# DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) vs Muse Glimmer

> Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/deepseek-v2-5-vs-muse-glimmer
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 12

## Summary

- They share 12 benchmarks with published results for both. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Glimmer in 8 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in coding, where Muse Glimmer leads 40.4 to 31.7.

## Snapshot

| | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | DeepSeek | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 37.6 | 41.7 |
| Rank | 200 | 131 |
| Context | — | — |
| Input $/M | — | — |
| Output $/M | — | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 31.7 (#281)
- Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Coding | 1309 | 1416 |
| Aider Polyglot | 17.8% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1355 |
| SciCode | — | 44.9% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 48.6% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 53.2% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 83.5% | — |
| MBPP+ | 74.1% | — |

## Reasoning

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 25.6 (#145)
- Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1289 | 1396 |
| CritPt | — | 2.6% |

## Math

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 35.9 (#177)
- Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1288 | 1417 |

## Knowledge

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 34.8 (#193)
- Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1266 | 1386 |

## Multilingual

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 42.5 (#193)
- Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1273 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1318 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1289 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1289 | — |
| LMArena German | 1258 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1228 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1209 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1248 | — |

## Instruction Following

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 67.5 (#194)
- Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1280 | 1375 |

## Long Context

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 39.5 (#174)
- Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1301 | 1382 |

## Writing & Preference

- DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024): 49.8 (#187)
- Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)

| Benchmark | DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1294 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1297 | 1399 |

## FAQ

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) better than Muse Glimmer?

Muse Glimmer is the stronger model overall, scoring 41.7 to 37.6 on the Noometry Index.

### Is DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) or Muse Glimmer better for coding?

Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 31.7 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) and Muse Glimmer share?

12 benchmarks have published results for both models. DeepSeek-V2.5 (Sep 2024) has 22 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.