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Model comparison

Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.1

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 49.9 on the Noometry Index.

Last verified . 31 shared benchmarks.

Gemini 3.6 Flash Google

54.1

Rank #30 Confirmed

Muse Spark 1.1 Meta

49.9

Rank #43 Confirmed

Summary

  • They share 31 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 3.6 Flash scores higher in 5 categories and Muse Spark 1.1 in 5 categories; 7 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
  • The widest gap is in knowledge, where Gemini 3.6 Flash leads 67.8 to 52.8.
  • The biggest single-benchmark swing is SimpleQA Verified: 66.2% for Gemini 3.6 Flash and 57.8% for Muse Spark 1.1.
  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper at $0.75 / $3.75 per million input/output tokens, against $1.25 / $4.25 for Muse Spark 1.1.

Side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
ProviderGoogleMeta
Noometry Index54.149.9
Released2026-07-212026-04-08
WeightsProprietaryProprietary
Context window1.05M1.05M
Max output66K131K
Input $ / M tokens$0.75$1.25
Output $ / M tokens$3.75$4.25
Results tracked4636

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Category by category

Coding Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 49.6 (#45), Muse Spark 1.1: 50.8 (#38)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
DeepSWE46.7%53.3%
LMArena WebDev15361542
SciCode52.7%58.8%
LMArena Coding14921497
FrontierCode34.4%—
WeirdML56.1%—
ALE-Bench715.52—

Agentic & Tool Use Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 32.4 (#56), Muse Spark 1.1: 33.9 (#45)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
GDP.pdf14%15%
APEX-Agents46.9%—
τ²-bench Banking—40.5%
GBAEval—7.9%
Vending-Bench 2—6,520

Reasoning Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 58.9 (#20), Muse Spark 1.1: 45.9 (#41)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
NYT Connections (extended)89%84.9%
CritPt10.6%15.1%
LMArena Hard Prompts14861486
DTBench95.5%94.4%
LMCA44.9%49.9%
Epoch Capabilities Index154.36154.32
ARC-AGI-260.4%—
ARC-AGI-191.2%—
Chess Puzzles43%—
Mystery Game Puzzles30%—
Surface Evolver Bench—52.5%

Math Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 57.0 (#33), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.0 (#67)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
ProofBench36%39%
LMArena Math15041477
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)58.9%—
FrontierMath Tier 422%—
MathArena Final-Answer Competitions70.8%—
OTIS Mock AIME 2024-202594.2%—

Knowledge Gemini 3.6 Flash leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 67.8 (#7), Muse Spark 1.1: 52.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
SimpleQA Verified66.2%57.8%
LMArena Expert14891480
GPQA Diamond94.1%—

Multimodal Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 38.7 (#55), Muse Spark 1.1: 41.9 (#28)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Vision12971292
LMArena Document14561465
Blueprint-Bench 231.2%—
Furniture Assembly23.3%—

Multilingual Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 56.8 (#17), Muse Spark 1.1: 56.8 (#16)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Non-English14701471
LMArena Chinese15301518
LMArena French15011494
LMArena German14781466
LMArena Japanese14771445
LMArena Korean14351459
LMArena Russian14901482
LMArena Spanish14771471

Instruction Following Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 77.2 (#27), Muse Spark 1.1: 76.8 (#36)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Instruction Following14671457

Long Context Too close to call

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 45.1 (#47), Muse Spark 1.1: 44.8 (#55)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Longer Query14751463

Writing & Preference Muse Spark 1.1 leads

Gemini 3.6 Flash: 68.3 (#26), Muse Spark 1.1: 73.6 (#11)

BenchmarkGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Spark 1.1
LMArena Text14781479
LMArena Creative Writing14641440
EQ-Bench Creative Writing16041927
LMArena Multi-Turn14811484
EQ-Bench 4—1260

Frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Muse Spark 1.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is the stronger model overall, scoring 54.1 to 49.9 on the Noometry Index.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.1?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper. It lists at $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.1 lists at $1.25 and $4.25.

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.1 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.1 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 50.8 versus 49.6 in the Noometry coding category.

Which has the bigger context window?

Both accept 1.05M tokens.

How many benchmarks do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.1 share?

31 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 3.6 Flash has 46 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.1 has 36.

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