Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.1
Verdict
- Muse Spark 1.1 leads on quality: 65.0 vs 60.8.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is stronger in composite, knowledge, long context, maths, multimodal.
- Muse Spark 1.1 is stronger in coding, agents & tools, human preference, instruction following, reasoning.
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is 1.3× cheaper ($1.50 vs $2.00 per 1M blended).
| Metric | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| BenchLeader Index | 60.8 | 65.0 |
| Coding score | 49.8 | 68.1 |
| Composite score | 72.4 | 72.3 |
| Knowledge score | 74.7 | 73.2 |
| Long context score | 66.6 | 65.4 |
| Maths score | 54.8 | 52.2 |
| Multimodal score | 67.8 | 65.0 |
| Agents & tools score | – | 62.7 |
| Human preference score | – | 66.3 |
| Instruction following score | – | 77.8 |
| Reasoning score | – | 69.2 |
| Blended price $/M | $1.50 | $2.00 |
| Output speed | 194 tok/s | 194 tok/s |
| Time to first answer | 16.8 s | 2.6 s |
| Context window | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| SimpleQA Verified | – | 57.8% |
| SciCode | – | 58.2% |
| APEX-Agents | – | 41.9% |
| FrontierCode | 34.4% | – |
| ProofBench | 36.0% | 39.0% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 154.3 | 154.6 |
| LMArena Text | – | 1492 |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | – | 1511 |
| LMArena Coding | – | 1531 |
| LMArena WebDev | – | 1541 |
| LMArena Vision | – | 1293 |
| LMArena Agent | – | -2.6 |
| AA Intelligence Index | 34.3 | 34.3 |
| AA-LCR | 80.0% | 77.7% |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.2% | – |
| AA-Omniscience | 22.1 | 28.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (AA) | 92.8% | 89.8% |
| Humanity's Last Exam (AA) | 40.8% | 46.2% |
| SciCode (AA) | 53.4% | 58.8% |
| AIME 2026 | 96.7% | – |
| HMMT February 2026 | 89.4% | – |
| MathArena Apex | 26.0% | – |
| SWE-Bench Pro | – | 61.5% |
| MCP Atlas | – | 88.1% |
| MultiChallenge | – | 75.3% |
| PRBench Finance | – | 55.0% |
| PRBench Legal | – | 57.0% |
| MultiNRC | – | 65.6% |
| EQ-Bench 4 | – | 1260 |
Data as of 2026-09-10. Best configuration of each model; every score links to its source on the model pages.
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.1: questions
- Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Muse Spark 1.1?
- Muse Spark 1.1 leads on quality: 65.0 vs 60.8. The BenchLeader Index combines every independent quality benchmark; Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead overall as of 2026-09-10, but check the category scores for your use.
- Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Muse Spark 1.1 for coding?
- Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher in coding (68 vs 50 on the category index, where 50 is average).
- Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.1?
- Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper: $1.50 against $2.00 per million tokens, blended at three input tokens per output token.
- Which is faster, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.1?
- Gemini 3.6 Flash streams faster: 194 against 194 output tokens per second.
- Which has the larger context window?
- Both accept 1.0M tokens of context.