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Muse Glimmer 30B vs o3

Muse Glimmer 30B (Meta) and o3 (OpenAI) compared on the ModelCap Index, API price, context window, provider availability, weight access and every public benchmark board they share. Figures are the same ones shown on the live rankings; nothing here is a hidden score.

Snapshot as of 17 August 2026

As of 17 August 2026, Muse Glimmer 30B holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#36 vs #38); Muse Glimmer 30B is 5.3× cheaper per output token ($1.50/1M vs $8.00/1M); o3 offers the longer context window (200K vs 131K tokens); and Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Muse Glimmer 30B if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #36 against #38 (57.0 vs 55.1 points).
  • API cost matters — $1.50/1M output tokens against $8.00/1M, about 5.3× cheaper.
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.35/1M against $2.00/1M.
  • you want to self-host: Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights while o3 is api only.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 1.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Muse Glimmer 30B was listed 9 August 2026, o3 16 April 2025.

Choose o3 if…

  • you need the longer context window — 200K tokens against 131K.

Muse Glimmer 30B vs o3: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Muse Glimmer 30B and o3
FieldMuse Glimmer 30BMetao3OpenAI
ModelCap Index position#36#38
Index score57.055.1
EvidenceEstimatedMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.35$2.00
Output price / 1M tokens$1.50$8.00
Context window131K tokens200K tokens
Max output tokens131K100K
API providers listed41
Weight accessOpen weightsAPI only
Input modalitiesText, ImageImage, Text, File
First listed9 August 202616 April 2025
PublisherMetaOpenAI

Evidence: start rank interpolated from the launch card's own comparison table against resolved catalogue peers, discounted for measured cross-lab optimism · 4 public benchmark observations across 4 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Muse Glimmer 30B vs o3

Public benchmark boards where Muse Glimmer 30B or o3 has a published result
BoardMuse Glimmer 30Bo3Leads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14601453–1466Only one result
ARC-AGI-2ARC Prize Foundation—6.5%HighOnly one result
Artificial Analysis Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—31.1intelligence-indexOnly one result

Scores are the sources' own published figures for each model's best evaluated configuration; ModelCap never re-runs a benchmark.

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Muse Glimmer 30B vs o3: common questions

Is Muse Glimmer 30B better than o3?

Muse Glimmer 30B ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 17 August 2026: #36 against #38. That is a capability ranking built from public benchmark evidence with published uncertainty; whether it is "better" for you also depends on price, context and where you can run it.

Is Muse Glimmer 30B cheaper than o3?

Muse Glimmer 30B is cheaper on output tokens: $1.50/1M against $8.00/1M. Input tokens are $0.35/1M for Muse Glimmer 30B and $2.00/1M for o3. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B or o3?

o3 has the larger context window: 200K tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Muse Glimmer 30B or o3?

The two models do not share a coding benchmark board on ModelCap yet, so no head-to-head coding score is published; the ModelCap Index position is the closest overall signal.

Are Muse Glimmer 30B and o3 open-weight models?

Muse Glimmer 30B: Open weights. o3: API only. Open weights mean the checkpoint can be downloaded and self-hosted under its licence; API-only models are available solely through hosted endpoints.

Where can I run Muse Glimmer 30B and o3?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Muse Glimmer 30B and 1 for o3, from the OpenRouter catalogue snapshot the site serves; each model page lists the providers and their prices.

How current is this Muse Glimmer 30B vs o3 comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 17 August 2026; the page re-renders within a minute of each data refresh, and the ModelCap Index positions are the same ones shown on the live rankings.

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