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Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Muse Glimmer 30B (Meta) and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking (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, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking holds the stronger ModelCap Index position (#77 vs #182); Muse Glimmer 30B is cheaper per output token ($1.10/1M vs $1.20/1M); and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking offers the longer context window (262K vs 131K tokens).

Which should you choose?

Choose Muse Glimmer 30B if…

  • API cost matters — $1.10/1M output tokens against $1.20/1M.
  • 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, Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 11 September 2025.

Choose Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking if…

  • you want the stronger overall ModelCap Index position — #77 against #182 (37.0 vs 16.1 points).
  • your workload is prompt-heavy — input tokens cost $0.15/1M against $0.30/1M.
  • you need the longer context window — 262K tokens against 131K.

Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: specs, pricing and context

Specification comparison of Muse Glimmer 30B and Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking
FieldMuse Glimmer 30BMetaQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingQwen
ModelCap Index position#182#77
Index score16.137.0
EvidenceMeasuredMeasured
Input price / 1M tokens$0.30$0.15
Output price / 1M tokens$1.10$1.20
Context window131K tokens262K tokens
Max output tokens118K33K
API providers listed42
Weight accessOpen weightsOpen weights
Input modalitiesText, ImageText
First listed9 August 202611 September 2025
PublisherMetaQwen

Evidence: 1 public benchmark observation across 1 board · 2 public benchmark observations across 2 boards. Prices are the lowest listed API offer per million tokens observed on the OpenRouter catalogue.

Benchmark scores: Muse Glimmer 30B vs Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking

Public benchmark boards where Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has a published result
BoardMuse Glimmer 30BQwen3 Next 80B A3B ThinkingLeads
Arena codingArena (LMArena)—14221410–1433Only 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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: common questions

Is Muse Glimmer 30B better than Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking ranks higher on the ModelCap Index as of 3 September 2026: #77 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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Muse Glimmer 30B is cheaper on output tokens: $1.10/1M against $1.20/1M. Input tokens are $0.30/1M for Muse Glimmer 30B and $0.15/1M for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking. Prices are the lowest listed API offer ModelCap observed, in USD per million tokens.

Which has the bigger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking has the larger context window: 262K tokens against 131K.

Which is better for coding, Muse Glimmer 30B or Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking open-weight models?

Muse Glimmer 30B: Open weights. Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking: Open weights. 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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking?

ModelCap currently lists 4 API providers for Muse Glimmer 30B and 2 for Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking, 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 Qwen3 Next 80B A3B Thinking 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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