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

Gemini 3.6 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

461/461

Rank	Model	Company	Instructions following Score	Score	Total Cost	Tests Correct	Response Time (avg)
#407	Qwen3.6 Plus Preview medium	Qwen	0.7	0.4	$0.000	1/2	3.40s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 3.40s
#408	Qwen3.5-9B medium	Qwen	0.7	0.4	$0.106	1/2	5.75s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.106 Response Time (avg) 5.75s
#411	Grok 4.1 Fast medium	X AI	0.7	0.4	$0.069	1/2	4.63s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.069 Response Time (avg) 4.63s
#415	Nemotron 3.5 Lightning none	NVIDIA	0.7	0.4	$0.009	1/2	511ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.009 Response Time (avg) 511ms
#417	Ling 3.0 Tiny high	Inclusionai	0.7	0.4	$0.000	1/2	3.10s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 3.10s
#418	Ling 3.0 Tiny low	Inclusionai	0.7	0.4	$0.000	1/2	3.09s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 3.09s
#419	Ling 3.0 Tiny medium	Inclusionai	0.7	0.4	$0.000	1/2	3.00s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 3.00s
#420	Grok 4.20 Beta default	X AI	0.6	0.4	$0.087	1/2	649ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.087 Response Time (avg) 649ms
#421	Laguna M.1 default	Poolside	0.6	0.4	$0.009	1/2	683ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.009 Response Time (avg) 683ms
#424	Hunter Alpha default	OpenRouter	0.6	0.3	$0.000	1/2	2.82s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 2.82s
#425	Grok 4.20 none	X AI	0.6	0.3	$0.057	1/2	445ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.057 Response Time (avg) 445ms
#428	Hy3 preview none	Tencent	0.6	0.3	$0.007	1/2	13.0s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.007 Response Time (avg) 13.0s
#429	MiMo-V2-Flash default	Xiaomi	0.7	0.3	$0.025	1/2	857ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.025 Response Time (avg) 857ms
#434	Laguna Xs.2 default	Poolside	0.7	0.3	$0.004	1/2	439ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.004 Response Time (avg) 439ms
#438	Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30b A3b Reasoning medium	NVIDIA	0.7	0.3	$0.000	1/2	1.37s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 1 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 1.37s

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