Model comparison
Inkling vs Muse Glimmer
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.
MetaSummary
- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 6 categories and Muse Glimmer in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 38.5.
Side by side
| Inkling | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2026-07-15 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 66K | — |
| Max output | 66K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.87 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $4.68 | — |
| Results tracked | 41 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Inkling: 34.5 (#234), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | 1355 |
| SciCode | 47% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1416 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Inkling: 29.6 (#85), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |
Reasoning Inkling leads
Inkling: 40.4 (#56), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 5.4% | 2.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1396 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | — |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Inkling: 31.3 (#225), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1417 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |
Knowledge Inkling leads
Inkling: 55.1 (#49), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1386 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |
Multilingual Inkling leads
Inkling: 54.0 (#52), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |
Instruction Following Inkling leads
Inkling: 75.1 (#71), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1375 |
Long Context Inkling leads
Inkling: 43.8 (#86), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Inkling leads
Inkling: 65.2 (#51), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1399 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Inkling better than Muse Glimmer?
Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Inkling or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Inkling and Muse Glimmer share?
15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.