ResearchLLM Verifications Leaderboard

Data as of · 78 models, 80 questions · reviewed by Suhas Bhairav · methodology

Head to head · tested 27 Oct 2026

Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Muse Wonder: accuracy, speed and price

Similar accuracy; Gemini 3.8 Flash costs less per question.

GoogleGemini 3.8 Flash82.5% score · #3$0.0037 per question142 tok/sMetaMuse Wonder78.8% score · #7$0.021 per question175 tok/s

Verdict

Built from the measurements below

  • Accuracy is too close to call: Gemini 3.8 Flash scored 82.5% and Muse Wonder 78.8% on the same 80 questions, a gap within what chance alone could produce.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash is 5.8× cheaper per question as billed ($0.0037 vs $0.021), reasoning tokens included.
  • Muse Wonder generates text 1.2× faster: 175 tokens per second against 142.
  • Gemini 3.8 Flash starts answering sooner: 3.2 s to the first token, against 16.1 s for Muse Wonder.

Which should you choose?

Choose Gemini 3.8 Flash for the lower cost per correct answer ($0.0045 against $0.027) and a quicker first token. Choose Muse Wonder for faster streaming. The widest subject gap is in law: Gemini 3.8 Flash answered 6 of 6 correctly, Muse Wonder 4 of 6. With so few questions per subject, treat this as a lead to test on your own prompts, not a result.

Accuracy gap +3.7 points (z = 0.60). A winner is called only when z is at least 1.96, the usual 95% threshold. Speed, latency and price need a 10% margin.

Head to head

Same questions, same prompt, same API

MeasureGemini 3.8 FlashMuse WonderEdge
Verification scoreHigher is better82.5%78.8%Too close to call
Cost per questionLower is better$0.0037$0.021Gemini 3.8 Flash
Output speedHigher is better142175Muse Wonder
Time to first tokenLower is better3.2 s16.1 sGemini 3.8 Flash
End-to-end response timeLower is better5.6 s20.8 sGemini 3.8 Flash
Tokens per questionLower is better9251,014Similar
Context windowHigher is better1M1MSimilar

Side by side

Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values. The winner on each measure is marked in bold.

Every measure

Gemini 3.8 Flash first, Muse Wonder second

Verification scorehigher is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash82.5%
Muse Wonder78.8%
Cost per questionlower is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash$0.0037
Muse Wonder$0.021
Output speedhigher is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash142
Muse Wonder175
Time to first tokenlower is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash3.2 s
Muse Wonder16.1 s
End-to-end response timelower is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash5.6 s
Muse Wonder20.8 s
Tokens per questionlower is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash925
Muse Wonder1,014
Context windowhigher is better
Gemini 3.8 Flash1M
Muse Wonder1M

Score vs. cost per question

Both models in color, every other model in grey

Most attractive quadrant0255075100$0.00001$0.0001$0.001$0.01$0.10Cost per question (USD, log) →Verification score (%) →Qwen3.8 2.4T A95BCommand AReka Flash 3Gemma 4 26B A4BGemma 4 31BQwen3.5 397B A17BHermes 4 405BMuse WonderGrok 4.7o3gpt-oss-20bMinistral 3 3B 2512Nova Micro 1.0Phi 4Granite 4.2 8BHy3GLM 5.3 FlashSolar Pro 4Trinity Large ThinkingMiniMax M3Mistral Large 4Claude Opus 5.5Gemini 3.8 FlashGPT-6.1 SolGPT-5.4GPT-6 Lunagpt-oss-120bLlama 4 Maverick

Specifications and pricing

From OpenRouter's catalogue, plus the leaderboard's test dates

SpecificationGemini 3.8 FlashMuse Wonder
CreatorGoogleMeta
Released2 Sept 202612 Oct 2026
Weights——
ReasoningYesYes
Inputtext, image, video, file, audiotext, image, video, file, audio
Outputtexttext
Context window1M tokens1M tokens
Knowledge cutoff——
List price in / out per 1M$0.825 / $4.125$4 / $20
Blended price per 1M (3:1)$1.65$8.00
Cheapest hostGoogle AI Studio · $0.375 / $1.875Meta · $4 / $20
Hosts on OpenRouter21
Last tested25 Oct 202627 Oct 2026

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Gemini 3.8 Flash vs Muse Wonder: frequently asked questions

Is Gemini 3.8 Flash better than Muse Wonder?
On accuracy they are statistically tied: Gemini 3.8 Flash scored 82.5% and Muse Wonder 78.8% on the same 80 questions from open datasets. Similar accuracy; Gemini 3.8 Flash costs less per question.
Which is cheaper, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Wonder?
Gemini 3.8 Flash is cheaper: $0.0037 per question as billed, against $0.021. List prices: Gemini 3.8 Flash $0.825 in / $4.125 out, Muse Wonder $4 in / $20 out per million tokens.
Which is faster, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Wonder?
Muse Wonder is faster at 175 output tokens per second, against 142. Time to first token: 3.2 s for Gemini 3.8 Flash, 16.1 s for Muse Wonder.
Which has the larger context window, Gemini 3.8 Flash or Muse Wonder?
Both accept about the same amount of context: 1M and 1M tokens.