Muse Glimmer 30B (high) vs Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning)
Results updated 6 November 2026 · In Terminus-2 and Claude Code, so part of any gap can come from the harness · How we benchmark
Verdict
Muse Glimmer 30B (high) beats Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning) by 6 points, and is cheaper; Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning) is faster.
- Cost per task
- $0.078 vs $0.092
- Time per task
- 3.0 min vs 1.6 min
- Tokens per attempt
- 343k vs 313k
- Image input
- Yes vs Yes
Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 scores higher than Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code on all 3 evaluations scored for both. Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 is cheaper ($0.078 against $0.092 per task), but Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code is faster (1.6 min against 3.0 min).
Where they differ most
By kind of work, share of tasks passed, 0 to 100 · Higher is better
| Kind of work | Muse Glimmer 30B (high) | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning) |
|---|---|---|
| Making maps | 75 | 56 |
| Climate and time series | 62 | 46 |
| Change detection | 56 | 68 |
| GIS analysis | 69 | 67 |
Charts for each: Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 · Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code.
Side by side
| Metric | Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 | Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code |
|---|---|---|
| Geospatial Agent Index: Text only | 64 | 58 |
| Geospatial Agent Index: Text + vision | No data | 48 |
| Earth-Bench V2 score | 60 | 51 |
| GeoBenchX score | 61 | 53 |
| GS-QA2 score | 70 | 69 |
| Vision agents score | No data | 19 |
| GeoAgentBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index) | 79 | 78 |
| GeoAnalystBench score (Guided workflows; not in the Agent Index) | 58 | 74 |
| OGD4All score (standalone; in no index) | 95 | 95 |
| GeoNatureAgent score (standalone; in no index) | 100 | 93 |
| MultiGlobeQA score (standalone; in no index) | 72 | 70 |
| GeoAgentEval score (standalone; in no index) | 92 | 88 |
| ImpactMesh score (standalone; in no index) | No data | No data |
| Remote sensing and raster analysis score | 64 | 64 |
| Change detection score | 56 | 68 |
| GIS analysis score | 69 | 67 |
| Climate and time series score | 62 | 46 |
| Making maps score | 75 | 56 |
| Cost per task | $0.078 | $0.092 |
| Time per task (at 100 output tokens/s) | 3.0 min | 1.6 min |
| Tokens per attempt | 343k | 313k |
| Turns per attempt | 25.3 | 10.6 |
| Input price per 1M tokens | $0.35 | $1.00 |
| Output price per 1M tokens | $1.50 | $5.00 |
| Context window | 131,072 | 200,000 |
| Image input | Yes | Yes |
| Developer | Meta | Anthropic |
Frequently asked questions
Which scores higher on the Geospatial Agent Index, Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code?
Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2, 64 to 58.
Which is cheaper per task, Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code?
Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2, $0.078 to $0.092.
Which writes fewer output tokens per task, Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code?
Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code, 7k to 11k.
Which has the larger context window, Muse Glimmer 30B (high), Terminus-2 or Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code?
Claude Haiku 4.5 (Reasoning), Claude Code, 200,000 tokens to 131,072 tokens.
