# Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen3.6 Plus

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen3.6 Plus across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-glimmer-30b-vs-qwen3-6-plus
- Last updated: September 24, 2026

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

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.6 Plus 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

- Qwen3.6 Plus leads overall 54.59 to 41.73.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 66.2 for Qwen3.6 Plus.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MCP Atlas in Agentic, with scores of 75.5% and 48.2%.
- Qwen3.6 Plus is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.
- Qwen3.6 Plus also has the larger context window at 1M.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 1M |
| Overall Score | 41.73 | 54.59 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 48 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | Pricing unavailable / Pricing unavailable |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 27.6 (Estimated · #72/105)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 33.2 (Supported · #60/105)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MCP Atlas | 75.5% | 48.2% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| DeepSearchQA | 74.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| skillsBench | 44.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OSWorld-Verified | 65.9% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | Coming soon | 61.6% | Coming soon |
| Claw-Eval | Coming soon | 58.8% | Coming soon |
| QwenClawBench | Coming soon | 57.2% | Coming soon |
| τ³-bench results | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| VITA-Bench | Coming soon | 44.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepPlanning | Coming soon | 41.5% | Coming soon |
| Toolathlon | Coming soon | 39.8% | Coming soon |
| MCP-Tasks | Coming soon | 74.1% | Coming soon |
| WideResearch | Coming soon | 74.3% | Coming soon |
| Gert Labs | Coming soon | 50.60% | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | Coming soon | 18.0% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 53.2% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36.3 (Estimated · #69/135)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 43.3 (Supported · #51/135)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.2% | 56.6% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 51.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SciCode | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE Multilingual | Coming soon | 73.8% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 87.1% | Coming soon |
| Vibe Code Bench | Coming soon | 25.56% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 73.4% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 61.2 (Unranked · 4 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AI-Needle | Coming soon | 68.3% | Coming soon |
| LongBench v2 | Coming soon | 62% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 46.3 (#42/50)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 66.2 (#24/50)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 78.8% | 81.5% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 75.4% | 68.2% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 75.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | 78.8% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| MMMU | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 88.0% | Coming soon |
| VideoMMMU | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| V* | Coming soon | 96.9% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Estimated · #75/158)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 52.1 (Supported · #53/158)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 90.4% | Coming soon |
| SuperGPQA | Coming soon | 71.6% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro | Coming soon | 88.5% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Redux | Coming soon | 94.5% | Coming soon |
| C-Eval | Coming soon | 93.3% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 28.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.4% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 87.7% | Coming soon |

### Multilingual

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: Coming soon
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 69.7 (#4/12)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MMLU-ProX | Coming soon | 84.7% | Coming soon |
| NOVA-63 | Coming soon | 57.9% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.6 Plus
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 82.5 (#50/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77% | 75.8% | Muse Glimmer 30B |
| IFEval | Coming soon | 94.3% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.6 Plus public-lane score: 62 (#5/7)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.6 Plus | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 94.7% | 95.3% | Qwen3.6 Plus |
| HMMT Feb 2025 | Coming soon | 96.7% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Nov 2025 | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| HMMT Feb 2026 | Coming soon | 87.8% | Coming soon |
| MMAnswerBench | Coming soon | 83.8% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | Coming soon | 26.207% | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | Coming soon | 8.333% | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen3.6 Plus?

Qwen3.6 Plus is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen3.6 Plus?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 46.3 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 66.2 for Qwen3.6 Plus.

### 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 Qwen3.6 Plus cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.6 Plus currently has 48 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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