# Inkling vs Muse Glimmer 30B

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

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

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 8
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Inkling 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 leads overall 54.17 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in knowledge, where the averages are 53.5 for Inkling and 43.9 for Muse Glimmer 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Coding, with scores of 63.8% 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 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Thinking Machines Lab | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Hybrid | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 131K |
| Overall Score | 54.17 | 41.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 21 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.87 / $4.68 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Inkling public-lane score: 36.2 (Supported · #51/105)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 77.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 74.1% | 75.5% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 47.6% | 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 public-lane score: 36.7 (Supported · #66/135)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 77.6% | 76% | Inkling |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.3% | 51.2% | Inkling |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 63.8% | 51.7% | Inkling |
| FrontierSWE v2 | 4.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 85.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 77.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | Coming soon | 43.6% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 75.2 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 47.6 (#41/50)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 73.5% | 74% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| CharXiv | 82% | 78.8% | Inkling |
| CharXiv w/o tools | 78.1% | 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 public-lane score: 53.5 (Supported · #45/158)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 87.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 46% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | 30% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 87.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 86.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Inkling
- Inkling public-lane score: 83.9 (#44/124)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 79.8% | 77% | Inkling |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Inkling public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Inkling | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 97.1% | 94.7% | Inkling |

## FAQ

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

Inkling is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

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

The widest category gap is in knowledge, where the averages are 53.5 for Inkling and 43.9 for Muse Glimmer 30B.

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

Inkling currently has 21 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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