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Gemini 3.6 Flash vs Muse Wonder

Which is cheaper, which is more capable, and which does better at each kind of work, from 10 results on 2 sources that measured both models.

GoogleGemini 3.6 Flash Released 21 Jul 2026 · $1.50 in · $7.50 out
MetaMuse Wonder Released 12 Oct 2026 · $4.00 in · $20.00 out
Gemini 3.6 Flash wins 31 too close to callMuse Wonder wins 6

Of the 10 results both models have, the better value on each. Results whose reported ranges overlap are too close to call.

Results as of 14 October 2026 (catalogue release 2026-10-14-7d7cf32c3f6d). See also Google vs Meta, every model from both labs.

Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Wonder? The short answer

Pick Muse Wonder if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.4 against 34.0). Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if cost matters more: it costs 5.9 times less per game of bullet chess on BulletBench.

  • Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper to run: $0.011 against $0.066 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (5.9 times less).
  • Muse Wonder scores higher on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index: 52.4 against 34.0.
  • Muse Wonder is newer: released 12 Oct 2026, against 21 Jul 2026 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.
  • On third-party benchmarks, on the results both models have: Muse Wonder does better for agents and tool use and reasoning and knowledge.

Head to head

34.0
Intelligence Index
52.4
$3.00
Price per million tokens, blendedlower is better
$8.00
1,048,576
Context window, tokens
1,048,576

Every fact side by side

Gemini 3.6 FlashMuse Wonder
Price per million tokens$1.50 in · $7.50 out$4.00 in · $20.00 out
Blended (3 in : 1 out)$3.00$8.00
Cheapest host, blended$1.50 (Google)–
Cost per game of bullet chess (BulletBench)$0.011$0.066
Cached input, per million–$0.20 cached input
Intelligence Index34.052.4
Spring Prompt overall–71
Output speed, tokens a second–117
Context window1,048,576 tokens1,048,576 tokens
Released21 Jul 202612 Oct 2026 (newer)
WeightsClosedClosed
Developer based inthe USthe US

Prices are the developer's list price where we have read it, otherwise the typical host on OpenRouter; see every model's price. Intelligence and speed from Artificial Analysis.

Which is better for what

Each model's rank among the models on sale today, for each kind of work, from our own benchmarks and licensed sources. Further right is better; the better rank is in green.

Product listingsTurning a sparse product feed and photos into listings that can go live not measured 4 of 22
Decks from an analysisTurning a finished analysis into a deck you could present as it is not measured 8 of 21
User surveysPlanning a user survey and reading its results without being misled not measured 2 of 10
Marketing planningPlanning a year of ad spend without overspending not measured 11 of 21
Agents and tool useMulti-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls 50 of 166 8 of 166
Professional workReal tasks from banking, consulting and law, business documents and freelance projects 35 of 51 not measured
Reasoning and knowledgeHard questions across science, maths and general knowledge 33 of 200 7 of 200
WritingWhat people prefer in blind comparisons, and judged writing quality 14 of 189 not measured
Sticking to the factsSummarising without inventing things, and factual answers 22 of 153 not measured
Speed under pressureGood decisions against a real clock (fast chess) 13 of 25 12 of 25

From our research

Every shared result

Each model's best result on every measure both have, grouped by benchmark, with the setting that produced it. Under each measure, every model that benchmark has measured is a grey tick, best to the right, so you can see where the two sit in the field. The headline measures of each benchmark come first; the rest are under "Show all". Green marks the better value; where a source reports ranges that overlap, neither is marked.

MeasureGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Wonder
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 3 results
Cost per game · Bullet 60sUS dollars, lower is better 17 · 29 of 30 measured $0.0113minimal reasoning $0.0663minimal reasoning
Ladder Elo · Bullet 60sladder Elo, higher is better 6 · 19 of 30 measured 628minimal reasoning 409minimal reasoning
Games lost on time · Bullet 60s% of games, lower is better 18 · 23 of 30 measured 41.7%minimal reasoning 58.3%minimal reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 3 results
Artificial Analysis Intelligence Indexindex score, higher is better 42 · 6 of 244 measured 34.0high reasoning 52.4max reasoning
Humanity's Last Exam% of questions, higher is better 38 · 9 of 243 measured 40.8%high reasoning 50.1%max reasoning
Terminal-Bench 4.0% of tasks, higher is better 41 · 7 of 113 measured 7.1%high reasoning 52.0%max reasoning
Show all 10 results (4 more)
MeasureGemini 3.6 FlashMuse Wonder
BulletBench measured by Spring Prompt · 2 results
Invalid moves · Bullet 60s% of moves, lower is better 23 · 1 of 30 measured 0.3%minimal reasoning 0.0%minimal reasoning
Median move time · Bullet 60smilliseconds, lower is better 21 · 25 of 30 measured 1.6 sminimal reasoning 1.9 sminimal reasoning
Artificial Analysis reported by Artificial Analysis · 2 results
Long-context reasoning (AA-LCR)% of questions, higher is better 39 · 33 of 234 measured 80.0%high reasoning 80.7%max reasoning
SciCode% of problems, higher is better 34 · 7 of 114 measured 53.4%high reasoning 60.3%max reasoning

Quick answers

Is Gemini 3.6 Flash better than Muse Wonder?

Pick Muse Wonder if quality matters most: it scores higher (Intelligence Index 52.4 against 34.0). Pick Gemini 3.6 Flash if cost matters more: it costs 5.9 times less per game of bullet chess on BulletBench.

Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Wonder?

Gemini 3.6 Flash is cheaper to run: $0.011 against $0.066 per game of bullet chess on BulletBench (5.9 times less).

Which is better for agents and tool use, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Wonder?

Muse Wonder ranks 8 of 166 models on sale for multi-step tasks with tools: support desks, coding agents, function calls, against 50 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Which is better for reasoning and knowledge, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Wonder?

Muse Wonder ranks 7 of 200 models on sale for hard questions across science, maths and general knowledge, against 33 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

Which is better for speed under pressure, Gemini 3.6 Flash or Muse Wonder?

Muse Wonder ranks 12 of 25 models on sale for good decisions against a real clock (fast chess), against 13 for Gemini 3.6 Flash.

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