53.5
- MMMLUQwen3 235B A22B by 52.334.486.7+52.3
- τ²-Bench (Retail)Qwen3 235B A22B by 50.66.457+50.6
- BBHQwen3 235B A22B by 49.839.188.9+49.8
- MMLUQwen3 235B A22B by 46.940.187+46.9
- MBPPQwen3 235B A22B by 46.235.281.4+46.2
- MATH-500 (EM)Qwen3 235B A22B by 4645.291.2+46
- MGSMQwen3 235B A22B by 39.943.683.5+39.9
- GSM8KQwen3 235B A22B by 31.662.894.4+31.6
- AA-OmniscienceQwen3 235B A22B by 30.7-75.5-44.7+30.7
- AA Agentic IndexQwen3 235B A22B by 14.93.518.4+14.9
- τ²-Bench Telecom (AA run)Qwen3 235B A22B by 13.510.524+13.5
- τ²-BenchQwen3 235B A22B by 12.79.422.1+12.7
- SimpleQAQwen3 235B A22B by 112.213.2+11
- AA IntelligenceQwen3 235B A22B by 4.74.89.5+4.7
- IFEvalQwen3 235B A22B by 380.283.2+3
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemma 3 1B Instruct or Qwen3 235B A22B?
Qwen3 235B A22B wins four of the five areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, facts and following instructions. Gemma 3 1B Instruct wins none. They are level on long documents.
Which is better for coding?
Qwen3 235B A22B. It wins 2 of the 2 coding tests both models report; Gemma 3 1B Instruct wins none.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 27 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 9 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 18 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.