# Claude Sonnet 5 vs Muse Glimmer 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Claude Sonnet 5 and Muse Glimmer 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/claude-sonnet-5-vs-muse-glimmer-30b
- Last updated: September 21, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5

## Quick Verdict

Pick Claude Sonnet 5 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Muse Glimmer 30B only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Claude Sonnet 5 leads overall 69.56 to 44.84.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 77.4 for Claude Sonnet 5 and 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is OSWorld-Verified in Agentic, with scores of 81.2% and 65.9%.
- Muse Glimmer 30B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Claude Sonnet 5 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Anthropic | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 69.56 | 44.84 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 26 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $2.00 / $10.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 66.2 (Supported · #11/154)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.4 (Estimated · #104/154)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 3.0 | 14.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 84.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 81.2% | 65.9% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | 16% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | Coming soon | 75.5% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 64.6 (Supported · #13/156)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 48.6 (Estimated · #74/156)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 85.2% | 76% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 63.2% | 51.2% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| SWE Multilingual | 78.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multimodal | 28.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 80.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierCode 1.1 Main | 42.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 61.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench CII v1 | 89.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 82.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 79.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench40 | 34.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 51.7% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 77.4 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 77.4 (#14/49)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#41/49)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 88.3% | 78.8% | Claude Sonnet 5 |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | Coming soon | 74% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: 66.8 (Supported · #20/186)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 47.4 (Estimated · #100/186)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| HLE | 57.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 43.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE-Verified | 31.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LABBench2 | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 88.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Coming soon
- Claude Sonnet 5 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Claude Sonnet 5 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Claude Sonnet 5 or Muse Glimmer 30B?

Claude Sonnet 5 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Claude Sonnet 5 and Muse Glimmer 30B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 77.4 for Claude Sonnet 5 and 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.

### How many benchmarks does Claude Sonnet 5 cover on BenchLM?

Claude Sonnet 5 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Glimmer 30B cover on BenchLM?

Muse Glimmer 30B currently has 14 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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