# Inkling vs Muse Glimmer

> Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/inkling-vs-muse-glimmer
- Last updated: 2026-10-11
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Inkling scores higher in 6 categories and Muse Glimmer in 2 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in knowledge, where Inkling leads 55.1 to 38.5.

## Snapshot

| | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 44.1 | 41.7 |
| Rank | 80 | 131 |
| Context | 66K | — |
| Input $/M | $1.87 | — |
| Output $/M | $4.68 | — |
| Weights | Open | Open |

## Coding

- Inkling: 34.5 (#234)
- Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena WebDev | 1413 | 1355 |
| SciCode | 47% | 44.9% |
| LMArena Coding | 1464 | 1416 |
| FrontierCode | 14% | — |
| FrontierSWE | 4.1% | — |
| WeirdML | 32.3% | — |
| ALE-Bench | 946 | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Inkling: 29.6 (#85)
- Muse Glimmer: —

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | 33.8% | — |
| τ²-bench Banking | 25% | — |

## Reasoning

- Inkling: 40.4 (#56)
- Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| CritPt | 5.4% | 2.6% |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1451 | 1396 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 36.5% | — |
| SimpleBench | 50% | — |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 79.5% | — |
| Chess Puzzles | 21% | — |
| DTBench | 87.5% | — |
| LMCA | 37.6% | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 148.54 | — |

## Math

- Inkling: 31.3 (#225)
- Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Math | 1479 | 1417 |
| FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3) | 33.3% | — |
| FrontierMath Tier 4 | 4.9% | — |
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 88.9% | — |
| ProofBench | 0% | — |

## Knowledge

- Inkling: 55.1 (#49)
- Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1465 | 1386 |
| GPQA Diamond | 88.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | 40.3% | — |

## Multilingual

- Inkling: 54.0 (#52)
- Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1434 | 1384 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1490 | 1412 |
| LMArena Russian | 1429 | 1390 |
| LMArena French | 1458 | — |
| LMArena German | 1446 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1429 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1404 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1448 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Inkling: 75.1 (#71)
- Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1426 | 1375 |

## Long Context

- Inkling: 43.8 (#86)
- Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1434 | 1382 |

## Writing & Preference

- Inkling: 65.2 (#51)
- Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1441 | 1389 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1387 | 1339 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1436 | 1399 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 1611 | — |
| EQ-Bench 4 | 1226 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Inkling better than Muse Glimmer?

Inkling is the stronger model overall, scoring 44.1 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Inkling or Muse Glimmer better for coding?

Muse Glimmer scores higher on coding benchmarks: 40.4 versus 34.5 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Inkling and Muse Glimmer share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Inkling has 41 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.