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Grok 4.6 vs Muse Glimmer-30B

Grok 4.6 leads the LLM Stats Score 47.3 to 35.1.

xAI · Meta · Updated for 2026

Which is better?

Grok 4.6 leads the overall LLM Stats Score 47.3 to 35.1, ranking #23 overall.

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

Choose Grok 4.6

  • overall performance matters — it scores 47.3 and ranks #23 on LLM Stats
  • your work emphasizes reasoning and coding — it leads those capability indexes
  • you want the most recent training data — it shipped Aug 2026

Choose Muse Glimmer-30B

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

At a glance

The differences that matter most.

Grok 4.6
xAI
Muse Glimmer-30B
Meta
Core performance indexes
LLM Stats Score
47.3
#23
35.1
#83
Reasoning
49.3
#17
34.5
#85
Coding
38.0
#16
22.6
#75
Agents
37.1
#12
16.9
#70
Cost, coverage & limits
Benchmark wins
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—
Input price
$2.00 / M
— / M
Output price
$6.00 / M
— / M
Context window
500,000
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Capability indexes

Additional strengths measured across groups of related public benchmarks

1 shared
Index
Grok 4.6
Muse Glimmer-30B
Tool use
22.5#43
17.5#70
Conservative TrueSkill rating · higher is betterHow scores work

Individual benchmarks

11 reported for Grok 4.6 · 25 for Muse Glimmer-30B

No common benchmarks found

Grok 4.6 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 Grok 4.6 specifies input context (500,000 tokens).

xAI
Grok 4.6
Input500,000 tokens
Output- tokens
Meta
Muse Glimmer-30B
Input- tokens
Output- tokens
Sun Sep 06 2026 • llm-stats.com

Input capabilities

Documented input modalities across available providers

Both Grok 4.6 and Muse Glimmer-30B support multimodal inputs.

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

Grok 4.6

Text
Images
Audio
Video

Muse Glimmer-30B

Text
Images
Audio
Video

License

Usage and distribution terms

Grok 4.6 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.

Grok 4.6

Proprietary

Closed source

Muse Glimmer-30B

Apache 2.0

Open weights

Release Timeline

When each model was launched

Grok 4.6 was released on 2026-08-12, while Muse Glimmer-30B was released on 2026-08-10.

Grok 4.6 is 0 month newer than Muse Glimmer-30B.

Grok 4.6

Aug 12, 2026

3 weeks ago

2d newer
Muse Glimmer-30B

Aug 10, 2026

3 weeks ago

Knowledge Cutoff

When training data ends

Grok 4.6 has a knowledge cutoff of 2026-02-01, while Muse Glimmer-30B has a cutoff of 2026-01-04.

Grok 4.6 has more recent training data (up to 2026-02-01), making it potentially better informed about events through that date compared to Muse Glimmer-30B (2026-01-04).

Grok 4.6

Feb 2026

1 mo newer
Muse Glimmer-30B

Jan 2026

Outputs Comparison

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Judge for yourself.

Run your own prompts against Grok 4.6 and Muse Glimmer-30B side-by-side, then vote on the output you prefer.

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FAQ

Common questions about Grok 4.6 vs Muse Glimmer-30B.

Which is better, Grok 4.6 or Muse Glimmer-30B?

Grok 4.6 leads the LLM Stats Score 47.3 to 35.1. Grok 4.6 is made by xAI 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 Grok 4.6 compare to Muse Glimmer-30B in benchmarks?

Grok 4.6 scores CursorBench v3.2: 69.9%, DeepSWE 1.1: 65.9%, FrontierCode: 61.3%, AA-Index: 61.0%, GDPval-AA: 58.4%. Muse Glimmer-30B scores AIME 2026: 94.7%, Siren AgentDojo Utility: 94.2%, GPQA: 83.5%, AA-LCR: 80.0%, CharXiv-R: 78.8%.

What are the context window sizes for Grok 4.6 and Muse Glimmer-30B?

Grok 4.6 supports 500K tokens and Muse Glimmer-30B supports an unknown number of tokens. A larger context window lets you process longer documents, conversations, or codebases in a single request.

What are the main differences between Grok 4.6 and Muse Glimmer-30B?

Key differences include LLM Stats Score (47.3 vs 35.1), licensing (Proprietary vs Apache 2.0). See the full comparison above for benchmark-by-benchmark results.

Who makes Grok 4.6 and Muse Glimmer-30B?

Grok 4.6 is developed by xAI and Muse Glimmer-30B is developed by Meta.

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