text model comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.3
Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3 are both current text models, from Google and Meta. Muse Spark 1.3 is 17% cheaper per 1M input tokens than Gemini 3.6 Flash, $1.25 vs $1.50. On Arena Text, Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 1482 Elo and Muse Spark 1.3 1494 Elo (Arena, measured October 8, 2026). Both accept 1,048,576 tokens of context.
- Higher Arena Text
- Muse Spark 1.31494 Elo against 1482 Elo
- Lower price per 1M input tokens
- Muse Spark 1.3$1.25 against $1.50
- Newer release
- Muse Spark 1.3Sep 2026 against Jul 2026
Data verified October 13, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-28
Side by side
Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3, line by line
Prices in effect today, compared at the same tier wherever both list one. The better value in each row is highlighted.
| Fact | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | ||
| Price per 1M input tokens | $1.50 | $1.25 (better) |
| Price per 1M output tokens | $7.50 | $4.25 (better) |
| Independent benchmarks | ||
| Arena Text | 1482 Elo (#14 of 49) | 1494 Elo (#6 of 49) (better) |
| FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) | 58.9% (#29 of 40) | 74.4% (#18 of 40) (better) |
| GPQA Diamond | 94.1% (#8 of 40) | Not measured |
| SimpleQA Verified | 66.2% (#11 of 36) | Not measured |
| Specs | ||
| Provider | Meta | |
| Release date | July 21, 2026 | September 2, 2026 |
| Access | API only | API only |
| Context window | 1,048,576 tokens | 1,048,576 tokens |
| Max output | 65,536 tokens | Not reported |
| Input | text, image, audio, video | text, image, audio, video |
| Output | text | text |
Charts
Against every current text model
Where Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3 land among the current models of their task, on every independent benchmark, on price and on context.
Where each stands
On Arena Text, Gemini 3.6 Flash ranks #14 and Muse Spark 1.3 #6 of 49 current models. Each bar is the share of current models it beats: on score, price and context.
Independent benchmarks
Arena Text
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#14of 49
1,482 Elo · ahead of 71%
Muse Spark 1.3:#6of 49
1,494 Elo · ahead of 90%
GPQA Diamond
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#8of 40
94.1% · ahead of 82%
Muse Spark 1.3: Not scored
FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2)
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#29of 40
58.9% · ahead of 28%
Muse Spark 1.3:#18of 40
74.4% · ahead of 56%
SimpleQA Verified
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#11of 36
66.2% · ahead of 69%
Muse Spark 1.3: Not scored
Price and context
Price per 1M input tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#27of 51
$1.50 · cheaper than 48%
Muse Spark 1.3:#21of 51
$1.25 · cheaper than 56%
Price per 1M output tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#31of 51
$7.50 · cheaper than 40%
Muse Spark 1.3:#24of 51
$4.25 · cheaper than 54%
Context window
Gemini 3.6 Flash:#11of 66
1.05M tokens · longer than 65%
Muse Spark 1.3:#11of 66
1.05M tokens · longer than 65%
Quality against price
Gemini 3.6 Flash scores 1,482 at $3; Muse Spark 1.3 scores 1,494 at $2 (blended price per 1M tokens). The line joins the current models no other beats on both price and Arena Text score; hover any point to name it.
Quality against price: the data
| Model | Provider | Blended price per 1M tokens | Arena Text (Elo) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gemini 4 Argon | $4 | 1,525 | |
| Claude Opus 5.5 | Anthropic | $8 | 1,507 |
| Claude Fable 5 | Anthropic | $20 | 1,504 |
| Claude Fable 5.1 | Anthropic | $20 | 1,501 |
| Gemini 3.8 Flash | $1.50 | 1,497 | |
| Muse Spark 1.3 | Meta | $2 | 1,494 |
| Claude Opus 5 | Anthropic | $10 | 1,490 |
| Kimi K3 | Moonshot Kimi | $6 | 1,488 |
| Gemini 3.7 Flash | $1.50 | 1,486 | |
| GPT-5.6 Sol | OpenAI | $8 | 1,485 |
| GPT-6.1 Sol | OpenAI | $4 | 1,484 |
| Qwen3.8-Max | Alibaba Qwen | $3 | 1,483 |
| GPT-5.5 | OpenAI | $11 | 1,482 |
| Gemini 3.6 Flash | $3 | 1,482 | |
| Claude Opus 4.8 | Anthropic | $10 | 1,481 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Pro | Xiaomi MiMo | $0.54 | 1,480 |
| GLM-5.3 | Z.ai | $2.15 | 1,478 |
| Claude Sonnet 5.5 | Anthropic | $4 | 1,476 |
| GPT-5.4 | OpenAI | $5.63 | 1,475 |
| GPT-6 Astra | OpenAI | $20 | 1,475 |
| DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash | DeepSeek | $0.52 | 1,475 |
| GLM-5.3-Flash | Z.ai | $0.24 | 1,475 |
| Gemini 3 Flash Preview | $1.13 | 1,473 | |
| Grok 4.20 | xAI | $1.56 | 1,472 |
| GPT-5.6 Terra | OpenAI | $4.50 | 1,466 |
