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Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking

Alibaba · 235B · A22B · open weights

Strongest in General intelligence (#34 of 181, on 1 of its 3 boards), weakest in Agents (#273 of 298). Above par in 4 of 6 scopes. Among the models it meets almost everywhere, it finishes behind Gemini 4 Carbon and Gemini 4 Argon and ahead of Solar Pro 4 and GPT-4.1 mini.

§ 1 · Profile

What it is good at

Bars run from 50 — the average of the models each source lists — so right of the line is above par. The middle column is the gap to whoever leads that scope.

Core abilities55.7−9.9#37/2011/4

General intelligence58.2−10.8#34/1811/3

Human preference56.7−12.1#134/3541/1

Agents41.1−25.2#273/2982/6

Knowledge work35.7−35#179/2082/2

§ 2 · Head to head

What it beats, and what beats it

The same models turn up scope after scope. Counted once: where both were placed, who finished higher. Bars run right for Qwen3 235B A22B Thinking, left for the other.

Qwen3 30B A3B Thinkingwon 4 · lost 0

Llama 3.1 8B Instructwon 4 · lost 0

Mistral Mediumwon 4 · lost 0

Claude 3 Haikuwon 4 · lost 0

Llama 3 70B Instructwon 4 · lost 0

Magistral Mediumwon 4 · lost 0

Mercurywon 4 · lost 0

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3Bwon 4 · lost 0

Gemma 3n E4B ITwon 4 · lost 0

Gemma 3 12B ITwon 4 · lost 0

MiniMax M2won 4 · lost 0

Qwen Pluswon 4 · lost 0

Step 3won 4 · lost 0

GLM-4.5Vwon 4 · lost 0

Gemini 2.0 Flashwon 4 · lost 0

O3 Miniwon 4 · lost 0

Grok 3 Miniwon 4 · lost 0

GLM-4.5 Airwon 4 · lost 0

MiniMax M2.5won 4 · lost 0

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Instructwon 4 · lost 0

Granite 4.2 3Bwon 6 · lost 0

Gemma 3 27B ITwon 6 · lost 0

DeepSeek V3won 6 · lost 0

Llama 4 Scout Instructwon 5 · lost 1

GPT-4.1 nanowon 5 · lost 1

Llama 4 Maverick Instructwon 5 · lost 1

Mistral Small 3.2won 5 · lost 1

Gemma 3 4B ITwon 4 · lost 1

GPT-5 nanowon 4 · lost 1

Command Awon 4 · lost 1

Gemini 2.5 Flash-Litewon 4 · lost 1

O4 Miniwon 4 · lost 1

Nemotron 3 Nano 4Bwon 3 · lost 1

Llama 3.3 70B Instructwon 3 · lost 1

Granite 4.2 8Bwon 4 · lost 2

GPT-4o miniwon 4 · lost 2

GPT OSS 20Bwon 4 · lost 2

Qwen3 32Bwon 4 · lost 2

NVIDIA Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3Bwon 4 · lost 2

GPT OSS 120Bwon 4 · lost 2

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinkingwon 4 · lost 2

GPT-4.1 miniwon 4 · lost 2

Solar Pro 4won 4 · lost 2

Nemotron 3.5 Super VLwon 2 · lost 2

Muse Spark Openwon 2 · lost 2

Mistral Small 4won 2 · lost 2

North Mini Codewon 2 · lost 2

Command A+won 2 · lost 2

K-EXAONE 2.0won 2 · lost 2

Apodex 1.1won 2 · lost 2

Beam 1.0won 2 · lost 2

K2 Horizon 375B A23Bwon 2 · lost 2

JT-4.1 Flash 236B A21Bwon 2 · lost 2

Nanbeige4.3 33Bwon 2 · lost 2

Qwen3 14Bwon 2 · lost 2

MiniMax M3.1 Flashwon 2 · lost 2

Agnes 2.5 Pro Thetawon 2 · lost 2

Ling 3.1 Flashwon 2 · lost 2

Tencent Hy4won 2 · lost 2

Muse Emberwon 2 · lost 2

Qwen3.8 Flash Nextwon 2 · lost 2

GPT-4won 2 · lost 2

Mistral Small 3.1 24B Instructwon 2 · lost 2

Claude 3.5 Haikuwon 2 · lost 2

Amazon Nova 2 Litewon 2 · lost 2

GPT-4owon 2 · lost 2

Granite 4.2 30Bwon 2 · lost 2

Mercury 2won 2 · lost 2

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12Bwon 2 · lost 2

Trinity Largewon 2 · lost 2

MiMo V2 Flashwon 2 · lost 2

Qwen3.5 35B A3Bwon 2 · lost 2

LongCat Flash Chatwon 2 · lost 2

Grok 4 Fastwon 2 · lost 2

GLM-4.5won 2 · lost 2

Grok 3won 2 · lost 2

DeepSeek V3.1won 2 · lost 2

