Model comparison
Claude 3 Sonnet vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Claude 3 Sonnet scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Glimmer in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in math, where Muse Glimmer leads 38.8 to 10.7.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Anthropic | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2024-02-29 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 30 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 29.6 (#302), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1223 | 1416 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
| SciCode | — | 44.9% |
| WeirdML | 10.2% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 42.7% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.8% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 64% | — |
| MBPP+ | 69.3% | — |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 20.5 (#237), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1197 | 1396 |
| CritPt | — | 2.6% |
| DTBench | 53.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 120.7 | — |
| WinoGrande | 75.1% | — |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 10.7 (#310), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1213 | 1417 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.5% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 18.2% | — |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 21.1 (#276), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1173 | 1386 |
| GPQA Diamond | 40.6% | — |
| MMLU | 75.9% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Claude 3 Sonnet: 25.2 (#125), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 984 | — |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 37.8 (#234), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1205 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1189 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1227 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1229 | — |
| LMArena German | 1204 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1131 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1128 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1204 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 62.8 (#235), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1199 | 1375 |
Long Context Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 36.7 (#228), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1211 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Claude 3 Sonnet: 42.1 (#238), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Claude 3 Sonnet | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1218 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1186 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1227 | 1399 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Claude 3 Sonnet better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Is Claude 3 Sonnet or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 29.6 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Claude 3 Sonnet and Muse Glimmer share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Claude 3 Sonnet has 30 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.