Model comparison

GPT-5.2 vs Muse Glimmer

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.

GPT-5.2 OpenAI

54.1

Rank #34 Confirmed

Muse Glimmer Meta

41.7

Rank #131 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. GPT-5.2 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 GPT-5.2 leads 50.2 to 25.7.
  • Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

GPT-5.2 and Muse Glimmer specifications
GPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
ProviderOpenAIMeta
Noometry Index54.141.7
Released2025-12-112026-08-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window400K—
Max output128K—
Input $ / M tokens$1.75—
Output $ / M tokens$14—
Results tracked6715

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Category by category

Coding GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 51.6 (#37), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena WebDev14161355
LMArena Coding14471416
SWE-bench Verified73.8%—
SWE-bench Verified (bash only)72.8%—
SWE-bench Multilingual66.7%—
SciCode—44.9%
GSO27.4%—
WeirdML72.2%—
ALE-Bench1,294—
AlgoTune2.05—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 40.2 (#24), Muse Glimmer: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
Terminal-Bench64.9%—
Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard55.9%—
GDPval49.7%—
Remote Labor Index2.5%—
τ²-bench Airline83%—
τ²-bench Banking32.2%—
τ²-bench Retail81.6%—
τ²-bench Telecom89.7%—
DeepResearch Bench41.1%—
LMArena Search1207—
METR Time Horizons75.3%—
Vending-Bench 23,591—

Reasoning GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 50.2 (#35), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Hard Prompts14451396
ARC-AGI-252.9%—
SimpleBench45.8%—
Kagi LLM Benchmark73.3%—
NYT Connections (extended)83.6%—
ARC-AGI-186.2%—
CritPt—2.6%
Chess Puzzles49%—
EnigmaEval10.4%—
EBR-Bench23%—
Mystery Game Puzzles23%—
DTBench90.9%—
LMCA43.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index153.45—
ForecastBench60.1—

Math GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 60.0 (#38), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)

Knowledge GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 59.3 (#32), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Expert14451386
GPQA Diamond91.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam27.8%—
SimpleQA Verified37.1%—
Vectara Hallucination Rate8.4%—

Multimodal Not comparable

GPT-5.2: 51.3 (#7), Muse Glimmer: —

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Vision1268—
VPCT84%—
Furniture Assembly38.3%—
LMArena Document1405—

Multilingual GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 53.4 (#67), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Non-English14251384
LMArena Chinese14601412
LMArena Russian14401390
LMArena French1455—
LMArena German1448—
LMArena Japanese1420—
LMArena Korean1392—
LMArena Spanish1433—

Instruction Following GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 74.7 (#89), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Instruction Following14171375

Long Context GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 44.0 (#78), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Longer Query14281382
CL-bench18.2%—

Writing & Preference GPT-5.2 leads

GPT-5.2: 66.8 (#32), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGPT-5.2Muse Glimmer
LMArena Text14391389
LMArena Creative Writing14011339
LMArena Multi-Turn14581399
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1703—

Frequently asked questions

Is GPT-5.2 better than Muse Glimmer?

GPT-5.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is GPT-5.2 or Muse Glimmer better for coding?

GPT-5.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 51.6 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do GPT-5.2 and Muse Glimmer share?

13 benchmarks have published results for both models. GPT-5.2 has 67 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.

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