# Muse Glimmer 30B vs Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Glimmer 30B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-glimmer-30b-vs-nemotron-3-5-lightning-30b-a3b-nvfp4
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 4
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Glimmer 30B if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Glimmer 30B leads overall 41.73 to 19.1.
- The clearest category separation is in coding, where the averages are 36.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 11.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Coding, with scores of 51.7% and 23.5%.
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 41.73 | 19.1 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 13 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 7.3 (Estimated · #104/105)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MCP Atlas | 75.5% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 44.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 65.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 23.5% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 83.4% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 36.8% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 9.5% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 11.4 (Estimated · #135/135)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76% | 52.8% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 51.7% | 23.5% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| SciCode | 43.6% | 31.4% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 36.5% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 55.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 78.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 75.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 20.7 (Estimated · #154/158)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 75.6% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 10.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 81.6% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Muse Glimmer 30B
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: 68.5 (#67/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77% | 72.9% | Muse Glimmer 30B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Glimmer 30B or Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

Muse Glimmer 30B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Glimmer 30B and Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4?

The widest category gap is in coding, where the averages are 36.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 11.4 for Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4.

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

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

### How many benchmarks does Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3.5 Lightning 30B A3B NVFP4 currently has 13 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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