Instructions following Model Ranking

See which AI models perform best on Instructions following, which ones stay reliable, and where the biggest gaps appear. Sort by: Response Time (avg) ↑.

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Average Instructions following Score

0.8

Best Model

Gemini 3 Flash Preview 0.0

Failure Reasons

With failure reason Wrong answer118 With failure reason Did not follow instructions82 With failure reason API error25 With failure reason Extra formatting8 With failure reason Timed out5 With failure reason No answer2

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Rank	Model	Company	Instructions following Score	Score	Total Cost	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)
#173	Gemini 2.5 Flash medium	Google	1.0	0.7	$0.680	2/2	2.62s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.680 Response Time (avg) 2.62s
#390	Owl Alpha default	Openrouter	0.6	0.5	$0.000	1/2	2.63s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 2.63s
#151	Muse Wonder xhigh	Meta	0.7	0.8	$4.012	1/2	2.64s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $4.012 Response Time (avg) 2.64s
#14	GPT-6 Astra low	OpenAI	1.0	1.0	$2.160	2/2	2.65s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.160 Response Time (avg) 2.65s
#244	KAT-Coder-Pro V2.5 high	Kwaipilot	1.0	0.6	$0.506	2/2	2.67s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.506 Response Time (avg) 2.67s
#342	Kimi K2.5 none	Moonshot AI	0.7	0.5	$0.262	1/2	2.67s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.262 Response Time (avg) 2.67s
#130	Gemini 3.5 Flash medium	Google	1.0	0.8	$1.316	2/2	2.70s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.316 Response Time (avg) 2.70s
#55	Gemini 4 Argon medium	Google	1.0	0.9	$0.674	2/2	2.71s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.674 Response Time (avg) 2.71s
#24	GPT-5.6 Sol high	OpenAI	1.0	0.9	$1.595	2/2	2.73s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.595 Response Time (avg) 2.73s
#257	MiMo-V2.5-Pro medium	Xiaomi	1.0	0.6	$0.332	2/2	2.77s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.332 Response Time (avg) 2.77s
#17	GPT-6.1 Terra medium	OpenAI	0.8	1.0	$0.291	1/2	2.77s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.291 Response Time (avg) 2.77s
#181	Claude Opus 4.8 low	Anthropic	1.0	0.7	$3.787	2/2	2.78s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.787 Response Time (avg) 2.78s
#180	Gemini 3.8 Flash low	Google	1.0	0.7	$0.323	2/2	2.79s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.323 Response Time (avg) 2.79s
#141	Grok 4.5 low	X AI	1.0	0.8	$1.345	2/2	2.80s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.345 Response Time (avg) 2.80s
#187	Claude Opus 5 none	Anthropic	1.0	0.7	$2.766	2/2	2.81s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.766 Response Time (avg) 2.81s

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