IFBench

Instruction Following Benchmark evaluating model's ability to follow complex instructions

Hermes 3 70B from Nous Research currently leads the IFBench leaderboard with a score of 0.812 across 17 evaluated AI models.

Nous ResearchHermes 3 70B leads with 81.2%, followed by Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-397B-A17B at 76.5% and Alibaba Cloud / Qwen TeamQwen3.5-27B at 76.5%.

Progress Over Time

Interactive timeline showing model performance evolution on IFBench

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IFBench Leaderboard

17 models
ContextCostLicense
1
Nous Research
Nous Research
70B
2
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
397B262K$0.60 / $3.60
2
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
27B262K$0.30 / $2.40
4
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
122B262K$0.40 / $3.20
5
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
1.0M$0.50 / $3.00
6120B
7
Inception
Inception
128K$0.25 / $0.75
8
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
35B262K$0.25 / $2.00
9230B1.0M$0.30 / $1.20
10117B131K$0.10 / $0.50
11128B256K$1.50 / $7.50
12
LG AI Research
LG AI Research
236B
13
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
9B
14
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
4B
15
Mistral AI
Mistral AI
119B256K$0.15 / $0.60
16
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
2B
17
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
Alibaba Cloud / Qwen Team
800M
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FAQ

Common questions about IFBench.

What is the IFBench benchmark?

Instruction Following Benchmark evaluating model's ability to follow complex instructions

What is the IFBench leaderboard?

The IFBench leaderboard ranks 17 AI models based on their performance on this benchmark. Currently, Hermes 3 70B by Nous Research leads with a score of 0.812. The average score across all models is 0.652.

What is the highest IFBench score?

The highest IFBench score is 0.812, achieved by Hermes 3 70B from Nous Research.

How many models are evaluated on IFBench?

17 models have been evaluated on the IFBench benchmark, with 0 verified results and 17 self-reported results.

What categories does IFBench cover?

IFBench is categorized under general and instruction following. The benchmark evaluates text models.

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