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Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) (Alibaba) was released on Jul 25, 2025. In the Epoch AI capability ranking (ECI), it ranks #102 out of 267 models, with 143.81. On Arena, which measures human preference in blind comparisons, it has 1,384 ELO points (#188). Against models of the same generation, its best result is on AIME 2024 and 2025 (OTIS): 86.7%, #3 of 53, tied with 1 others.

#102 of 267 in the ECI ranking
143.81 ECI, the Epoch AI capability index
1,384 Arena ELO, human preference · #188
not measured LiveBench, overall average from 0 to 100
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What the tests say

Where Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) stands out and where it falls behind, by the numbers

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) has published results on 16 tests compiled by Epoch AI. The yardstick here is its generation: its position among the models released between Oct 28, 2024 and Oct 23, 2025 that took the same test. Against the whole archive, which includes 2023 models, a recent release lands near the top of almost everything, and that says nothing.

Where it stands out

Tests where it sits in the top third of its own generation.

AIME 2024 and 2025 (OTIS)86.7%
#3 of 53 in its generation, tied with 1 · #66 of 168 overall
GPQA Diamond80.1%
#6 of 53 in its generation · #83 of 173 overall
Fiction.liveBench68.8%
#7 of 30 in its generation, tied with 1 · #8 of 31 overall
Creative writing (Lech Mazur)8.30
#8 of 32 in its generation, tied with 1 · #9 of 38 overall
Lmca29.31
#10 of 38 in its generation · #75 of 121 overall

Where it falls behind

Tests where it sits in the bottom half of its own generation.

FrontierMath tier 40.0%
#15 of 18 in its generation, tied with 3 · record: 39.6% (GPT-5.5 Pro)
MATH level 568.9%
#29 of 37 in its generation · record: 98.1% (GPT-5)
Vending Bench 2-11.34
#6 of 8 in its generation · record: 15,515 (GPT-6 Astra)
ForecastBench59.70
#17 of 24 in its generation · record: 62.50 (o3)
SimpleBench31.0%
#18 of 27 in its generation · record: 81.9% (Claude Fable 5)
See all 16 tests, one by one
TestScoreIn its generationOverallTest record
GPQA Diamond 80.1% #6 / 53 #83 / 173 96.4% Gemini 4 Argon
AIME 2024 and 2025 (OTIS) 86.7% #3 / 53 (tied with 1) #66 / 168 100.0% GPT-5.5
Dtbench 80.3% #12 / 46 #70 / 148 98.9% Claude Opus 5.5
Lmca 29.31 #10 / 38 #75 / 121 68.23 Claude Opus 5.5
WeirdML 41.0% #21 / 38 #70 / 112 93.6% GPT-6 Astra
SimpleQA Verified 40.4% #5 / 14 #47 / 81 76.0% Gemini 4 Argon
Game puzzles 9.0% #6 / 12 (tied with 1) #64 / 77 84.0% GPT-6 Astra
SimpleBench 31.0% #18 / 27 #56 / 74 81.9% Claude Fable 5
MATH level 5 68.9% #29 / 37 #31 / 73 98.1% GPT-5
FrontierMath 8.5% #10 / 30 #38 / 65 51.7% GPT-5.5
ForecastBench 59.70 #17 / 24 #32 / 62 62.50 o3
Vending Bench 2 -11.34 #6 / 8 #54 / 57 15,515 GPT-6 Astra
FrontierMath tier 4 0.0% #15 / 18 (tied with 3) #40 / 48 39.6% GPT-5.5 Pro
Aider Polyglot 59.60 #14 / 31 (tied with 1) #15 / 38 88.00 GPT-5
Creative writing (Lech Mazur) 8.30 #8 / 32 (tied with 1) #9 / 38 8.60 GPT-5
Fiction.liveBench 68.8% #7 / 30 (tied with 1) #8 / 31 100.0% o3

For each test, the model's best effort level counts, as in the ranking. Source of the scores: Epoch AI, under CC BY 4.0.

Comparison

What to compare Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) with

The models from other labs closest in capability and released in the same period, at most two per lab. Click any of them to see its page.

