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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Muse Glimmer

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

59.5

Rank #13 Confirmed

Muse Glimmer Meta

41.3

Rank #128 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 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 3.8 Flash leads 64.7 to 27.2.
  • Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index59.541.3
Released2026-09-02—
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4613

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 56.4 (#17), Muse Glimmer: 38.7 (#157)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena WebDev15811355
LMArena Coding15121417
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
SciCode56.6%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.3 (#22), Muse Glimmer: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
APEX-Agents64.3%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 64.7 (#13), Muse Glimmer: 27.2 (#111)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Hard Prompts15061395
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
CritPt18.3%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index157.13—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.2 (#22), Muse Glimmer: 36.1 (#128)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Math15281419
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.9 (#2), Muse Glimmer: 37.9 (#140)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Expert15291388
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.9 (#33), Muse Glimmer: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Vision1312—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 57.9 (#5), Muse Glimmer: 50.6 (#117)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Non-English14861384
LMArena Chinese15471412
LMArena Russian15071393
LMArena French1502—
LMArena German1470—
LMArena Japanese1505—
LMArena Korean1479—
LMArena Spanish1492—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.2 (#11), Muse Glimmer: 72.7 (#134)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Instruction Following14891374

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.2 (#23), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#124)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Longer Query15061381

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.1 (#16), Muse Glimmer: 57.7 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Text14941389
LMArena Creative Writing14851338
LMArena Multi-Turn15031398
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Muse Glimmer?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 59.5 to 41.3 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Glimmer better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 56.4 versus 38.7 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Muse Glimmer share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 13.

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