| Grok 4.5 | xAI | $3 | 1,466 |
| DeepSeek-V4-Pro | DeepSeek | $1.98 | 1,465 |
| Claude Sonnet 5 | Anthropic | $4 | 1,461 |
| GPT-6 Sol | OpenAI | $4 | 1,456 |
| Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite | $0.85 | 1,455 | |
| Grok 4.6 | xAI | $3 | 1,454 |
| GPT-5.6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.45 | 1,452 |
| MiMo-V2.6-Flash | Xiaomi MiMo | $0.18 | 1,451 |
| GPT-6 Luna | OpenAI | $0.20 | 1,443 |
| Grok 4.7 | xAI | $3 | 1,443 |
| Grok 4.3 | xAI | $1.56 | 1,442 |
| Mistral Large 4 | Mistral AI | $2.06 | 1,429 |
| GPT-4.1 | OpenAI | $3.50 | 1,415 |
| Solar Pro 4 | Upstage | $0.52 | 1,386 |
| GPT-4.1 mini | OpenAI | $0.70 | 1,383 |
| GPT-4.1 nano | OpenAI | $0.18 | 1,322 |
Cost
What each costs
Example workloads at each provider's listed rates, then every other rate either one lists. The cheaper figure in each row is highlighted.
The same work, priced
For 10M input and 2M output tokens, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 1.4 times as much as Muse Spark 1.3, at each provider's listed rates.
10M input and 2M output tokens
Gemini 3.6 Flash costs 1.4× as much
- Gemini 3.6 Flash
- $30
- Muse Spark 1.3
- $21
| Workload or rate | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Muse Spark 1.3 |
|---|---|---|
| Example workloads | ||
| 10M input and 2M output tokens | $30 | $21 (better) |
| The same, with 9M of the input tokens cached | Not listed | $11.10 |
| Other listed rates | ||
| 1M input tokens, cached | Not listed | $0.15 |
Verdict
When to choose each
Gemini 3.6 Flash
Where it leads
No measured lead over Muse Spark 1.3 in this data.
Best for
- Current multimodal agentic evaluations balancing speed and capability
Watch out for
- Not in the pinned LiveBench snapshot; its independent scores here come from Epoch AI's own GPQA Diamond, FrontierMath and SimpleQA Verified runs
Muse Spark 1.3
Where it leads
- Lower input and output prices, $1.25 and $4.25 vs $1.50 and $7.50 per 1M tokens
- Higher Arena Text score, 1494 Elo vs 1482 Elo
- Higher FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2) score, 74.4% vs 58.9%
- A cached-input rate, $0.15 per 1M tokens
Best for
- Tool-heavy agent loops where fewer calls per task matters as much as the per-token rate
- Coding agents at volume, where its coding scores and low price line up
Watch out for
- Meta’s own documentation states audio understanding is not fully supported and response quality may be degraded on requests containing audio
- The much cheaper contributor endpoint (about $0.10 / $0.20 per million) is priced that way in exchange for Meta training on your traffic. The standard tier is the rate recorded here.
- Meta’s scorecard has it trailing Claude Opus 5 on every broader agent-workflow benchmark it published, including GDPVal-AA v2, despite winning the coding rows
From benchmark to production
Building on Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?
Public scores rarely hold on your own data. We test both models on your real tasks, then build the agent or pipeline around the one that wins.
FAQ
Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.3 FAQ
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 is 17% cheaper per 1M input tokens than Gemini 3.6 Flash, $1.25 vs $1.50. For 10M input and 2M output tokens, Gemini 3.6 Flash costs $30 and Muse Spark 1.3 $21 at standard rates.
Do Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3 discount cached input?
Muse Spark 1.3 lists a cached-input rate of $0.15 per 1M tokens, 88% below its standard input rate. No cached-input rate is listed for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
Which scores higher on independent benchmarks, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?
Muse Spark 1.3 leads on Arena Text, 1494 Elo to 1482 Elo; Muse Spark 1.3 leads on FrontierMath Tiers 1-3 (v2), 74.4% to 58.9%. Scores are independent evaluations, not either vendor's launch figures.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?
Both accept 1,048,576 tokens of context.
Further reading
More on Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3
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- Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Claude Opus 5: Route by TierJuly 26, 2026
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Production evaluation
Choosing between Gemini 3.6 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3?
Public benchmarks narrow the shortlist. We run both on your own tasks, data and cost limits, then build the routing and review controls to run the winner in production.
- A head-to-head evaluation on your real workload
- Routing between models by cost and difficulty