Model comparison
Magistral Medium vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 14 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MetaSummary
- They share 14 benchmarks with published results for both. Magistral Medium scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Glimmer in 8 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Glimmer leads 25.7 to 8.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 39.2% for Magistral Medium and 44.9% for Muse Glimmer.
Side by side
| Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 35.2 | 41.7 |
| Released | 2025-03-17 | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 16K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $2 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $5 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 39.1 (#161), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 39.2% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1319 | 1416 |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 8.6 (#348), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 0.3% | 2.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1267 | 1396 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 0% | — |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 16.2% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 6.1% | — |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 35.1 (#189), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1250 | 1417 |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 33.5 (#202), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1223 | 1386 |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 39.6 (#224), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1232 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1227 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1224 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1267 | — |
| LMArena German | 1248 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1175 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1125 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1271 | — |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 66.0 (#211), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1254 | 1375 |
Long Context Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 39.3 (#183), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1295 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Magistral Medium: 46.3 (#219), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Magistral Medium | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1255 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1245 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1275 | 1399 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Magistral Medium better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 35.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Magistral Medium or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 39.1 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Magistral Medium and Muse Glimmer share?
14 benchmarks have published results for both models. Magistral Medium has 22 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.