# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Muse Glimmer 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Muse Glimmer 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-muse-glimmer-30b
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Gemini 3.5 Flash 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

- Gemini 3.5 Flash leads overall 63.49 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 86.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Coding, with scores of 76.2% and 51.7%.
- Muse Glimmer 30B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 63.49 | 41.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 27 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50 (Supported · #35/105)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 75.5% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | 65.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 53.2 (Supported · #33/135)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 51.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 51.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench32 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | Coming soon | 76% | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.7 (#13/19)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Gemini 3.5 Flash
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 86.8 (#7/50)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | 78.8% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | 74% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | Coming soon | 75.8% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 64.4 (Supported · #24/158)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 40.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Directional only
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/124)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| AIME26 | Coming soon | 94.7% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Muse Glimmer 30B?

Gemini 3.5 Flash is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Muse Glimmer 30B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 86.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 27 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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