Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Glimmer-30B: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, while Muse Glimmer-30B comes from Meta. Gemini 3.6 Flash was released in July 2026, and Muse Glimmer-30B followed a month later in August 2026. Muse Glimmer-30B has a published size of about 30 billion parameters; Google has not disclosed the parameter count of Gemini 3.6 Flash.
The two models share 4 published benchmarks. Gemini 3.6 Flash leads on 4 of them. The widest gaps are on Terminal-Bench 2.1, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 78.0% against 51.7%; OSWorld-Verified, where Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 83.0% against 65.9%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 3.6 Flash sits at 68.0% and Muse Glimmer-30B at 65.1%.
Gemini 3.6 Flash is available through an API at $1.50 per million input tokens with a 1M-token context window. We do not track a hosted API for Muse Glimmer-30B, so pricing and context cannot be compared directly.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Muse Glimmer-30B |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Meta | |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | August 10, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | 30B |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | — |
| Context (output) | 66K | — |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.50 | — |
| Output Price / 1M | $7.50 | — |
| Average Score | 68.0% | 65.1% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.0% | 51.7% |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.0% | 65.9% |
| CharXiv-R | 89.0% | 78.8% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7% | 51.2% |
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Verdict
Muse Glimmer-30B leads in 1 out of 2 comparison categories.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.6 Flash — 0.7, Muse Glimmer-30B — 0.7.
Muse Glimmer-30B is newer: released 8/10/2026 vs 7/21/2026.
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