The two are evenly matched.Qwen3 235B A22B is better at reasoning; QwQ 32B Preview at long documents.
Scores updated · 17 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the four 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.
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.
QwQ 32B Preview costs 53% less for the same work.
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+10.7points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+4.1points ahead
- Very hard expert questions across many subjectsHumanity's Last Exam+3.6points ahead
Where QwQ 32B Preview pulls ahead
- Recent programming contest problemsLiveCodeBench v6+2.1points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 17 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingEven
- SciCodeQwen3 235B A22B by 4.139.935.8+4.1
- LiveCodeBench v6QwQ 32B Preview by 2.13739.1+2.1
ReasoningQwen3 235B A22B
- GPQA DiamondQwen3 235B A22B by 10.77059.3+10.7
- Humanity's Last ExamQwen3 235B A22B by 3.6117.3+3.6
Other results11 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.
- AIME 2025Qwen3 235B A22B by 48.281.533.3+48.2
- HMMT Feb. 2025Qwen3 235B A22B by 44.262.518.3+44.2
- AIME 2024Qwen3 235B A22B by 35.785.750+35.7
- LiveCodeBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 20.770.750+20.7
- MMLU-ProQwen3 235B A22B by 16.268.252+16.2
- BFCLv4Qwen3 235B A22B by 4.470.866.4+4.4
- LiveBenchQwen3 235B A22B by 477.173.1+4
- IFEvaltie83.283.9tie
- MATH-500 (EM)tie91.290.6tie
- SuperGPQAtie44.143.6tie
- AA Intelligencetie9.59.5tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Qwen3 235B A22B or QwQ 32B Preview?
Qwen3 235B A22B and QwQ 32B Preview each win one of the four areas where both have results. Qwen3 235B A22B wins reasoning; QwQ 32B Preview wins long documents. QwQ 32B Preview costs 53% less. They are level on coding and following instructions.
Which is better for coding?
Neither. They win 1 coding test each of the 2 both models report.
Which is cheaper?
Qwen3 235B A22B costs $0.70 per million input tokens and $2.80 per million output tokens; QwQ 32B Preview costs $0.66 and $1.00. That makes QwQ 32B Preview about 53% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 17 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 6 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 11 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.