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: Tests Correct ↑.

Models Shown

Average Instructions following Score

0.8

Best Model

Minimax M3.1 Flash 0.5

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

461/461

Rank	Model	Company	Instructions following Score	Score	Total Cost	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)
#42	Qwen3.8 Max (0902) high	Qwen	1.0	0.9	$3.306	2/2	7.55s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.306 Response Time (avg) 7.55s
#43	GPT-5.3-Codex medium	OpenAI	1.0	0.9	$1.318	2/2	3.04s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.318 Response Time (avg) 3.04s
#44	Claude Haiku 5.5 xhigh	Anthropic	1.0	0.9	$0.140	2/2	3.34s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.140 Response Time (avg) 3.34s
#47	Pareto default	Unbiased	1.0	0.9	$1.520	2/2	4.95s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.520 Response Time (avg) 4.95s
#48	Seed 2.1 Turbo high	Bytedance Seed	1.0	0.9	$1.892	2/2	7.66s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.892 Response Time (avg) 7.66s
#50	Muse Spark Open xhigh	Meta	1.0	0.9	$2.081	2/2	23.5s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.081 Response Time (avg) 23.5s
#51	Gemini 3.5 Flash low	Google	1.0	0.9	$0.752	2/2	1.86s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.752 Response Time (avg) 1.86s
#52	Qwen3.8 Max (0902) medium	Qwen	1.0	0.9	$1.096	2/2	4.24s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.096 Response Time (avg) 4.24s
#53	Muse Spark 1.3 medium	Meta	1.0	0.9	$1.712	2/2	10.5s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.712 Response Time (avg) 10.5s
#54	Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite high	Google	1.0	0.9	$0.624	2/2	2.16s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.624 Response Time (avg) 2.16s
#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
#56	Claude Opus 5 low	Anthropic	1.0	0.9	$2.350	2/2	4.13s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.350 Response Time (avg) 4.13s
#57	Gemini 3.6 Flash low	Google	1.0	0.9	$0.363	2/2	2.82s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.363 Response Time (avg) 2.82s
#58	GLM 5.3 Flash max	Z.ai	1.0	0.9	$0.089	2/2	3.65s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.089 Response Time (avg) 3.65s
#60	Muse Spark 1.2 high	Meta	1.0	0.9	$2.018	2/2	5.43s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.018 Response Time (avg) 5.43s

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