Instructions following Model Ranking

See which AI models perform best on Instructions following, which ones stay reliable, and where the biggest gaps appear.

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)
#77	GPT-6 Sol low	OpenAI	1.0	0.9	$0.477	2/2	2.37s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.477 Response Time (avg) 2.37s
#78	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash max	DeepSeek	1.0	0.9	$1.204	2/2	7.64s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.204 Response Time (avg) 7.64s
#79	GPT-6.1 Terra none	OpenAI	1.0	0.9	$0.184	2/2	1.43s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.184 Response Time (avg) 1.43s
#81	Claude Sonnet 5.5 xhigh	Anthropic	1.0	0.9	$1.516	2/2	4.58s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.516 Response Time (avg) 4.58s
#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
#88	Qwen3.7 Max medium	Qwen	1.0	0.9	$1.689	2/2	7.46s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.689 Response Time (avg) 7.46s
#89	Claude Haiku 5.5 max	Anthropic	1.0	0.8	$0.509	2/2	6.22s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.509 Response Time (avg) 6.22s
#92	GPT-5 Mini medium	OpenAI	1.0	0.8	$0.315	2/2	11.6s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.315 Response Time (avg) 11.6s
#94	Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview medium	Google	1.0	0.8	$1.585	2/2	9.56s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.585 Response Time (avg) 9.56s
#98	GLM 5.2 high	Z.ai	1.0	0.8	$4.632	2/2	4.26s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $4.632 Response Time (avg) 4.26s
#99	GPT-5.6 Terra high	OpenAI	1.0	0.8	$0.698	2/2	2.14s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.698 Response Time (avg) 2.14s
#101	Gemini 3.5 Flash high	Google	1.0	0.8	$2.737	2/2	3.35s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $2.737 Response Time (avg) 3.35s
#102	Kimi K3 max	Moonshot AI	1.0	0.8	$3.409	2/2	7.66s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.409 Response Time (avg) 7.66s
#104	Claude Opus 4.8 medium	Anthropic	1.0	0.8	$3.490	2/2	3.32s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.490 Response Time (avg) 3.32s
#106	Qwen3.7 Plus medium	Qwen	1.0	0.8	$0.415	2/2	16.1s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.415 Response Time (avg) 16.1s

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