Gemini 3.1 Pro vs Muse Spark 1.2
Wins 4 of 8 areas
Reasoning · Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 2 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents
Gemini 3.1 Pro wins more areas, narrowly.Muse Spark 1.2 is cheaper and better at coding.
Both rank among the ten best models we track in facts.
Scores updated · 29 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the eight areas we test. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking31Gemini 3.1 Pro3 of 5 tests · 1 tie
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Gemini 3.1 Pro2 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3.1 Pro1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 3.1 Pro1 of 1 test
- CodingWriting and fixing software14Muse Spark 1.24 of 5 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own03Muse Spark 1.23 of 3 tests
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video00Even0 each · 1 tie
- MathCompetition and research-level math00Even0 each · 1 tie
Images and charts, math, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
Muse Spark 1.2 costs 61% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Gemini 3.1 Pro pulls ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+13.2points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+9.5points ahead
- Common-sense trick questionsSimpleBench+5.1points ahead
Where Muse Spark 1.2 pulls ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+34.2points ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+17.6points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues, working as an agentLiveBench · Agentic Coding+13.5points ahead
Every test, side by side
All 29 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
CodingMuse Spark 1.2
- LiveBench · Agentic CodingMuse Spark 1.2 by 13.544.157.6+13.5
- LMArena · WebDevMuse Spark 1.2 by 85 rating points14471532+85 rating
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Muse Spark 1.2 by 6.373.880.1+6.3
- SciCodeGemini 3.1 Pro by 1.358.757.4+1.3
- LiveBench · CodingMuse Spark 1.2 by 176.577.5+1
AgentsMuse Spark 1.2
- GDPValMuse Spark 1.2 by 34.214.748.9+34.2
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingMuse Spark 1.2 by 13.421.434.8+13.4
- Terminal-Bench 4.0Muse Spark 1.2 by 3.147.1+3.1
ReasoningGemini 3.1 Pro
- LiveBench · ReasoningMuse Spark 1.2 by 68490+6
- SimpleBenchGemini 3.1 Pro by 5.179.674.5+5.1
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3.1 Pro by 3.794.190.4+3.7
- Humanity's Last ExamGemini 3.1 Pro by 1.54745.5+1.5
- CritPttie17.717.7tie
FactsGemini 3.1 Pro
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMuse Spark 1.2 by 17.649.166.7+17.6
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 3.1 Pro by 13.273.560.3+13.2
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3.1 Pro by 9.554.945.4+9.5
Following instructionsGemini 3.1 Pro
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingGemini 3.1 Pro by 4.879.174.3+4.8
Other results9 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- GDPval-AA v2 EloMuse Spark 1.2 by 663 rating points9651628+663 rating
- DeepSWE 1.1Muse Spark 1.2 by 47.31259.3+47.3
- AA Agentic IndexMuse Spark 1.2 by 33.710.344+33.7
- AA IntelligenceMuse Spark 1.2 by 9.929.739.6+9.9
- livebench_languageGemini 3.1 Pro by 6.885.478.6+6.8
- AA-OmniscienceGemini 3.1 Pro by 4.731.927.2+4.7
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexMuse Spark 1.2 by 3.468.872.2+3.4
- livebench_data_analysisGemini 3.1 Pro by 278.576.5+2
- GDP (Surge AI)tie16.716tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3.1 Pro or Muse Spark 1.2?
Gemini 3.1 Pro wins four of the eight areas we test: reasoning, facts, long documents and following instructions. Muse Spark 1.2 wins coding and agents, and costs 61% less. They are level on images and charts and math.
Which is better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.2. It wins 4 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Gemini 3.1 Pro wins 1.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3.1 Pro costs $2.00 per million input tokens and $12.00 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 costs $1.25 and $4.25. That makes Muse Spark 1.2 about 61% cheaper for the same work.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 29 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 20 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 9 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.