# Kimi K2.6 vs Muse Glimmer 30B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Kimi K2.6 and Muse Glimmer 30B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/kimi-2-6-vs-muse-glimmer-30b
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Kimi K2.6 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

- Kimi K2.6 leads overall 59.12 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 63.9 for Kimi K2.6 and 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 55.9% and 75.5%.
- Muse Glimmer 30B is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Kimi K2.6 also has the larger context window at 256K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Moonshot AI | Meta |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 256K | 131K |
| Overall Score | 59.12 | 41.73 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 37 | 14 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.95 / $4.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 43.6 (Supported · #41/105)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | 83.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 73.1% | 65.9% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Toolathlon | 50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MCP Atlas | 55.9% | 75.5% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| Claw-Eval | 62.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 92.5% | 74.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| WideResearch | 80.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | 56.82% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | 4.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 53.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 47.4 (Supported · #42/135)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Verified | 80.2% | 76% | Kimi K2.6 |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | 89.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Pro | 58.6% | 51.2% | Kimi K2.6 |
| SWE Multilingual | 76.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 52.2% | 43.6% | Kimi K2.6 |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | 66.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | 37.89% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 47.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 86.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 76.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 51.7% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Kimi K2.6
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 63.9 (#27/50)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMMU-Pro | 79.4% | 74% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MMMU-Pro w/ Python | 80.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CharXiv | 80.4% | 78.8% | Kimi K2.6 |
| MathVision | 87.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| V* | 96.9% | 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
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 59 (Supported · #35/158)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | 90.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 34.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 89.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 87.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | Coming soon | 77% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Kimi K2.6 public-lane score: 71 (#1/7)
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Kimi K2.6 | Muse Glimmer 30B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 96.4% | 94.7% | Kimi K2.6 |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | 86.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.580% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Kimi K2.6 or Muse Glimmer 30B?

Kimi K2.6 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Kimi K2.6 and Muse Glimmer 30B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 63.9 for Kimi K2.6 and 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B.

### How many benchmarks does Kimi K2.6 cover on BenchLM?

Kimi K2.6 currently has 37 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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