# Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Muse Spark 1.3

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Muse Spark 1.3 in 5 of 8 shared categories: General LLM, Reasoning, Coding, Coding › Agentic, and Long context.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: $1.5 per 1M blended tokens.

Muse Spark 1.3: $2.0000000000000004 per 1M blended tokens.

Gemini 3.8 Flash: closed weights.

Muse Spark 1.3: closed weights.

- Which to pick, General LLM: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Muse Spark 1.3 in General LLM at #7 against #9.
- Which to pick, Reasoning: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Muse Spark 1.3 in Reasoning at #6 against #8.
- Which to pick, Coding: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Muse Spark 1.3 in Coding at #15 against #18.
- Which to pick, Coding › Agentic: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Muse Spark 1.3 in Coding › Agentic at #15 against #18.
- Which to pick, Coding › Web dev: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Coding › Web dev at #10 against #27.
- Which to pick, Long context: As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash leads Muse Spark 1.3 in Long context at #5 against #15.
- Which to pick, Vision: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Vision at #8 against #15.
- Which to pick, Factuality: As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 leads Gemini 3.8 Flash in Factuality at #11 against #17.

As of Oct 15, 2026, Gemini 3.8 Flash is state of the art on best per dollar in General LLM (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena Text (style-controlled, overall); methodology v1.0).

As of Oct 15, 2026, Muse Spark 1.3 is state of the art on best per dollar in Coding › Web dev (since Oct 14, 2026; sources LMArena WebDev; methodology v1.0).