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Gemini 4 Carbon vs Muse Glimmer-30B

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 34.8.

Google · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the overall LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 34.8, ranking #2 overall.

Based on current LLM Stats indexes, shared benchmarks, pricing, and model metadata for 2026.

Choose Gemini 4 Carbon

  • overall performance matters — it scores 59.0 and ranks #2 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Oct 2026

Choose Muse Glimmer-30B

  • you need open weights you can self-host or fine-tune

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Gemini 4 Carbon
Google
Muse Glimmer-30B
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
59.0
#2
34.8
#112
Reasoning
54.9
#5
34.3
#109
Coding
48.1
#3
23.0
#98
Agents
46.0
#2
17.1
#103
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
—
—
Input price
— / M
$0.30 / M
Output price
— / M
$1.20 / M
Context window
—
131,072

Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

3 shared
Index
Gemini 4 Carbon
Muse Glimmer-30B
Vision
36.0#12
20.4#88
Tool use
35.8#3
19.5#80
Multimodal
38.0#6
23.3#73
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

16 reported for Gemini 4 Carbon · 32 for Muse Glimmer-30B

No common benchmarks found

Gemini 4 Carbon and Muse Glimmer-30Bdon't have any common benchmark datasets to compare. They may have been evaluated on different testing suites.

Human preference

Blind head-to-head votes and playground preference scores

Context Window

Maximum input and output token capacity

Only Muse Glimmer-30B specifies input context (131,072 tokens). Only Muse Glimmer-30B specifies output context (131,072 tokens).

Google
Gemini 4 Carbon
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Muse Glimmer-30B
Input131,072 tokens
Output131,072 tokens
Fri Oct 30 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Gemini 4 Carbon and Muse Glimmer-30B support multimodal inputs.

They are both capable of processing various types of data, offering versatility in application.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Glimmer-30B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Gemini 4 Carbon is licensed under a proprietary license, while Muse Glimmer-30B uses Apache 2.0.

License differences may affect how you can use these models in commercial or open-source projects.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Proprietary

Closed source

Muse Glimmer-30B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Gemini 4 Carbon was released on 2026-10-28, while Muse Glimmer-30B was released on 2026-08-10.

Gemini 4 Carbon is 3 months newer than Muse Glimmer-30B.

Gemini 4 Carbon

Oct 28, 2026

1 days ago

2mo newer
Muse Glimmer-30B

Aug 10, 2026

2 months ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Muse Glimmer-30B has a documented knowledge cutoff of 2026-01-04, while Gemini 4 Carbon's cutoff date is not specified.

We can confirm Muse Glimmer-30B's training data extends to 2026-01-04, but cannot make a direct comparison without Gemini 4 Carbon's cutoff date.

Gemini 4 Carbon

—

Muse Glimmer-30B

Jan 2026

Outputs Comparison

Notice missing or incorrect data?

Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Gemini 4 Carbon and Muse Glimmer-30B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

Gemini 4 Carbon
✓ Preferred
Muse Glimmer-30B
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FAQ

Common questions about Gemini 4 Carbon vs Muse Glimmer-30B.

Which is better, Gemini 4 Carbon or Muse Glimmer-30B?

Gemini 4 Carbon leads the LLM Stats Score 59.0 to 34.8. Gemini 4 Carbon is made by Google and Muse Glimmer-30B is made by Meta. The best choice depends on your use case — compare their capability indexes, individual benchmarks, pricing, and limits above.

How does Gemini 4 Carbon compare to Muse Glimmer-30B in benchmarks?

Gemini 4 Carbon scores Gray Swan IPI Benchmark: 100.0%, Vending-Bench 2: 100.0%, Graphwalks BFS >128k: 96.2%, WebDev Arena: 88.4%, SEC-bench Pro: 88.2%. Muse Glimmer-30B scores AIME 2026: 94.7%, Siren AgentDojo Utility: 94.2%, Tau2 Telecom: 94.1%, PinchBench: 90.5%, Tau2 Retail: 87.1%.

What are the context window sizes for Gemini 4 Carbon and Muse Glimmer-30B?

Gemini 4 Carbon supports an unknown number of tokens and Muse Glimmer-30B supports 131K tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Gemini 4 Carbon and Muse Glimmer-30B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (59.0 vs 34.8), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Gemini 4 Carbon and Muse Glimmer-30B?

Gemini 4 Carbon is developed by Google and Muse Glimmer-30B is developed by Meta.

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