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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Glimmer

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Muse Glimmer Meta

41.7

Rank #131 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Muse Glimmer in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 25.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 10.6% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 2.6% for Muse Glimmer.
  • Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.141.7
Released2026-07-212026-08-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4615

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena WebDev15381355
SciCode52.7%44.9%
LMArena Coding14911416
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Muse Glimmer: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
CritPt10.6%2.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851396
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Math15051417
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—
ProofBench36%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Expert14881386
GPQA Diamond94.1%—
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Muse Glimmer: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Vision1298—
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—
LMArena Document1456—

Multilingual Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Non-English14691384
LMArena Chinese15311412
LMArena Russian14871390
LMArena French1504—
LMArena German1478—
LMArena Japanese1476—
LMArena Korean1431—
LMArena Spanish1475—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Instruction Following14661375

Long Context Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Longer Query14741382

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Text14791389
LMArena Creative Writing14651339
LMArena Multi-Turn14811399
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Muse Glimmer?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Glimmer better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Glimmer share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.

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