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: Total Cost ↑.

Models Shown

Average Instructions following Score

0.8

Best Model

Ling 3.1 Flash 1.0

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)
#245	Grok 4.3 medium	X AI	1.0	0.6	$0.989	2/2	18.6s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.989 Response Time (avg) 18.6s
#4	GPT-6.1 Sol max	OpenAI	1.0	1.0	$1.006	2/2	5.54s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.006 Response Time (avg) 5.54s
#110	GLM 5.2 medium	Z.ai	1.0	0.8	$1.007	2/2	7.90s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.007 Response Time (avg) 7.90s
#186	Qwen3.6 27B medium	Qwen	1.0	0.7	$1.021	2/2	38.0s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.021 Response Time (avg) 38.0s
#66	Qwen3.8 MAX low	Qwen	1.0	0.9	$1.089	2/2	4.01s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.089 Response Time (avg) 4.01s
#301	Claude Sonnet 5 none	Anthropic	0.6	0.6	$1.095	1/2	2.58s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $1.095 Response Time (avg) 2.58s
#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
#236	Claude Sonnet 5.5 medium	Anthropic	0.6	0.7	$1.100	1/2	1.88s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $1.100 Response Time (avg) 1.88s
#128	GPT-5.4 Mini medium	OpenAI	1.0	0.8	$1.102	2/2	2.13s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.102 Response Time (avg) 2.13s
#84	Qwen3.8 Max (0902) low	Qwen	1.0	0.9	$1.131	2/2	4.32s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.131 Response Time (avg) 4.32s
#194	Qwen3.6 Max Preview medium	Qwen	1.0	0.7	$1.132	2/2	24.3s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.132 Response Time (avg) 24.3s
#125	Qwen3.5-27B medium	Qwen	1.0	0.8	$1.135	2/2	19.7s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.135 Response Time (avg) 19.7s
#196	Kimi K2.7 Code medium	Moonshot AI	1.0	0.7	$1.136	2/2	5.39s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.136 Response Time (avg) 5.39s
#199	Qwen3.5-122B-A10B medium	Qwen	1.0	0.7	$1.152	2/2	9.88s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.152 Response Time (avg) 9.88s
#82	Claude Sonnet 5.5 high	Anthropic	1.0	0.9	$1.175	2/2	5.13s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.175 Response Time (avg) 5.13s

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