Model comparison
Muse Glimmer vs Qwen2.5-Max
Muse Glimmer and Qwen2.5-Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.7 vs 40.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Last verified . 12 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Glimmer scores higher in 7 categories and Qwen2.5-Max in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Muse Glimmer leads 38.5 to 35.3.
- Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.
Side by side
| Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.7 | 40.7 |
| Released | 2026-08-10 | 2025-01-25 |
| Weights | Open | Proprietary |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 15 | 27 |
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Category by category
Coding Qwen2.5-Max leads
Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.8 (#117)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1416 | 1359 |
| LMArena WebDev | 1355 | — |
| SciCode | 44.9% | — |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 64.4% |
Reasoning Too close to call
Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144), Qwen2.5-Max: 25.6 (#147)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1396 | 1360 |
| CritPt | 2.6% | — |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 51.4% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 67.9% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 132.53 |
| LiveBench | — | 62.3% |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125), Qwen2.5-Max: 36.9 (#162)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1417 | 1369 |
| LiveBench Math | — | 58.4% |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143), Qwen2.5-Max: 35.3 (#186)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1386 | 1337 |
| Confabulations | — | 21.8% |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122), Qwen2.5-Max: 48.1 (#146)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1384 | 1352 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1412 | 1382 |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | 1353 |
| LMArena French | — | 1396 |
| LMArena German | — | 1350 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1300 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1304 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1377 |
Instruction Following Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135), Qwen2.5-Max: 71.3 (#152)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1375 | 1335 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 75.3% |
Long Context Too close to call
Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129), Qwen2.5-Max: 41.4 (#142)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1382 | 1358 |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126), Qwen2.5-Max: 55.4 (#146)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen2.5-Max |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1389 | 1367 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1339 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1399 | 1364 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 72.9% |
| LiveBench Language | — | 56.3% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Glimmer better than Qwen2.5-Max?
Muse Glimmer and Qwen2.5-Max score almost the same on the Noometry Index (41.7 vs 40.7), so choose on price, context window or the category you care about most.
Is Muse Glimmer or Qwen2.5-Max better for coding?
Qwen2.5-Max scores higher on coding benchmarks: 41.8 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Glimmer and Qwen2.5-Max share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Glimmer has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen2.5-Max has 27.