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)
#107	Gemini 4 Argon low	Google	1.0	0.8	$0.438	2/2	2.40s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.438 Response Time (avg) 2.40s
#108	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 max	DeepSeek	1.0	0.8	$0.757	2/2	1.73s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.757 Response Time (avg) 1.73s
#111	GPT-5.6 Terra medium	OpenAI	1.0	0.8	$0.483	2/2	1.43s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.483 Response Time (avg) 1.43s
#112	Seed-2.0-Lite medium	Bytedance Seed	1.0	0.8	$0.271	2/2	7.26s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.271 Response Time (avg) 7.26s
#113	Kimi K3.1 Pro high	Moonshot AI	1.0	0.8	$1.646	2/2	5.71s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $1.646 Response Time (avg) 5.71s
#116	Claude Opus 4.7 medium	Anthropic	1.0	0.8	$3.636	2/2	1.57s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.636 Response Time (avg) 1.57s
#117	DeepSeek V4 Flash 0423 high	DeepSeek	1.0	0.8	$0.261	2/2	15.4s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.261 Response Time (avg) 15.4s
#118	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash low	DeepSeek	1.0	0.8	$0.494	2/2	8.38s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.494 Response Time (avg) 8.38s
#122	Gemini 3.8 Flash medium	Google	1.0	0.8	$0.769	2/2	4.81s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.769 Response Time (avg) 4.81s
#124	GPT-5.6 Terra low	OpenAI	1.0	0.8	$0.435	2/2	1.48s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.435 Response Time (avg) 1.48s
#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
#127	Claude Fable 5.1 high	Anthropic	1.0	0.8	$3.471	2/2	5.60s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $3.471 Response Time (avg) 5.60s
#129	Qwen3.7 Max none	Qwen	1.0	0.8	$0.451	2/2	943ms
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.451 Response Time (avg) 943ms
#134	Ling 3.1 Flash high	Inclusionai	1.0	0.8	$0.000	2/2	4.31s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.000 Response Time (avg) 4.31s
#135	DeepSeek V4.1 Flash 1017 high	DeepSeek	1.0	0.8	$0.589	2/2	1.12s
Total Tests 2 Wrong Tests 0 Total Cost $0.589 Response Time (avg) 1.12s

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