Model comparison
Muse Glimmer vs QwQ-32B
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.
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 QwQ-32B in 1 category; 6 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in writing & preference, where Muse Glimmer leads 57.5 to 50.6.
Side by side
| Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B | |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Meta | Alibaba (Qwen) |
| Noometry Index | 41.7 | 39.8 |
| Released | 2026-08-10 | 2024-11-28 |
| Weights | Open | Open |
| Context window | — | — |
| Max output | — | — |
| Input $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Output $ / M tokens | — | — |
| Results tracked | 15 | 36 |
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Category by category
Coding Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142), QwQ-32B: 35.4 (#226)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1416 | 1333 |
| Aider Polyglot | — | 20.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | 1355 | — |
| SciCode | 44.9% | — |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | — | 44.6% |
| LiveBench Coding | — | 72.2% |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 54.4% |
Reasoning Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144), QwQ-32B: 23.7 (#174)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1396 | 1325 |
| CritPt | 2.6% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | — | 5% |
| LiveBench Reasoning | — | 83.5% |
| LiveBench Data Analysis | — | 65% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 137.6 |
| ForecastBench | — | 58.3 |
| LiveBench | — | 72% |
Math Too close to call
Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125), QwQ-32B: 38.0 (#143)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1417 | 1359 |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | — | 59.2% |
| LiveBench Math | — | 77.8% |
Knowledge Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143), QwQ-32B: 37.2 (#158)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1386 | 1324 |
| GPQA Diamond | — | 65.3% |
| Confabulations | — | 15.6% |
Multilingual Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122), QwQ-32B: 44.8 (#176)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1384 | 1305 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1412 | 1378 |
| LMArena Russian | 1390 | 1297 |
| LMArena French | — | 1336 |
| LMArena German | — | 1313 |
| LMArena Japanese | — | 1262 |
| LMArena Korean | — | 1279 |
| LMArena Spanish | — | 1354 |
Instruction Following Too close to call
Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135), QwQ-32B: 72.6 (#137)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1375 | 1297 |
| LiveBench Instruction Following | — | 81.8% |
Long Context QwQ-32B leads
Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129), QwQ-32B: 49.0 (#11)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1382 | 1308 |
| Fiction.LiveBench | — | 83.3% |
Writing & Preference Muse Glimmer leads
Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126), QwQ-32B: 50.6 (#180)
| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer | QwQ-32B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1389 | 1329 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1339 | 1288 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1399 | 1314 |
| Short-Story Creative Writing | — | 80.2% |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1257 |
| LiveBench Language | — | 51.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Is Muse Glimmer better than QwQ-32B?
Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 39.8 on the Noometry Index.
Is Muse Glimmer or QwQ-32B better for coding?
Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 35.4 in the Noometry coding category.
How many benchmarks do Muse Glimmer and QwQ-32B share?
12 benchmarks have published results for both models. Muse Glimmer has 15 scored results on Noometry and QwQ-32B has 36.