Model comparison
Mistral Medium 3.5 vs Muse Glimmer
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 13 shared benchmarks.
Mistral AI
MetaSummary
- They share 13 benchmarks with published results for both. Mistral Medium 3.5 scores higher in 6 categories and Muse Glimmer in 2 categories; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Glimmer leads 25.7 to 17.3.
Side by side
| Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Mistral AI | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 40.2 | 41.7 |
| Released | — | 2026-08-10 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | 262K | — |
| Max output | 210K | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | $1.50 | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | $7.50 | — |
| Results tracked | 22 | 15 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 36.0 (#213), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1264 | 1355 |
| LMArena Coding | 1461 | 1416 |
| SciCode | — | 44.9% |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 17.3 (#295), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1436 | 1396 |
| Kagi LLM Benchmark | 41.4% | — |
| NYT Connections (extended) | 12.9% | — |
| CritPt | — | 2.6% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 141.35 | — |
Math Too close to call
Mistral Medium 3.5: 39.1 (#113), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1431 | 1417 |
Knowledge Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 40.0 (#126), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1432 | 1386 |
Multimodal Not comparable
Mistral Medium 3.5: 38.3 (#65), Muse Glimmer: —
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1223 | — |
Multilingual Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 51.9 (#100), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1404 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1442 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1395 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1448 | — |
| LMArena German | 1451 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1385 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1409 | — |
Instruction Following Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 74.6 (#90), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1415 | 1375 |
Long Context Mistral Medium 3.5 leads
Mistral Medium 3.5: 43.2 (#103), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1415 | 1382 |
Writing & Preference Too close to call
Mistral Medium 3.5: 58.5 (#117), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)
| Benchmark | Mistral Medium 3.5 | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1421 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1374 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1423 | 1399 |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 993 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 better than Muse Glimmer?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 40.2 on the Noometry Index.
Is Mistral Medium 3.5 or Muse Glimmer better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 36.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Mistral Medium 3.5 and Muse Glimmer share?
13 benchmarks have published results for both models. Mistral Medium 3.5 has 22 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.