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Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct

Muse Glimmer 30B (Meta) and Qwen2.5 Coder 3B 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 18 August 2026

As of 18 August 2026, Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#95 vs #188); 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…

  • you need the longer context window — 131K tokens against 33K.
  • you want to self-host: Muse Glimmer 30B ships open weights while Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct is restricted license.
  • you want provider choice — 4 listed API providers against 0.
  • you want the more recently listed model — Muse Glimmer 30B was listed 9 August 2026, Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct 6 November 2024.

Choose Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #95 against #188 (23.7 vs 15.1 points).

Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct
FieldMuse Glimmer 30BMetaQwen2.5 Coder 3B InstructQwen
ModelCap Index position#188#95
Index score15.123.7
EvidenceMeasuredEstimated
Input price / 1M tokens$0.35Unlisted
Output price / 1M tokens$1.50Unlisted
Context window131K tokens33K tokens
Max output tokens131K—
API providers listed40
Weight accessOpen weightsRestricted license
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed9 August 20266 November 2024
PublisherMetaQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · publisher corpus prior · leave-one-anchor-out calibrated. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct

Public benchmark boards where Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct has a published result
BoardMuse Glimmer 30BQwen2.5 Coder 3B InstructLeads
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 Coder 3B Instruct: common questions

Is Muse Glimmer 30B better than Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 18 August 2026: #95 against #188. 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 Coder 3B Instruct?

At least one of the two has no listed API price on ModelCap right now, so no price comparison is made.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen2.5 Coder 3B Instruct?

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

Which is better for coding, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen2.5 Coder 3B 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 Coder 3B Instruct open-weight models?

Muse Glimmer 30B: Open weights. Qwen2.5 Coder 3B 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 Coder 3B Instruct?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Muse Glimmer 30B and 0 for Qwen2.5 Coder 3B 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 Coder 3B Instruct comparison?

Every figure comes from the sealed ModelCap dataset published 18 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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