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Best AI for Instruction Following

Use this instruction-following model leaderboard to compare the current ranking from the LLMBoard Instruction Score after applying benchmark evidence requirements.

Updated 2026-10-22

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Instruction Model Leaderboard Ranking

This leaderboard ranking orders models by their LLMBoard Instruction Score aggregated from eligible benchmark evidence.

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LLMBoard Instruction Score
Context
Official input / 1M
Official output / 1M
Output speed
Rank01ModelGOGemini 3.8 FlashGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score98.96Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.75Official output / 1M$3.75Output speed55.66 tok/s
Rank02ModelGOGemini 3.7 FlashGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score96.08Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.75Official output / 1M$3.75Output speed409.96 tok/s
Rank03ModelMEMuse Spark 1.3MetaLLMBoard Instruction Score93.70Context1MOfficial input / 1M$1.25Official output / 1M$4.25Output speedN/A
Rank04ModelGOGemini 3.1 ProGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score93.55Context1MOfficial input / 1M$2Official output / 1M$12Output speed90.00 tok/s
Rank05ModelXIMiMo V2.5 ProXiaomiLLMBoard Instruction Score91.51Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.435Official output / 1M$0.87Output speedN/A
Rank06ModelOPGPT-5.3-CodexOpenAILLMBoard Instruction Score91.46Context400KOfficial input / 1M$1.75Official output / 1M$14Output speed50.00 tok/s
Rank07ModelACQwen3.8 Flash NextAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score89.37ContextN/AOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank08ModelACQwen3.7 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score88.29Context1MOfficial input / 1M$2.5Official output / 1M$7.5Output speedN/A
Rank09ModelACQwen3.8 MaxAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score88.16Context1MOfficial input / 1M$2Official output / 1M$6Output speedN/A
Rank10ModelOPGPT-6-AstraOpenAILLMBoard Instruction Score87.39Context1.1MOfficial input / 1M$10Official output / 1M$50Output speedN/A
Rank11ModelGOGemini 3 FlashGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score86.85Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.50Official output / 1M$3Output speedN/A
Rank12ModelACQwen3.7 PlusAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score85.64Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.40Official output / 1M$1.6Output speedN/A
Rank13ModelGOGemini 3.6 FlashGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score85.16Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.75Official output / 1M$3.75Output speedN/A
Rank14ModelMIMiniMax M2.7MiniMaxLLMBoard Instruction Score84.60Context204.8KOfficial input / 1M$0.30Official output / 1M$1.2Output speedN/A
Rank15ModelMEMuse SparkMetaLLMBoard Instruction Score84.46ContextN/AOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank16ModelACQwen3 235B A22B ThinkingAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score84.24Context262.1KOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank17ModelOPGPT-5.1OpenAILLMBoard Instruction Score84.21Context400KOfficial input / 1M$1.25Official output / 1M$10Output speed100.00 tok/s
Rank18ModelTMInkling SmallThinking Machines LabLLMBoard Instruction Score83.66Context524.3KOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank19ModelNVNemotron 3 UltraNVIDIALLMBoard Instruction Score83.02Context262.1KOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank20ModelGOGemini 3.5 FlashGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score82.73Context1MOfficial input / 1M$1.5Official output / 1M$9Output speedN/A
Rank21ModelACQwen3.5 397B A17BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score82.30Context262.1KOfficial input / 1M$0.60Official output / 1M$3.6Output speedN/A
Rank22ModelMEMuse Glimmer 30BMetaLLMBoard Instruction Score81.38Context131.1KOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank23ModelOPGPT-5.6-SolOpenAILLMBoard Instruction Score81.02Context1.1MOfficial input / 1M$4Official output / 1M$20Output speed25.46 tok/s
Rank24ModelACQwen3.5 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score80.77Context262.1KOfficial input / 1M$0.30Official output / 1M$2.4Output speedN/A
Rank25ModelGOGemini 3.1 Flash LiteGoogleLLMBoard Instruction Score80.64Context1MOfficial input / 1M$0.25Official output / 1M$1.5Output speedN/A
Rank26ModelOPGPT-5.5OpenAILLMBoard Instruction Score80.59Context1.1MOfficial input / 1M$5Official output / 1M$30Output speedN/A
Rank27ModelMEMuse Spark 1.2MetaLLMBoard Instruction Score80.17Context1MOfficial input / 1M$1.25Official output / 1M$4.25Output speedN/A
Rank28ModelACQwen3.8 27BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score80.15Context262.1KOfficial input / 1MN/AOfficial output / 1MN/AOutput speedN/A
Rank29ModelMAKimi K3Moonshot AILLMBoard Instruction Score79.76Context1MOfficial input / 1M$3Official output / 1M$15Output speedN/A
Rank30ModelACQwen3.5 122B A10BAlibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamLLMBoard Instruction Score79.66Context262.1KOfficial input / 1M$0.40Official output / 1M$3.2Output speedN/A

