# Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen3.8-27B

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen3.8-27B across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/muse-glimmer-30b-vs-qwen3-8-27b
- Last updated: September 28, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 6
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.7

## Quick Verdict

Pick Qwen3.8-27B 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

- Qwen3.8-27B leads overall 55.26 to 41.6.
- The clearest category separation is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 47.4 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-27B.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is Terminal-Bench 2.1 in Coding, with scores of 51.7% and 73.0%.
- Qwen3.8-27B also has the larger context window at 262K.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Meta | Alibaba |
| Type | Open Weight | Open Weight |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 131K | 262K |
| Overall Score | 41.6 | 55.26 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 14 | 33 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.00 / $0.00 | $0.00 / $0.00 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 28 (Estimated · #86/117)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 61.2 (Supported · #18/117)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B | 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% | 84.3% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | Coming soon | 73.0% | Coming soon |
| CoWorkBench | Coming soon | 70.7% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 33.4% | Coming soon |
| Agents' Last Exam | Coming soon | 42.9% | Coming soon |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 64.8% | Coming soon |
| AndroidWorld | Coming soon | 81.9% | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | Coming soon | 58.4% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 36 (Estimated · #75/142)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 48.7 (Supported · #45/142)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| SWE-bench Pro | 51.2% | 61.7% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SWE-bench Verified | 76% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 51.7% | 73.0% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| SciCode | 43.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| NL2Repo | Coming soon | 42.3% | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 42.2% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench v6 | Coming soon | 90.3% | Coming soon |
| VulcanBench v3 | Coming soon | 82.6% | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.0% | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | Coming soon | 86.0% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 79.6 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 78.7 (#8/27)

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Directional only
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 47.4 (#42/50)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 80.9 (#11/50)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 78.8% | 90.2% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| ScreenSpot Pro | 75.4% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| OmniDocBench 1.5 | 75.8% | 91.1% | Qwen3.8-27B |
| MMMU-Pro | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MathVision | Coming soon | 90.0% | Coming soon |
| MathVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 94.6% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 65.7% | Coming soon |
| BabyVision w/ Python | Coming soon | 85.6% | Coming soon |
| Vision2Web | Coming soon | 62.9% | Coming soon |
| CharXiv w/o tools | Coming soon | 83.7% | Coming soon |
| RealWorldQA | Coming soon | 85.9% | Coming soon |
| ERQA | Coming soon | 65.5% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 43.9 (Supported · #80/168)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #63/168)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| GPQA-D | Coming soon | 89.2% | Coming soon |
| HLE | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 30.8% | Coming soon |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | Coming soon | 88.9% | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | Coming soon | 84.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Qwen3.8-27B
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 77.7 (#55/124)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: 83.2 (#45/124)

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| IFBench | 77% | 79.5% | Qwen3.8-27B |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Muse Glimmer 30B public-lane score: 75.4 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Qwen3.8-27B public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Muse Glimmer 30B | Qwen3.8-27B | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| AIME26 | 94.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen3.8-27B?

Qwen3.8-27B is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen3.8-27B?

The widest category gap is in multimodal & grounded, where the averages are 47.4 for Muse Glimmer 30B and 80.9 for Qwen3.8-27B.

### 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 Qwen3.8-27B cover on BenchLM?

Qwen3.8-27B currently has 33 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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