Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?

Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on 2 of 7 shared quality measures, Gemini 3.8 Flash on 0. 5 measures are too close to call. Gemini 3.8 Flash costs about 25% less than Muse Spark 1.3 on a blended price of $1.50 against $2.00 per million tokens. Which one is better for you depends on your task and budget, so test both on your own work.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper on blended price: $1.50 per million tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash against $2.00 for Muse Spark 1.3. For 100 chats of about 1,000 tokens in and 500 tokens back, that is about $0.26 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and $0.34 for Muse Spark 1.3.

Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?

On Arena coding rating they are too close to call (1528 and 1536).

AI Rankings

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.3: Scores, Price and Which to Choose

Side by side on every measure both models share: overall score, human votes, tests, price and context window. Close results are called too close to call.

Data updated 26 Oct 2026

Read the model pages for the full picture: Gemini 3.8 Flash and Muse Spark 1.3.

Side by side

A check mark shows the better side on each measure. Scores that are too close to call have no winner.

Gemini 3.8 Flash compared with Muse Spark 1.3Gemini 3.8 Flash against Muse Spark 1.3 on 9 measures. Gemini 3.8 Flash is better on 1, Muse Spark 1.3 on 2, 6 are too close to call, 0 have no data for one side.

Gemini 3.8 Flash
Muse Spark 1.3

Epoch Capabilities IndexToo close to call
Combined score over many tests. Bar shows where it sits between the lowest and highest score we track.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
157.4
Muse Spark 1.3:
157.2
Arena text ratingToo close to call
Rating from head-to-head votes by people. Bar shows where it sits between the lowest and highest score we track.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
1496
Muse Spark 1.3:
1496
Arena coding ratingToo close to call
Rating from head-to-head votes by people. Bar shows where it sits between the lowest and highest score we track.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
1528
Muse Spark 1.3:
1536
Arena web development ratingMuse Spark 1.3 leads
Rating from head-to-head votes by people. Bar shows where it sits between the lowest and highest score we track.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
1585
Muse Spark 1.3:
Better: 1657
Arena vision ratingToo close to call
Rating from head-to-head votes by people. Bar shows where it sits between the lowest and highest score we track.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
1291
Muse Spark 1.3:
1290
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)Muse Spark 1.3 leads
Original, very hard maths problems written by mathematicians.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
68.4%
Muse Spark 1.3:
Better: 74.4%
OTIS Mock AIMEToo close to call
Maths competition problems in the style of the US AIME exam, from the 2024 and 2025 sets.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
98.9%
Muse Spark 1.3:
99.2%
Blended price per million tokensGemini 3.8 Flash costs less
Blended price: lower is better.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
Better: $1.50
Muse Spark 1.3:
$2.00
Context windowToo close to call
How much text it can read at once.
Gemini 3.8 Flash:
1M tokens
Muse Spark 1.3:
1M tokens

Data updated 26 Oct 2026. Only measures that both models have are shown.

The numbers

Gemini 3.8 Flash against Muse Spark 1.3, measure by measure. A check mark shows the better side.
Measure	Gemini 3.8 Flash	Muse Spark 1.3
Epoch Capabilities IndexToo close to call	157.4	157.2
Arena text ratingToo close to call	1496	1496
Arena coding ratingToo close to call	1528	1536
Arena web development rating	1585	1657
Arena vision ratingToo close to call	1291	1290
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3)	68.4%	74.4%
OTIS Mock AIMEToo close to call	98.9%	99.2%
Blended price per million tokens	$1.50	$2.00
Context windowToo close to call	1M tokens	1M tokens

What it costs in everyday terms

Estimate for 100 chats of about 1,000 tokens in and 500 tokens back, from list prices. Your bill depends on how you use it.

100 chats with Gemini 3.8 Flash: $0.26; Blended price $1.50 per million tokens.
100 chats with Muse Spark 1.3: $0.34; Blended price $2.00 per million tokens.

Who should pick which

Pick Gemini 3.8 Flash if these matter most

Blended price per million tokens: $1.50 against $2.00

Pick Muse Spark 1.3 if these matter most

Arena web development rating: 1657 against 1585
FrontierMath (Tiers 1-3): 74.4% against 68.4%

Too close to call: Epoch Capabilities Index, Arena text rating, Arena coding rating, Arena vision rating, OTIS Mock AIME, Context window.

Scores come from tests and votes, not from your own work. Try both on a task you care about before you commit.

Go deeper

Gemini 3.8 Flash: full page

Muse Spark 1.3: full page

Questions about this comparison

Which is better, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?: Muse Spark 1.3 scores higher on 2 of 7 shared quality measures, Gemini 3.8 Flash on 0. 5 measures are too close to call. Gemini 3.8 Flash costs about 25% less than Muse Spark 1.3 on a blended price of $1.50 against $2.00 per million tokens. Which one is better for you depends on your task and budget, so test both on your own work.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?: Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper on blended price: $1.50 per million tokens for Gemini 3.8 Flash against $2.00 for Muse Spark 1.3. For 100 chats of about 1,000 tokens in and 500 tokens back, that is about $0.26 for Gemini 3.8 Flash and $0.34 for Muse Spark 1.3.
Which is better for coding, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Spark 1.3?: On Arena coding rating they are too close to call (1528 and 1536).

Where this data comes from

Epoch AI: Benchmark data: Epoch AI, 'Capabilities & benchmarking', epoch.ai/benchmarks (CC BY 4.0). We match models across sources, rank them and show them in charts. Scores are not changed. Epoch AI does not endorse this site.
Arena (formerly LMArena): Human-preference ratings: Arena (arena.ai) leaderboard dataset, CC BY 4.0. We keep the latest published ratings, match them to models from other sources and rank them. Ratings are not changed. Arena does not endorse this site.
LiteLLM model price list: Prices and context windows: LiteLLM model price list (github.com/BerriAI/litellm, MIT licence). We use the model maker's own price entry when there is one. Prices change often, so always confirm on the maker's site before you buy.

Newest data on this page: 26 Oct 2026. Prices are list prices and change often, so confirm on the maker's site before you buy. Sponsors never change a score or an order. How we calculate this · Report a mistake