Official PAYG prices appear here. Third-party offers remain on the pricing and model detail pages.

What this leaderboard says

Key findings from the current instruction leaderboard ranking and its supporting benchmark coverage.

Ranked models181
Vendors25
Open-weight models101
Official prices99

Gemini 3.8 Flash leads this page at 98.96, 2.88 points ahead of Gemini 3.7 Flash.

MiMo V2.5 Pro is the highest-ranked open-weight option at #5. Nova Micro has the lowest official input price among ranked models.

Instruction Leaderboard Leaders

The leading instruction scores in this benchmark-backed ranking, with the axis focused on the competitive leaderboard range.

Top instruction models

Instruction Benchmark Profile

Compare instruction benchmark strength with each model's broader capability score and leaderboard position.

ModelReasoningKnowledgeMathCodingInstruction
Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle90.0195.74N/A86.4698.96
Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle85.7096.49N/A67.7296.08
Muse Spark 1.3Meta92.0391.75N/A92.3893.70
Gemini 3.1 ProGoogle81.5192.74N/A53.2093.55
MiMo V2.5 ProXiaomi81.0661.7992.8552.2891.51
56.8168.3079.8091.30102.7928.1245.7163.3180.9198.50LLMBoard Instruction ScoreLLMBoard Overall Score
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Capability at each price point

Official vendor API prices plotted against the instruction metric used on this page. Price remains a separate decision signal.

020406080100$0.05$0.1$0.2$0.5$1.0$2.0$5.0$10LLMBoard Instruction ScoreOfficial API price blend (8:1 input/output), USD / 1M
Efficient frontier99 models with official PAYG prices

Instruction Leaderboard Composition

Vendor concentration and model access among the first 25 products in the ranking.

Top-model vendor mix

25 models
Google7
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team7
OpenAI4
Meta3
Xiaomi1
MiniMax1
Thinking Machines Lab1
NVIDIA1

Access model

Open weights
9
Closed weights
16
Official price available
19

The Top AI Models for Instruction Following

A data-backed look at the first five models in this instruction following leaderboard ranking, including benchmark context, price and output speed where available.

About this leaderboard

Common questions about the Best AI for Instruction Following leaderboard, benchmark evidence and ranking method.

What is the best model on Best AI for Instruction Following?

Gemini 3.8 Flash is currently ranked first with a instruction score of 98.96.

Which three AI models lead this capability ranking?

The current leaders are Gemini 3.8 Flash (98.96 LLMBoard Instruction Score), Gemini 3.7 Flash (96.08 LLMBoard Instruction Score), and Muse Spark 1.3 (93.70 LLMBoard Instruction Score).

Which ranked model has the lowest official input price?

Nova Micro has the lowest current official input price among ranked models at $0.04 per 1M tokens.

Which ranked models have the highest measured output speed?

The fastest matched records are Mercury 2 (1,009.00 tok/s via Inception), Llama 4 Scout (776.10 tok/s via Groq), and Llama 4 Maverick (638.70 tok/s via Sambanova).

Which open-weight model ranks highest?

