Model comparison
Amazon Nova Micro vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Amazon Nova Micro scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Glimmer in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Glimmer leads 57.5 to 39.5.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Amazon | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 30.4 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2024-12-03 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 128K | — |
| Max output | 10K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.035 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.14 | — |
| Results tracked | 32 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 30.5 (#295), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1218 | 1416 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
| SciCode | — | 44.9% |
| LiveBench Coding | 20.2% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Amazon Nova Micro: 22.1 (#132), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 22.3% | — |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 17.4 (#294), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1191 | 1396 |
| CritPt | — | 2.6% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | 25.1% | — |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | 34% | — |
| LiveBench | 29.6% | — |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 26.9 (#254), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1206 | 1417 |
| Omni-MATH | 21.4% | — |
| LiveBench Math | 34.5% | — |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 29.6 (#237), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1184 | 1386 |
| MMLU-Pro | 51.1% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 5.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 38.3% | — |
| MMLU | 70.8% | — |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#239), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1186 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1209 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1185 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1238 | — |
| LMArena German | 1192 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1154 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1150 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1225 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 56.3 (#272), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1174 | 1375 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | 48% | — |
| IFEval | 76% | — |
Long Context Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 36.5 (#229), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1205 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Amazon Nova Micro: 39.5 (#247), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Amazon Nova Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1208 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1172 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1178 | 1399 |
| WildBench | 74.3% | — |
| LiveBench Language | 15.8% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Amazon Nova Micro better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 30.4 on the Noometry Index.
Is Amazon Nova Micro or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 30.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Amazon Nova Micro and Muse Glimmer share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Amazon Nova Micro has 32 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.