Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 50.6 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 24 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #33 Confirmed

Muse Spark Meta

50.6

Rank #46 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 24 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 8 categories and Muse Spark in 1 category; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in reasoning, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 58.8 to 35.9.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is ProofBench: 36% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 17% for Muse Spark.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark specifications
Gemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.150.6
Released2026-07-212026-04-08
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M—
Max output66K—
Input $ / M tokens$0.75—
Output $ / M tokens$3.75—
Results tracked4627

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Category by category

Coding Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 50.0 (#48), Muse Spark: 46.2 (#69)

Coding benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
SciCode52.7%51.5%
LMArena Coding14911481
DeepSWE46.7%—
FrontierCode34.4%—
LMArena WebDev1538—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Not comparable

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.3 (#65), Muse Spark: —

Agentic & Tool Use benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
APEX-Agents46.9%—
GDP.pdf14%—

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.8 (#22), Muse Spark: 35.9 (#67)

Reasoning benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
CritPt10.6%11.3%
LMArena Hard Prompts14851474
Epoch Capabilities Index154.25152.04
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
NYT Connections (extended)89%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
DTBench95.5%—
LMCA44.9%—

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.3 (#40), Muse Spark: 47.8 (#66)

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#8), Muse Spark: 65.7 (#13)

Knowledge benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
GPQA Diamond94.1%89.8%
LMArena Expert14881457
Humanity's Last Exam—40.6%
SimpleQA Verified66.2%—

Multimodal Muse Spark leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.5 (#64), Muse Spark: 43.4 (#24)

Multimodal benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
LMArena Vision12981306
LMArena Document14561444
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.5 (#19), Muse Spark: 56.1 (#24)

Multilingual benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
LMArena Non-English14691464
LMArena Chinese15311509
LMArena French15041497
LMArena German14781497
LMArena Korean14311459
LMArena Russian14871466
LMArena Spanish14751472
LMArena Japanese1476—

Instruction Following Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.0 (#33), Muse Spark: 75.9 (#51)

Instruction Following benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
LMArena Instruction Following14661442

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#50), Muse Spark: 44.4 (#69)

Long Context benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
LMArena Longer Query14741451

Writing & Preference Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.2 (#27), Muse Spark: 66.0 (#39)

Writing & Preference benchmarks
BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark
LMArena Text14791474
LMArena Creative Writing14651459
LMArena Multi-Turn14811477
EQ-Bench Creative Writing1604—

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Muse Spark?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 50.6 on the Noometry Index.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark better for coding?

Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.0 versus 46.2 in the Noometry coding category.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark share?

24 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark has 27.

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