Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.1: Specs & Benchmark Comparison
Gemini 3.6 Flash is developed by Google, while Muse Spark 1.1 comes from Meta. Both were released in July 2026.
The two models share 5 published benchmarks. Muse Spark 1.1 leads on 3 of them, Gemini 3.6 Flash on 2. The widest gaps are on DeepSWE 1.1, where Muse Spark 1.1 scores 53.0% against 49.0%; SWE-Bench Pro, where Muse Spark 1.1 scores 61.5% against 58.7%. Averaged across everything we track, Gemini 3.6 Flash sits at 68.0% and Muse Spark 1.1 at 70.7%.
Muse Spark 1.1 is the cheaper API at $1.25 per million input tokens and $4.25 per million output tokens, about 20% below Gemini 3.6 Flash at $1.50 and $7.50. Both accept a context window of about 1M tokens. Both accept text and images as input.
| Characteristic | Gemini 3.6 Flash | Muse Spark 1.1 |
|---|---|---|
| Company | Meta | |
| Release Date | July 21, 2026 | July 9, 2026 |
| Parameters | — | — |
| Multimodal | Yes | Yes |
| Context (input) | 1.0M | 1.0M |
| Context (output) | 66K | 131K |
| Input Price / 1M | $1.50 | $1.25 |
| Output Price / 1M | $7.50 | $4.25 |
| Average Score | 68.0% | 70.7% |
| Benchmarks | ||
| DeepSWE 1.1 | 49.0% | 53.0% |
| SWE-Bench Pro | 58.7% | 61.5% |
| Terminal-Bench 2.1 | 78.0% | 80.0% |
| OSWorld-Verified | 83.0% | 81.0% |
| CharXiv-R | 89.0% | 88.0% |
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Verdict
Both models show equal results — the choice depends on your specific use case.
Both models show comparable average scores: Gemini 3.6 Flash — 0.7, Muse Spark 1.1 — 0.7.
Muse Spark 1.1 is 1.6x cheaper: input $1.25/1M vs $1.50/1M tokens.
Gemini 3.6 Flash supports a larger context: 1M vs 1M tokens.
Both models were released around the same time: 7/21/2026 and 7/9/2026.
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