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Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Muse Glimmer 30B (Meta) and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct (Qwen) 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 3 September 2026

As of 3 September 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#180 vs #182); Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is 2.8× cheaper per output token ($0.40/1M vs $1.10/1M); Muse Glimmer 30B offers the longer context window (131K vs 33K tokens); and Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights.

Which should you choose?

Choose Muse Glimmer 30B if…

  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.30/1M against $0.36/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 131K tokens against 33K.
  • you want to self-host: Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights while Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 2.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Muse Glimmer 30B was listed 9 August 2026, Qwen2.5 72B Instruct 19 September 2024.

Choose Qwen2.5 72B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #180 against #182 (17.2 vs 16.1 points).
  • API cost matters — $0.40/1M output tokens against $1.10/1M, about 2.8× cheaper.

Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen2.5 72B Instruct
FieldMuse Glimmer 30BMetaQwen2.5 72B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#182#180
Index score16.117.2
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.36
Output price / 1M tokens$1.10$0.40
Context window131K tokens33K tokens
Max output tokens118K16K
API providers listed42
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed9 August 202619 September 2024
PublisherMetaQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 3 public benchmark observations across 3 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen2.5 72B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct has a published result
BoardMuse Glimmer 30BQwen2.5 72B InstructLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—13551348–1363Only one result
AA Intelligence IndexArtificial Analysis—9.4intelligence-indexOnly one result
AA τ²-Bench TelecomArtificial Analysis—34.5%tau2-bench-telecomOnly one result
AA Humanity's Last ExamArtificial Analysis—3.6%humanitys-last-examOnly one result
WildClawBench OpenClawWildClawBench47.6—Only 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: common questions

Is Muse Glimmer 30B better than Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #180 against #182. 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 72B Instruct is cheaper on output tokens: $0.40/1M against $1.10/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for Muse Glimmer 30B and $0.36/1M for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

Muse Glimmer 30B has the larger context window: 131K tokens against 33K.

Which is better for coding, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct open-weight models?

Muse Glimmer 30B: Open weights. Qwen2.5 72B Instruct: Restricted license. 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Muse Glimmer 30B and 2 for Qwen2.5 72B Instruct, 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 Qwen2.5 72B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 3 September 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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