Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.2
Wins 3 of 8 areas
Facts · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 4 of 8 areas
Coding · Agents · Reasoning · Math
Muse Spark 1.2 wins more areas, narrowly.Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper and better at 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.
- CodingWriting and fixing software03Muse Spark 1.23 of 5 tests · 2 ties
- ReasoningHard problems that need careful thinking13Muse Spark 1.23 of 4 tests
- AgentsCarrying out multi-step tasks on its own02Muse Spark 1.22 of 3 tests · 1 tie
- MathCompetition and research-level math01Muse Spark 1.21 of 1 test
- FactsGetting facts right instead of making them up21Gemini 3.6 Flash2 of 3 tests
- Long documentsFinding answers in very long texts10Gemini 3.6 Flash1 of 1 test
- Following instructionsDoing exactly what it is asked10Gemini 3.6 Flash1 of 1 test
- Images and chartsUnderstanding pictures, charts and video00Even0 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.
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 18% less for the same work.
The biggest differences
The three tests each model wins by the widest margin. Scores are out of 100.
Where Muse Spark 1.2 pulls ahead
- Avoids making up answers it doesn't knowAA-Omniscience · Non-hallucination+22.3points ahead
- Fixes real GitHub issues, working as an agentLiveBench · Agentic Coding+14.2points ahead
- Real work tasks from 44 professionsGDPVal+9.6points ahead
Where Gemini 3.6 Flash pulls ahead
- Short factual questions, answered correctlySimpleQA Verified+5.9points ahead
- Answers hard knowledge questions correctlyAA-Omniscience · Accuracy+4.6points ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+2.4points 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 14.243.457.6+14.2
- SciCodeMuse Spark 1.2 by 453.457.4+4
- Terminal-Bench 2.1Muse Spark 1.2 by 2.677.580.1+2.6
- LMArena · WebDevtie15381532tie
- LiveBench · Codingtie77.977.5tie
AgentsMuse Spark 1.2
- GDPValMuse Spark 1.2 by 9.639.348.9+9.6
- τ-Bench V3 · BankingMuse Spark 1.2 by 4.929.934.8+4.9
- Terminal-Bench 4.0tie7.17.1tie
ReasoningMuse Spark 1.2
- CritPtMuse Spark 1.2 by 7.110.617.7+7.1
- LiveBench · ReasoningMuse Spark 1.2 by 4.885.290+4.8
- Humanity's Last ExamMuse Spark 1.2 by 4.740.845.5+4.7
- GPQA DiamondGemini 3.6 Flash by 2.492.890.4+2.4
FactsGemini 3.6 Flash
- AA-Omniscience · Non-hallucinationMuse Spark 1.2 by 22.344.466.7+22.3
- SimpleQA VerifiedGemini 3.6 Flash by 5.966.260.3+5.9
- AA-Omniscience · AccuracyGemini 3.6 Flash by 4.65045.4+4.6
Following instructionsGemini 3.6 Flash
- LiveBench · Instruction FollowingGemini 3.6 Flash by 1.175.474.3+1.1
Other results10 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 206 rating points14221628+206 rating
- AA Agentic IndexMuse Spark 1.2 by 13.830.244+13.8
- livebench_data_analysisMuse Spark 1.2 by 13.56376.5+13.5
- DeepSWE 1.1Muse Spark 1.2 by 10.34959.3+10.3
- GDP (Surge AI)Gemini 3.6 Flash by 62216+6
- AA IntelligenceMuse Spark 1.2 by 5.63439.6+5.6
- livebench_languageGemini 3.6 Flash by 5.383.978.6+5.3
- AA-OmniscienceMuse Spark 1.2 by 5.122.127.2+5.1
- Artificial Analysis Coding IndexMuse Spark 1.2 by 369.272.2+3
- Code Arena (Elo)tie15381535tie
Questions people ask
Which is better, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.2?
Muse Spark 1.2 wins four of the eight areas we test: coding, agents, reasoning and math. Gemini 3.6 Flash wins facts, long documents and following instructions, and costs 18% less. They are level on images and charts.
Which is better for coding?
Muse Spark 1.2. It wins 3 of the 5 coding tests both models report; Gemini 3.6 Flash wins none, and 2 are ties.
Which is cheaper?
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $0.75 per million input tokens and $3.75 per million output tokens; Muse Spark 1.2 costs $1.25 and $4.25. That makes Gemini 3.6 Flash about 18% 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 19 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 10 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.