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

8.5

Best Model

Failure Reasons

With failure reason Wrong answer65 With failure reason Did not follow instructions23 With failure reason Extra formatting3 With failure reason No answer2 With failure reason API error1 With failure reason Timed out1

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Rank	Model	Company	Instructions following Score	Score	Total Cost	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)
#154	Owl Alpha none	Openrouter	6.4	5.6	$0.000	1/2	2.63s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 2.63s
#179	North Mini Code none	Cohere	6.5	5.1	$0.000	1/2	30.7s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 30.7s
#184	Qwen3.6 Plus Preview medium	Qwen	6.5	4.9	$0.000	1/2	3.40s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 3.40s
#193	Hunter Alpha medium	OpenRouter	9.9	4.7	$0.000	2/2	4.18s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 4.18s
#197	Cobuddy medium	Baidu	9.8	4.7	$0.000	2/2	11.6s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 11.6s
#203	Elephant Alpha none	Openrouter	9.8	4.3	$0.000	2/2	1.03s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 1.03s
#205	Elephant Alpha medium	Openrouter	9.8	4.3	$0.000	2/2	987ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 987ms
#206	Hunter Alpha none	OpenRouter	6.4	4.2	$0.000	1/2	2.82s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 2.82s
#217	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30b A3b Reasoning medium	NVIDIA	7.3	3.4	$0.000	1/2	1.37s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 1.37s
#218	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30b A3b Reasoning none	NVIDIA	4.8	3.2	$0.000	0/2	541ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 2 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 541ms

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