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)
#195	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite Preview medium	Google	1.0	0.7	$0.158	2/2	1.91s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.158 Response Time (avg) 1.91s
#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
#200	Grok 4.6 low	X AI	1.0	0.7	$0.781	2/2	6.64s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.781 Response Time (avg) 6.64s
#201	Gemini 3 Flash Preview low	Google	1.0	0.7	$0.254	2/2	7.02s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.254 Response Time (avg) 7.02s
#204	Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite medium	Google	1.0	0.7	$0.153	2/2	2.59s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.153 Response Time (avg) 2.59s
#206	Gemma 4 31B medium	Google	1.0	0.7	$0.144	2/2	12.8s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.144 Response Time (avg) 12.8s
#209	Claude Opus 4.8 none	Anthropic	1.0	0.7	$2.334	2/2	1.37s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.334 Response Time (avg) 1.37s
#210	Kimi K2.6 medium	Moonshot AI	1.0	0.7	$1.594	2/2	12.5s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.594 Response Time (avg) 12.5s
#211	Qwen3.5-Flash medium	Qwen	1.0	0.7	$0.184	2/2	63.5s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.184 Response Time (avg) 63.5s
#212	Inkling low	Thinkingmachines	1.0	0.7	$0.293	2/2	1.81s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.293 Response Time (avg) 1.81s
#213	Mercury 2.5 Preview medium	Inception	1.0	0.7	$0.039	2/2	1.35s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.039 Response Time (avg) 1.35s
#214	GPT-6 Sol none	OpenAI	1.0	0.7	$0.551	2/2	1.23s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.551 Response Time (avg) 1.23s
#217	Grok 4.7 xhigh	X AI	1.0	0.7	$3.398	2/2	17.3s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.398 Response Time (avg) 17.3s
#218	Grok Build 0.1 medium	X AI	1.0	0.7	$1.419	2/2	12.4s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.419 Response Time (avg) 12.4s

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