DeepSeek R1won 2 · lost 2

Inklingwon 3 · lost 3

Gemma 4 31Bwon 3 · lost 3

Gemini 2.5 Flashwon 2 · lost 3

GPT-4.1won 2 · lost 3

Kimi K2won 2 · lost 3

Qwen3 235B A22B Instructwon 2 · lost 3

O3won 2 · lost 3

GPT-5 miniwon 2 · lost 4

GPT-5.4 nanowon 2 · lost 4

Inkling Smallwon 2 · lost 4

Inkling 2 Smallwon 2 · lost 4

Mistral Large 3won 2 · lost 4

DeepSeek V3.1 Terminuswon 2 · lost 4

Claude Haiku 5.5won 2 · lost 4

Mistral Large 4won 2 · lost 4

DeepSeek V3.2won 2 · lost 4

GLM-4.6won 2 · lost 4

Muse Glimmerwon 2 · lost 4

NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55Bwon 2 · lost 4

Mistral Medium 3.5won 2 · lost 4

Qwen3.8 27Bwon 2 · lost 4

Gemini 3.1 Flash-Litewon 2 · lost 4

MiniMax M3won 2 · lost 4

DeepSeek V4 Flashwon 2 · lost 4

GPT-6 Lunawon 2 · lost 4

Grok 4.7won 2 · lost 4

GPT-5.4 miniwon 2 · lost 4

Step 5won 2 · lost 4

MiMo V2.6 Flashwon 2 · lost 4

GPT-5.6 Lunawon 2 · lost 4

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Litewon 2 · lost 4

Grok 4.6won 2 · lost 4

Claude Sonnet 4.5won 2 · lost 4

DeepSeek V4 Prowon 2 · lost 4

GPT-5.6 Terrawon 2 · lost 4

GLM-5.3 Flashwon 2 · lost 4

DeepSeek V4.1 Flashwon 2 · lost 4

GLM-5.2won 2 · lost 4

GPT-5.4won 2 · lost 4

MiMo V2.6 Prowon 2 · lost 4

GLM-5.3won 2 · lost 4

Qwen3.8 Maxwon 2 · lost 4

Kimi K3won 2 · lost 4

Gemini 3.8 Flashwon 2 · lost 4

Claude Opus 4.6won 1 · lost 3

GPT-5.2won 1 · lost 4

Grok 4.3won 1 · lost 4

Qwen3.6 Pluswon 1 · lost 4

GPT-6 Solwon 1 · lost 4

Kimi K2.6won 1 · lost 4

Claude Sonnet 5won 1 · lost 4

Claude Sonnet 4.6won 1 · lost 4

Qwen3.7 Maxwon 1 · lost 4

Claude Opus 4.5won 1 · lost 4

Claude Opus 5won 1 · lost 4

Muse Spark 1.1won 1 · lost 4

Muse Spark 1.2won 1 · lost 4

Claude Sonnet 5.5won 1 · lost 5

Kimi K3.1 Prowon 1 · lost 5

GPT-5.6 Solwon 1 · lost 5

Muse Spark 1.3won 1 · lost 5

Claude Opus 4.7won 1 · lost 5

Muse Wonderwon 1 · lost 5

Muse Wonder Fullwon 0 · lost 4

GPT-6.1 Terrawon 0 · lost 4

Claude Fable 5.2won 0 · lost 4

Mistral Medium 3.1won 0 · lost 4

Claude Haiku 4.5won 0 · lost 4

MiniMax M2.7won 0 · lost 4

Qwen3.5 122B A10Bwon 0 · lost 4

Qwen3 Maxwon 0 · lost 4

Claude Opus 4won 0 · lost 4

MiMo V2.5won 0 · lost 4

Gemma 4 26B A4Bwon 0 · lost 4

GLM-4.7won 0 · lost 4

Hy3won 0 · lost 4

Qwen3.7 Pluswon 0 · lost 4

GPT-5.1won 0 · lost 4

GLM-5won 0 · lost 4

GLM-5.1won 0 · lost 4

MiMo V2.5 Prowon 0 · lost 4

Grok 4.20won 0 · lost 4

GPT-5.5 Instantwon 0 · lost 4

Muse Sparkwon 0 · lost 4

Grok 4won 0 · lost 5

Gemini 3.5 Flashwon 0 · lost 5

Gemini 3.6 Flashwon 0 · lost 5

Gemini 3 Prowon 0 · lost 5

Gemini 3.1 Prowon 0 · lost 5

Gemini 3.7 Flashwon 0 · lost 5

Claude Sonnet 4won 0 · lost 6

GPT-5won 0 · lost 6

Qwen3.5 397B A17Bwon 0 · lost 6

Gemini 2.5 Prowon 0 · lost 6

Kimi K2.5won 0 · lost 6

Grok 4.5won 0 · lost 6

GPT-6 Astrawon 0 · lost 6

GPT-5.5won 0 · lost 6

GPT-6.1 Solwon 0 · lost 6

Claude Opus 4.8won 0 · lost 6

Claude Fable 5.1won 0 · lost 6

Claude Fable 5won 0 · lost 6

Claude Opus 5.5won 0 · lost 6

Gemini 4 Argonwon 0 · lost 6

Gemini 4 Carbonwon 0 · lost 6

§ 3 · Sources

Where the numbers come from

4 publications, 4 figures. Every one links to the page it was read from.

LMArena Text ↗1 measureread 2026-11-12

LMArena Text 1400

GDPval-AA ↗1 measureread 2026-11-12

GDPval-AA 321

AA-Briefcase ↗1 measureread 2026-11-12

AA-Briefcase 170

Kagi LLM Benchmark ↗1 measureread 2026-11-12

Kagi LLM Benchmark 69.4%

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