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Model comparison

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Muse Glimmer

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 15 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.8 Flash Google

61.8

Rank #11 Confirmed

Muse Glimmer Meta

41.7

Rank #131 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Muse Glimmer in 0 categories; 8 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.8 Flash leads 76.9 to 25.7.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is CritPt: 18.3% for Gemini 3.8 Flash and 2.6% for Muse Glimmer.
  • Muse Glimmer has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

Side by side

Gemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index61.841.7
Released2026-09-022026-08-10
WeightsProprietaryOpen
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked5015

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 59.2 (#15), Muse Glimmer: 40.4 (#142)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena WebDev15841355
SciCode56.6%44.9%
LMArena Coding15101416
DeepSWE73.8%—
FrontierCode41.2%—
CursorBench39.6%—
FrontierSWE19.6%—
WeirdML84.8%—
ALE-Bench1,270—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 41.8 (#21), Muse Glimmer: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
APEX-Agents64.3%—
Remote Labor Index5.8%—
GDP.pdf23.4%—
Vending-Bench 25,094—

Reasoning Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 76.9 (#5), Muse Glimmer: 25.7 (#144)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
CritPt18.3%2.6%
LMArena Hard Prompts15081396
ARC-AGI-289.2%—
NYT Connections (extended)97.4%—
ARC-AGI-198.5%—
Chess Puzzles61%—
Mystery Game Puzzles47%—
DTBench95.7%—
LMCA52.9%—
Surface Evolver Bench76.9%—
Epoch Capabilities Index156.71—

Math Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 65.3 (#28), Muse Glimmer: 38.8 (#125)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Math15281417
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)68.4%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202598.9%—
ProofBench48%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 74.8 (#2), Muse Glimmer: 38.5 (#143)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Expert15241386
GPQA Diamond95.4%—
Humanity's Last Exam44.5%—
SimpleQA Verified69.7%—

Multimodal Not comparable

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 40.7 (#45), Muse Glimmer: —

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Vision1314—
Blueprint-Bench 238.6%—
Furniture Assembly31.7%—

Multilingual Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 58.0 (#5), Muse Glimmer: 50.5 (#122)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Non-English14911384
LMArena Chinese15541412
LMArena Russian15151390
LMArena French1498—
LMArena German1493—
LMArena Japanese1502—
LMArena Korean1459—
LMArena Spanish1485—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 78.0 (#13), Muse Glimmer: 72.6 (#135)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Instruction Following14901375

Long Context Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 46.3 (#24), Muse Glimmer: 42.1 (#129)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Longer Query15081382

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.8 Flash leads

Gemini 3.8 Flash: 72.2 (#15), Muse Glimmer: 57.5 (#126)

BenchmarkGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Glimmer
LMArena Text14991389
LMArena Creative Writing14921339
LMArena Multi-Turn15011399
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1748—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Muse Glimmer?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 61.8 to 41.7 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Glimmer better for coding?

Gemini 3.8 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 59.2 versus 40.4 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.8 Flash and Muse Glimmer share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.8 Flash has 50 scored results on Noometry and Muse Glimmer has 15.

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