ModelLabECIELOLiveBenchRelease
Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite Google 144.47 1,460 n/a Mar 3, 2026
Gemini 2.5 Pro Exp (Mar 2025) Google DeepMind 144.20 n/a n/a Mar 25, 2025
Grok 4 Fast xAI 144.19 1,437 n/a Sep 19, 2025
Claude Opus 4.1 Anthropic 144.09 1,479 n/a Aug 5, 2025
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) Alibaba 143.81 1,384 n/a Jul 25, 2025
GLM-4.7 Z.ai (Zhipu AI) 143.79 1,495 n/a Dec 22, 2025
Gemini 2.5 Flash (Sep 2025) Google DeepMind 143.00 1,450 n/a Sep 25, 2025
Head to head

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) or GLM-4.7?

GLM-4.7 is the model from another lab closest to Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) in capability. Across the 7 tests both took, this is the score:

Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) ahead on 3 GLM-4.7 ahead on 3 tied on 1
Largest differences first
TestQwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)GLM-4.7
Vending Bench 2 -11.34 2,377
FrontierMath 8.5% 2.4%
SimpleBench 31.0% 47.7%
SimpleQA Verified 40.4% 32.2%
GPQA Diamond 80.1% 83.3%
AIME 2024 and 2025 (OTIS) 86.7% 83.3%
FrontierMath tier 4 0.0% 0.0%

Unweighted score: each test counts one point, whether math or coding. The dot marks who did better on each row.

Family

Other models from Alibaba

The models from the same lab closest in time, newest first.

ModelReleaseECIELOLiveBenchAccess
Qwen3-Max-Instruct Sep 24, 2025 142.46 n/a n/a API access
Qwen3-Max Sep 24, 2025 142.34 1,478 n/a API access
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Thinking (Jul 2025) Jul 30, 2025 139.61 1,347 n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
Qwen3-30B-A3B-Instruct (Jul 2025) Jul 29, 2025 137.42 n/a n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking-2507 Jul 25, 2025 143.88 1,483 n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) Jul 25, 2025 143.81 1,384 n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
Qwen3-235B-A22B-Instruct (Jul 2025) Jul 25, 2025 138.92 n/a n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
Qwen3-32B Apr 29, 2025 138.49 1,362 n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
Qwen3-14B Apr 29, 2025 138.22 n/a n/a Open weights (unrestricted)
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Frequently asked questions

What people ask about Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025)

Where does Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) rank among AI models?

In the ROO3 AI Benchmark, ordered by the Epoch AI ECI, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) ranks #102 out of 267 models, with an ECI of 143.81. The ECI is a composite index that combines several hard benchmarks into a single scale. The position changes when a new model comes out, and the page is refreshed six times a day.

Is Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) better than GLM-4.7?

Across the 7 tests both models took and Epoch AI compiled, Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) comes out ahead on 3, behind on 3 and tied on 1. It is a test-by-test count with no weighting: a win in math counts the same as a win in coding. To choose between the two, look at the tests that resemble your own use.

What is Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) best at?

Against models of the same generation (released up to 9 months before and up to 3 months after it), the best relative results of Qwen3-235B-A22B-Thinking (Jul 2025) are: AIME 2024 and 2025 (OTIS) (#3 of 53); GPQA Diamond (#6 of 53); Fiction.liveBench (#7 of 30). The yardstick is its position among the models of that period that took the same test.

Where do the numbers on this page come from?

From the same three sources as the ranking, all openly licensed: Epoch AI (ECI and individual tests, CC BY 4.0), Arena (human-preference ELO, CC BY 4.0) and LiveBench (overall average, CC BY-SA 4.0). ROO3 does not measure any model. When the page shows a figure published by the maker itself, it appears in the written analysis, labeled as the maker's, and never enters the ranking.

Sources

Where each number comes from

Epoch AI, "AI Benchmarking Hub". Published at epoch.ai. Data under the CC BY 4.0 licence, reordered by roo3.co.

The Arena (LMArena) leaderboard, from the public lmarena-ai/leaderboard-dataset on Hugging Face, under the CC BY 4.0 licence. We are not affiliated with the Arena.

LiveBench, by the LiveBench team, published at livebench.ai under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. The overall average is recomputed by roo3.co with the same formula as the website (average of the categories), and those numbers stay under CC BY-SA 4.0. We are not affiliated with LiveBench.

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