Model comparison
Muse Glimmer vs Qwen3 8B
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Last verified . 2 shared benchmarks.
Meta
Alibaba (Qwen)Summary
- They share 2 benchmarks with published results for both. Muse Glimmer scores higher in 5 categories and Qwen3 8B in 0 categories; 5 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Glimmer leads 25.7 to 16.6.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is SciCode: 44.9% for Muse Glimmer and 22.6% for Qwen3 8B.
Side by side
| Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.7 | 33.7 |
| Released | 2026-08-10 | 2025-04 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | 131K |
| Max output | — | 8K |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | $0.18 |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | $0.70 |
| Results tracked | 15 | 11 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142), Qwen3 8B: 34.0 (#248)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| SciCode | 44.9% | 22.6% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1355 | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1416 | — |
Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable
Muse Glimmer: —, Qwen3 8B: 30.2 (#78)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Berkeley Function Calling Leaderboard | — | 42.6% |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144), Qwen3 8B: 16.6 (#303)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 2.6% | 0% |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1396 | — |
| DTBench | — | 59.7% |
| LMCA | — | 8.8% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 136.17 |
Math Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125), Qwen3 8B: 34.9 (#191)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 56.1% |
| LMArena Math | 1417 | — |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143), Qwen3 8B: 36.1 (#173)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| GPQA Diamond | — | 56.8% |
| Vectara Hallucination Rate | — | 4.8% |
| LMArena Expert | 1386 | — |
Multilingual Not comparable
Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1384 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1412 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | — |
Instruction Following Not comparable
Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1375 | — |
Long Context Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129), Qwen3 8B: 37.9 (#210)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 62.1% |
| LMArena Longer Query | 1382 | — |
Writing & Preference Not comparable
Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126), Qwen3 8B: —
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | Qwen3 8B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1389 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1339 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1399 | — |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Glimmer better than Qwen3 8B?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 33.7 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Glimmer or Qwen3 8B better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.0 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Glimmer and Qwen3 8B share?
2 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Glimmer has 15 scored results on Noometry and Qwen3 8B has 11.