Model comparison
GPT-4.1 nano vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Summary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-4.1 nano scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Glimmer in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in long context, where Muse Glimmer leads 42.1 to 23.7.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 25.9% for GPT-4.1 nano and 44.9% for Muse Glimmer.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | OpenAI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 27.9 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2025-04-14 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |
| Context window | 1.05M | — |
| Max output | 33K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.10 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.40 | — |
| Results tracked | 38 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 24.1 (#330), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 25.9% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1306 | 1416 |
| Aider Polyglot | 8.9% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
| WeirdML | 19% | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 26.5 (#104), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | 33% | — |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 8.5 (#349), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0% | 2.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1286 | 1396 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 33.3% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 0% | — |
| DTBench | 52.5% | — |
| LMCA | 5.5% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.62 | — |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 26.9 (#252), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1274 | 1417 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 28.9% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 36.7% | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 70% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 1% | — |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 21.8 (#273), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1272 | 1386 |
| GPQA Diamond | 48.9% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 6% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 55% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 50.7% | — |
Multimodal Not comparable
GPT-4.1 nano: 29.2 (#113), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1063 | — |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 41.6 (#205), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1260 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1270 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1261 | 1390 |
| LMArena German | 1288 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1198 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 67.8 (#193), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1267 | 1375 |
| IFEval | 84.3% | — |
Long Context Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 23.7 (#296), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1283 | 1382 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | 25% | — |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
GPT-4.1 nano: 40.5 (#243), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | GPT-4.1 nano | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1285 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1260 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1277 | 1399 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 946 | — |
| WildBench | 81.2% | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is GPT-4.1 nano better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 27.9 on the Noometry Index.
Is GPT-4.1 nano or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 24.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do GPT-4.1 nano and Muse Glimmer share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-4.1 nano has 38 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.