# Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite vs Muse Spark 1.3

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Muse Spark 1.3 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-lite-vs-muse-spark-1-3
- Last updated: October 17, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 5
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark 1.3 leads overall 73 to 49.62.
- The clearest category separation is in mathematics, where the averages are 37.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 78.5 for Muse Spark 1.3.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) in Mathematics, with scores of 25.965% and 74.035%.
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite is the cheaper option on output tokens, which matters if you expect large responses or heavy interactive use.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 49.62 | null |
| Benchmarks Covered | 12 | 20 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $0.30 / $2.50 | $1.25 / $4.25 |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 35.6 (Supported · #79/128)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 74% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 50.2% | 72.3% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 64.9% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 66.9% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 89.4% | Coming soon |
| AutomationBench | Coming soon | 49.4% | Coming soon |
| ApprenticeBench | Coming soon | 19% | Coming soon |
| CWE-bench v1 | Coming soon | 55.0% | Coming soon |
| MazeBench | Coming soon | 0% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 35.8 (Supported · #76/150)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 54.0% | 88.8% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 54.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 79.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 75.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| DeepSWE | Coming soon | 75.4% | Coming soon |
| SWE-Atlas Codebase QnA | Coming soon | 59.4% | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 4.0 | Coming soon | 41.6% | Coming soon |
| Bug Hunt Bench | Coming soon | 32.2 fixes | Coming soon |
| FrontierSWE v2 | Coming soon | 25.8% | Coming soon |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 71.8 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 82.9 (#6/28)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 72.2% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 256K-512K | Coming soon | 98.5% | Coming soon |
| MRCR v2 512K-1M | Coming soon | 98.1% | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 80.9 (Unranked · 1 rankable row)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Knowledge

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 49.2 (Supported · #84/184)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 83.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 85.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: Coming soon
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Gray Swan IPI (15 attempts) | Coming soon | 15.9% | Coming soon |

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite public-lane score: 37.8 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.3 public-lane score: 78.5 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | Muse Spark 1.3 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 25.965% | 74.035% | Muse Spark 1.3 |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 0.000% | 46.341% | Muse Spark 1.3 |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite or Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and Muse Spark 1.3?

The widest category gap is in mathematics, where the averages are 37.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite and 78.5 for Muse Spark 1.3.

### How many benchmarks does Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite cover on BenchLM?

Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite currently has 12 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.3 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.3 currently has 20 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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