# Muse Glimmer 30B vs Nemotron 3 Ultra

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Glimmer 30B and Nemotron 3 Ultra across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

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

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Nemotron 3 Ultra 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

- Nemotron 3 Ultra leads overall 43.3 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 79.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 49.8 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is IFBench in Instruction Following, with scores of 77% and 81.7%.
- Nemotron 3 Ultra also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | NVIDIA |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 41.73 | 43.3 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 24 |
| 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 Ultra public-lane score: 25.5 (Supported · #77/105)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | 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 | 56.4% | Coming soon |
| PinchBench | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| BrowseComp | Coming soon | 44.4% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.9% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/ tools | Coming soon | 37.4% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 50.9% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 23.2 (Supported · #108/135)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76% | 71.9% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 51.7% | 56.4% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SciCode | 43.6% | 44.6% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 67.7% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 89.0% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 69.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 49.8 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CritPt | Coming soon | 3.1% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 61.9% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | 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 Ultra public-lane score: 45.9 (Estimated · #71/158)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 87% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 87.0% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 26.7% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 86.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.1% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 85.8% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 47.4 (#7/12)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 83% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Nemotron 3 Ultra
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: 88.1 (#26/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77% | 81.7% | Nemotron 3 Ultra |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Nemotron 3 Ultra public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Nemotron 3 Ultra | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Glimmer 30B or Nemotron 3 Ultra?

Nemotron 3 Ultra is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Glimmer 30B and Nemotron 3 Ultra?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 79.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 49.8 for Nemotron 3 Ultra.

### 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 Ultra cover on BenchLM?

Nemotron 3 Ultra currently has 24 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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