MiMo V2.5 Pro is the highest-ranked open-weight model at rank #5.

AA Omniscience Accuracy65.35%Claude Fable 5169 compared models
AA CritPt32.29%GPT-5.6-Sol169 compared models
AA HLE Text No Tools55.47%Claude Fable 5169 compared models
AA GPQA Diamond96.26%GPT-6-Astra169 compared models
AA LCR v1.188.67%Kimi K3164 compared models
AA IFBench83.33%Grok 4.3143 compared models
AA AIME 202598.67%GPT-5-Codex72 compared models
AA SciCode Subtasks61.00%Claude Fable 575 compared models
Which model offers the longest context in this ranking?

Llama 4 Scout has the largest listed context window at 10M tokens.

How is this leaderboard ranked?

Each model appears once using its current scored version. The leaderboard ranking follows the capability named in the title, while the overall page uses the LLMBoard score aggregated from eligible benchmark evidence.

How many models are included?

This page currently ranks 181 unique model products.

Where does pricing come from?

Main price columns use the model vendor's official standard PAYG API rate. Eligible third-party offers appear only in separately labeled columns, and unavailable official prices display as N/A.

Does Arena affect the score?

No. Arena results are displayed as an independent signal and are not included in the current LLMBoard capability score.

Top instruction modelGemini 3.8 Flash98.96 instruction score
Best open-weight modelMiMo V2.5 ProRank #5
Lowest official inputNova Micro$0.04 / 1M
Largest contextLlama 4 Scout10M tokens

Ranking basisThis instruction following AI model leaderboard uses the instruction capability score shown on this page. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.

  1. 01
    GO
    Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogle
    LLMBoard Instruction Score
    98.96
    Price
    $0.75 input / $3.8 output per 1M tokens
    Speed
    55.66 tok/s via Google

    Strengths

    • Ranks #1 with a 98.96 LLMBoard Instruction Score
    • 1M maximum context tokens

    Considerations

    • Weights are not marked as open
  2. 02
    GO
    Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogle
    LLMBoard Instruction Score
    96.08
    Price
    $0.75 input / $3.8 output per 1M tokens
    Speed
    409.96 tok/s via Google

    Strengths

    • Ranks #2 with a 96.08 LLMBoard Instruction Score
    • 1M maximum context tokens

    Considerations

    • Weights are not marked as open
  3. 03
    ME
    Meta
    LLMBoard Instruction Score
    93.70
    Price
    $1.3 input / $4.3 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #3 with a 93.70 LLMBoard Instruction Score
    • 1M maximum context tokens

    Considerations

    • Weights are not marked as open
  4. 04
    GO
    Google
    LLMBoard Instruction Score
    93.55
    Price
    $2 input / $12 output per 1M tokens
    Speed
    90.00 tok/s via Google

    Strengths

    • Ranks #4 with a 93.55 LLMBoard Instruction Score
    • 1M maximum context tokens

    Considerations

    • Weights are not marked as open
  5. 05
    XI
    Xiaomi
    LLMBoard Instruction Score
    91.51
    Price
    $0.44 input / $0.87 output per 1M tokens

    Strengths

    • Ranks #5 with a 91.51 LLMBoard Instruction Score
    • Open-weight model version
    • Lowest official input price among the top models

Selection summary

Best AI Models for Instruction Following

Gemini 3.8 Flash is currently the best-ranked LLM for instruction following with a 98.96 instruction score. The score is a relative ranking signal, so price, speed, context and evidence coverage should still be checked separately.

Use this leaderboard with the supporting benchmark results and coverage details above. A leaderboard position summarizes the selected ranking signal; it does not replace workload-specific testing.

Muse Spark 1.3
Gemini 3.1 Pro
MiMo V2.5 Pro
Capability rank #1Gemini 3.8 Flash55.66 tok/s via Google
Capability rank #2Gemini 3.7 Flash409.96 tok/s via Google
Capability rank #3Muse Spark 1.3$1.3 input / $4.3 output per 1M tokens