# Inkling-Small vs Muse Glimmer 30B

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

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/inkling-small-vs-muse-glimmer-30b
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 9
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling-Small 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

- Inkling-Small leads overall 55.63 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 51.3 for Inkling-Small and 79.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Coding, with scores of 64.7% and 51.7%.
- Muse Glimmer 30B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Inkling-Small also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 55.63 | 41.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 25 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.58 / $1.44 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 35.6 (Supported · #53/105)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 79.6% | 75.5% | Inkling-Small |
| Toolathlon-Verified | 54.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 55.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 74.6% | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | Coming soon | 65.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 40.3 (Supported · #55/135)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 76% | Inkling-Small |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.9% | 51.2% | Inkling-Small |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 64.7% | 51.7% | Inkling-Small |
| SciCode | 48.7% | 43.6% | Inkling-Small |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 82.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 51.3 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| ARC-AGI-2 | 40.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CritPt | 8.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Inkling-Small
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 48.8 (#40/50)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | 74% | Tie |
| CharXiv | 81.3% | 78.8% | Inkling-Small |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 77.4% | 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
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 54.1 (Supported · #43/158)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 89.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 47.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 31.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Inkling-Small
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 89.2 (#20/124)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 82.2% | 77% | Inkling-Small |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling-Small public-lane score: 76.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Inkling-Small | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 95.5% | 94.7% | Inkling-Small |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 90.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Inkling-Small or Muse Glimmer 30B?

Inkling-Small is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Inkling-Small and Muse Glimmer 30B?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 51.3 for Inkling-Small and 79.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.

### How many benchmarks does Inkling-Small cover on BenchLM?

Inkling-Small currently has 25 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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