Model comparison
Granite 4.0 Micro vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 0 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Glimmer leads 38.5 to 9.9.
Side by side
| Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | IBM | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 29.0 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2025-10-02 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 131K | — |
| Max output | 118K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $0.017 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $0.11 | — |
| Results tracked | 8 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
| SciCode | — | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | — | 1416 |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 19.2 (#265), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | — | 2.6% |
| Chess Puzzles | 0% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | — | 1396 |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 12.0 (#307), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 2.8% | — |
| Omni-MATH | 20.9% | — |
| LMArena Math | — | 1417 |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 9.9 (#304), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | 28.3% | — |
| MMLU-Pro | 39.5% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 30.7% | — |
| LMArena Expert | — | 1386 |
Multilingual Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | — | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | — | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | — | 1390 |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 69.9 (#169), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| IFEval | 84.9% | — |
| LMArena Instruction Following | — | 1375 |
Long Context Not comparable
Granite 4.0 Micro: —, Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | — | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Granite 4.0 Micro: 46.7 (#216), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Granite 4.0 Micro | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | — | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | — | 1339 |
| WildBench | 67% | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | — | 1399 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Granite 4.0 Micro better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 29.0 on the Noometry Index.
How many benchmarks do Granite 4.0 Micro and Muse Glimmer share?
0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Granite 4.0 Micro has 8 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.