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Instruction following benchmarks
Adherence to formatting constraints and complex instructions, from LiveBench.
DataLiveBenchrelease 2026-06-25fetched
LiveBench Instruction Following · CC BY-SA 4.0
View original source| # | Model | Score | Cost/solved task |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 3.8 Flash HighGoogle | 81.4% | $0.31 |
| 2 | Gemini 3.7 Flash HighGoogle | 79.9% | $0.16 |
| 3 | Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview HighGoogle | 79.1% | $0.29 |
| 4 | Muse Spark 1.3 xHigh EffortMeta | 78.0% | $0.22 |
| 5 | Qwen 3.8 Flash NextAlibaba · open weights | 77.1% | $0.042 |
| 6 | Claude Fable 5 Max EffortAnthropic | 75.8% | $1.44 |
| 7 | GPT-6 Astra Max EffortOpenAI | 75.6% | $0.74 |
| 8 | Gemini 3.5 Flash HighGoogle | 75.6% | $0.25 |
| 9 | Gemini 3.6 Flash HighGoogle | 75.4% | $0.23 |
| 10 | Grok 4.7 xHighxAI | 75.3% | $0.72 |
| 11 | Muse Spark 1.2 xHigh EffortMeta | 74.3% | $0.38 |
| 12 | GPT-6.1 Sol Max EffortOpenAI | 74.2% | $0.14 |
| 13 | Qwen 3.8 MaxAlibaba · open weights | 74.1% | $0.28 |
| 14 | Qwen 3.7 MaxAlibaba | 74.0% | $0.18 |
| 15 | Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55BNVIDIA · open weights | 73.4% | $0.37 |
| 16 | Claude Fable 5.1 Max EffortAnthropic | 73.0% | $1.21 |
| 17 | Qwen3.8 27BAlibaba · open weights | 72.7% | $0.094 |
| 18 | Claude 4.8 Opus Thinking Max EffortAnthropic | 72.0% | $0.98 |
| 19 | Grok 4.6 xHighxAI | 71.9% | $0.21 |
| 20 | GPT-5.6 Sol Max EffortOpenAI | 71.8% | $0.52 |
| 21 | Grok 4.5xAI | 71.5% | $0.13 |
| 22 | Kimi K3Moonshot AI · open weights | 71.4% | $0.35 |
| 23 | DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision ExpDeepSeek · open weights | 71.0% | $0.051 |
| 24 | GPT-5.5 Thinking xHigh EffortOpenAI | 70.7% | $0.43 |
| 25 | Claude Sonnet 5.5 xHigh EffortAnthropic | 70.5% | $0.14 |
| 26 | GPT-5.4 Thinking xHigh EffortOpenAI | 70.2% | $0.39 |
| 27 | Inkling xHigh EffortThinking Machines · open weights | 70.1% | $0.31 |
| 28 | DeepSeek V4.1 Flash Max EffortDeepSeek · open weights | 70.0% | $0.029 |
| 29 | Muse Spark 1.1 xHigh EffortMeta | 69.6% | $0.20 |
| 30 | GLM-5.3Z.AI · open weights | 69.3% | $0.45 |
| 31 | GPT-6 Sol Max EffortOpenAI | 68.6% | $0.27 |
| 32 | DeepSeek V4 Pro 0813DeepSeek · open weights | 67.7% | $0.044 |
| 33 | GPT-5.4 Nano xHighOpenAI | 67.2% | $0.091 |
| 34 | Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite HighGoogle | 67.2% | $0.069 |
| 35 | Claude 4.7 Opus Thinking xHigh EffortAnthropic | 66.7% | $0.53 |
| 36 | GPT-5.2 CodexOpenAI | 66.4% | $0.19 |
| 37 | Claude 5.5 Opus Thinking Max EffortAnthropic | 65.7% | $0.80 |
| 38 | DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731DeepSeek · open weights | 65.5% | $0.060 |
| 39 | Grok Build 0.1xAI | 65.2% | $0.024 |
| 40 | GPT-5.6 Terra Max EffortOpenAI | 64.6% | $0.35 |
| 41 | Kimi K2.6 ThinkingMoonshot AI · open weights | 64.4% | $0.17 |
| 42 | Claude Sonnet 5 xHigh EffortAnthropic | 63.9% | $0.51 |
| 43 | Claude 5 Opus Thinking Max EffortAnthropic | 63.8% | $0.70 |
| 44 | Claude 4.6 Opus Thinking High EffortAnthropic | 63.3% | $0.40 |
| 45 | Claude 4.6 Sonnet Thinking Medium EffortAnthropic | 63.2% | $0.31 |
| 46 | Grok 4.3xAI | 62.8% | $0.061 |
| 47 | Claude 4.5 Opus Thinking High EffortAnthropic | 62.5% | $0.61 |
| 48 | GLM-5.2Z.AI · open weights | 62.3% | $0.23 |
| 49 | GPT-5.2 HighOpenAI | 61.8% | $0.23 |
| 50 | Ox Alpha MaxStealth | 60.3% | – |
| 51 | GPT-5.6 Luna Max EffortOpenAI | 60.1% | $0.17 |
| 52 | GPT-5.4 Mini xHighOpenAI | 59.8% | $0.33 |
| 53 | Qwen 3.6 PlusAlibaba | 58.3% | $0.23 |
| 54 | Minimax M3MiniMax | 57.5% | $0.060 |
| 55 | Kimi K2.7 CodeMoonshot AI · open weights | 56.3% | $0.10 |
| 56 | GPT-6 Luna Max EffortOpenAI | 55.9% | $0.026 |
| 57 | Qwen 3.6 27BAlibaba · open weights | 53.2% | $0.20 |
| 58 | GLM-5.3 FlashZ.AI · open weights | 52.8% | $0.031 |
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