# Gemini 3.5 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.1

> Side-by-side benchmark comparison for Gemini 3.5 Flash and Muse Spark 1.1 across agentic, coding, multimodal, knowledge, reasoning, multilingual, and math tasks.

- Canonical page: https://benchlm.ai/compare/gemini-3-5-flash-vs-muse-spark-1-1
- Last updated: October 7, 2026

- Shared sourced benchmarks: 15
- HTML indexing: indexable
- Ranking lane: BenchAlign v5.8

## Quick Verdict

Pick Muse Spark 1.1 if you want the stronger benchmark profile. Gemini 3.5 Flash only makes more sense when its price, context window, or workload-specific category wins matter more than the overall score.

## Summary

- Muse Spark 1.1 leads overall 65.95 to 62.5.
- The clearest category separation is in reasoning, where the averages are 62.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 75.7 for Muse Spark 1.1.
- The biggest single benchmark swing is MRCR 1M in Reasoning, with scores of 26.6% and 54.1%.

## Model Snapshot

| Property | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|----------|----------|----------|
| Creator | Google | Meta |
| Type | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Reasoning | Reasoning | Reasoning |
| Context | 1M | 1M |
| Overall Score | 62.5 | 65.95 |
| Benchmarks Covered | 28 | 26 |
| Pricing (input/output) | $1.50 / $9.00 | N/A |

## Category Breakdown

### Agentic

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 50.6 (Supported · #43/122)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 56.9 (Supported · #32/122)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 80.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MCP Atlas | 83.6% | 88.1% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Toolathlon | 56.5% | 75.6% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| OSWorld-Verified | 78.4% | 80.8% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Finance Agent v2 | 57.9% | 57.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| Gert Labs | 61.85% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ResearchClawBench | 18.0% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 (Vals) | 74.2% | 69.3% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| WebArena-Verified | Coming soon | 69% | Coming soon |
| DeepSearchQA | Coming soon | 84.9% | Coming soon |
| CyberGym | Coming soon | 59.0% | Coming soon |
| deepSwe | Coming soon | 53.3% | Coming soon |
| OSWorld 2.0 | Coming soon | 14.2% | Coming soon |
| JobBench | Coming soon | 54.7% | Coming soon |
| Cybench | Coming soon | 92.9% | Coming soon |
| ExploitGym | Coming soon | 0.8% | Coming soon |

### Coding

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 51.5 (Supported · #39/146)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 54.2 (Supported · #35/146)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 76.2% | 80.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| SWE-bench Pro | 55.1% | 61.5% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| Vibe Code Bench | 48.68% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| cursorBench31 | 49.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| CursorBench 3.2 | 48.8% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| LiveCodeBench (Vals) | 87.6% | 85.9% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| SWE-bench (Vals) | 78.8% | 82.0% | Muse Spark 1.1 |

### Reasoning

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 62.8 (#21/28)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 75.7 (Unranked · 3 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| MRCRv2 | 77.3% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| MRCR 1M | 26.6% | 54.1% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| ARC-AGI-2 | 72.1% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| ARC-AGI-1 | 92.50% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

### Multimodal & Grounded

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 87.8 (#6/49)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 78.3 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| CharXiv | 84.2% | 88.4% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| MMMU-Pro | 83.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| Blueprint-Bench 2 | 33.6% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| BabyVision | Coming soon | 76.3% | Coming soon |

### Knowledge

- Winner: Muse Spark 1.1
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 63.6 (Supported · #33/174)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: 66.7 (Supported · #21/174)

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| GPQA-D | 92.7% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| HLE | 40.2% | 62.1% | Muse Spark 1.1 |
| GPQA Diamond (Vals) | 92.7% | 91.2% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| MMLU-Pro (Vals) | 89.5% | 88.7% | Gemini 3.5 Flash |
| HLE w/o tools | Coming soon | 52.2% | Coming soon |
| HealthBench Professional | Coming soon | 59.3% | Coming soon |

### Instruction Following

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 84.1 (#43/125)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

### Mathematics

- Winner: Not comparable
- Gemini 3.5 Flash public-lane score: 55.1 (Unranked · 2 rankable rows)
- Muse Spark 1.1 public-lane score: Coming soon

| Benchmark | Gemini 3.5 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 | Winner |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------|
| FrontierMath v2 (Tiers 1-3) | 38.966% | Coming soon | Coming soon |
| FrontierMath v2 (Tier 4) | 14.583% | Coming soon | Coming soon |

## FAQ

### Which is better overall, Gemini 3.5 Flash or Muse Spark 1.1?

Muse Spark 1.1 is ahead overall on BenchLM right now.

### Where is the biggest gap between Gemini 3.5 Flash and Muse Spark 1.1?

The widest category gap is in reasoning, where the averages are 62.8 for Gemini 3.5 Flash and 75.7 for Muse Spark 1.1.

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

Gemini 3.5 Flash currently has 28 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

### How many benchmarks does Muse Spark 1.1 cover on BenchLM?

Muse Spark 1.1 currently has 26 sourced benchmark scores on BenchLM.

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- [Muse Spark 1.1 vs Muse Spark 1.2](/compare/muse-spark-1-1-vs-muse-spark-1-2)

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