diff --git a/pkg/llms_from_scratch/tests/test_qwen3.py b/pkg/llms_from_scratch/tests/test_qwen3.py
index 78555c0..fccaee9 100644
--- a/pkg/llms_from_scratch/tests/test_qwen3.py
+++ b/pkg/llms_from_scratch/tests/test_qwen3.py
@@ -20,7 +20,12 @@ from llms_from_scratch.kv_cache.generate import generate_text_simple as generate
 from llms_from_scratch.kv_cache_batched.qwen3 import Qwen3Model as Qwen3ModelKVBatched
 from llms_from_scratch.kv_cache_batched.generate import generate_text_simple as generate_text_simple_batched
 
+from llms_from_scratch.utils import download_file
+
 import importlib
+import os
+import shutil
+import tempfile
 import platform
 import pytest
 import torch
@@ -534,6 +539,72 @@ def test_multiturn_equivalence(repo_id, tok_file, add_gen, add_think):
     assert ours_dec == ref_dec
 
 
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not transformers_installed, reason="transformers not installed")
+def test_tokenizer_equivalence():
+    from transformers import AutoTokenizer
+
+    prompt = "Give me a short introduction to large language models."
+    messages = [
+        {"role": "user", "content": prompt},
+    ]
+
+    for apply_chat_template in (True, False):
+        for s in ("-Base", ""):
+            repo_id = f"Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B{s}"
+            tokenizer_ref = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(repo_id)
+            tokenizer_url = f"https://huggingface.co/Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B{s}/resolve/main/tokenizer.json"
+            download_file(tokenizer_url, out_dir=".")
+
+            old_name = "tokenizer.json"
+
+            if not s:
+                new_name = "tokenizer-reasoning.json"
+            else:
+                new_name = "tokenizer-base.json"
+
+            try:
+                shutil.move(old_name, new_name)
+            except Exception:
+                with tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(delete=False, dir=".") as tmp_file:
+                    shutil.copyfile(old_name, tmp_file.name)
+                    os.replace(tmp_file.name, new_name)
+                os.remove(old_name)
+
+            for states in ((True, True), (False, False)):
+                tokenizer = Qwen3Tokenizer(
+                    tokenizer_file_path=new_name,
+                    repo_id=repo_id,
+                    apply_chat_template=apply_chat_template,
+                    add_generation_prompt=states[0],
+                    add_thinking=states[1]
+                )
+                input_token_ids = tokenizer.encode(prompt)
+
+                if apply_chat_template:
+                    input_token_ids_ref = tokenizer_ref.apply_chat_template(
+                        messages,
+                        tokenize=True,
+                        add_generation_prompt=states[0],
+                        enable_thinking=states[1],
+                    )
+                else:
+                    input_token_ids_ref = input_token_ids
+
+                assert input_token_ids == input_token_ids_ref, states
+
+                output_text = tokenizer.decode(input_token_ids)
+                out_text_ref = tokenizer_ref.decode(input_token_ids_ref)
+                assert output_text == out_text_ref, states
+
+                assert tokenizer.encode("<|endoftext|>") == [tokenizer._special_to_id["<|endoftext|>"]]
+                assert tokenizer.encode("<|im_end|>") == [tokenizer._special_to_id["<|im_end|>"]]
+
+                expected_eos_token = "<|im_end|>" if "base" not in new_name else "<|endoftext|>"
+                expected_pad_token = "<|endoftext|>"
+                assert tokenizer.decode([tokenizer.eos_token_id]) == expected_eos_token
+                assert tokenizer.decode([tokenizer.pad_token_id]) == expected_pad_token
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not transformers_installed, reason="transformers not installed")
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("repo_id, tok_file", [
     ("Qwen/Qwen3-0.6B", "Qwen3-0.6B/tokenizer.json"),