Model comparison
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite vs Muse Glimmer
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Muse Glimmer score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 41.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
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MetaSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite scores higher in 6 categories and Muse Glimmer in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads 41.9 to 38.5.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | |
| Noometry Index | 40.8 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2026-03-03 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.25 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 37.8 (#188), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1256 | 1355 |
| SciCode | 41.9% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1400 | 1416 |
| WeirdML | 52.2% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 797.73 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 30.2 (#79), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| DeepResearch Bench | 37.3% | — |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 22.9 (#186), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1407 | 1396 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 67.2% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 8.2% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 25% | — |
| EnigmaEval | 3% | — |
| Thematic Generalization | 63.3% | — |
| DTBench | 76.8% | — |
| LMCA | 35% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 144.47 | — |
| ForecastBench | 54.4 | — |
Math Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 40.7 (#90), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1428 | 1417 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 27.7% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 80% | — |
Knowledge Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 41.9 (#104), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1398 | 1386 |
| GPQA Diamond | 81.8% | — |
| Humanity's Last Exam | 8.6% | — |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | 8.2% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 39.4 (#60), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1240 | — |
Multilingual Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 52.3 (#86), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1411 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1461 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1420 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1424 | — |
| LMArena German | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1413 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1421 | — |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 72.7 (#131), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1377 | 1375 |
Long Context Too close to call
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 42.5 (#122), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1394 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite leads
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite: 60.9 (#94), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1416 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1401 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1417 | 1399 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite better than Muse Glimmer?
Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Muse Glimmer score almost the same on the Noometry Index (40.8 vs 41.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 37.8 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite and Muse Glimmer share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite has 38 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.