# Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) vs Muse Spark 1.2

> Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/gemini-1-5-flash-vs-muse-spark-1-2
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 15

## Summary

- They share 15 benchmarks with published results for both. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) scores higher in 0 categories and Muse Spark 1.2 in 10 categories; 10 gaps are clear of the uncertainty.
- The widest gap is in reasoning, where Muse Spark 1.2 leads 50.4 to 20.8.
- The biggest single-benchmark swing is DTBench: 53.8% for Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and 94.7% for Muse Spark 1.2.

## Snapshot

| | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | Google | Meta |
| Noometry Index | 32.9 | 49.8 |
| Rank | 240 | 44 |
| Context | — | 1.05M |
| Input $/M | — | $1.25 |
| Output $/M | — | $4.25 |
| Weights | Proprietary | Proprietary |

## Coding

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 33.9 (#233)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 48.6 (#49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| WeirdML | 24.9% | 60.3% |
| LMArena Coding | 1262 | 1497 |
| DeepSWE | — | 54.9% |
| LMArena WebDev | — | 1532 |
| FrontierSWE | — | 12% |
| SciCode | — | 56.4% |
| BigCodeBench Instruct | 43.5% | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | 55.1% | — |
| HumanEval+ | 75.6% | — |
| MBPP+ | 67.5% | — |

## Agentic & Tool Use

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.3 (#97)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 29.5 (#77)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| APEX-Agents | — | 36.4% |
| BALROG | 14.6% | — |
| GDP.pdf | — | 16% |

## Reasoning

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#212)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 50.4 (#32)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1257 | 1490 |
| DTBench | 53.8% | 94.7% |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | 129.37 | 155.18 |
| SimpleBench | — | 74.5% |
| NYT Connections (extended) | — | 79.2% |
| CritPt | — | 17.7% |
| LMCA | — | 48.4% |
| ForecastBench | 53.9 | — |
| PIQA | 87.5% | — |

## Math

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 20.8 (#274)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 43.8 (#68)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| OTIS Mock AIME 2024-2025 | 16.3% | — |
| ProofBench | — | 43% |
| Omni-MATH | 30.4% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1269 | — |
| MATH Level 5 | 61.9% | — |
| FrontierMath (Feb 2025 set) | 0% | — |
| GSM8K | 82.4% | — |

## Knowledge

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 26.2 (#253)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 53.9 (#49)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1233 | 1485 |
| GPQA Diamond | 47.3% | — |
| SimpleQA Verified | — | 60.3% |
| MMLU-Pro | 67.8% | — |
| GPQA (HELM) | 43.7% | — |
| BoolQ | 85.8% | — |
| MMLU | 77.9% | — |

## Multimodal

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 35.3 (#76)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 42.6 (#24)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Vision | 1141 | 1304 |
| Video-MME | 70.3% | — |
| GeoBench | 76% | — |

## Multilingual

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 43.1 (#184)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 57.4 (#10)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1278 | 1479 |
| LMArena Chinese | 1295 | 1519 |
| LMArena Russian | 1288 | 1494 |
| LMArena French | 1257 | — |
| LMArena German | 1262 | — |
| LMArena Japanese | 1252 | — |
| LMArena Korean | 1220 | — |
| LMArena Spanish | 1242 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 67.0 (#199)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 77.1 (#30)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1258 | 1466 |
| IFEval | 83.1% | — |

## Long Context

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 39.0 (#182)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 45.4 (#35)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1284 | 1483 |

## Writing & Preference

- Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024): 48.9 (#190)
- Muse Spark 1.2: 72.6 (#14)

| Benchmark | Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) | Muse Spark 1.2 |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1287 | 1486 |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1285 | 1444 |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1253 | 1504 |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | — | 1840 |
| WildBench | 79.2% | — |

## FAQ

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) better than Muse Spark 1.2?

Muse Spark 1.2 is the stronger model overall, scoring 49.8 to 32.9 on the Noometry Index.

### Is Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) or Muse Spark 1.2 better for coding?

Muse Spark 1.2 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 48.6 versus 33.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) and Muse Spark 1.2 share?

15 benchmarks have published results for both models. Gemini 1.5 Flash (May 2024) has 42 scored results on Noometry and Muse Spark 1.2 has 28.