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Human ratings

Instruction following (human ratings)

A category computed only from questions with instructions that specify format or conditions in detail.

How to read this table

  • Higher rows are rated higher. A range like “1–2” means the gap is within the margin of error.
  • The rating comes from people comparing two answers and picking the better one.
  • At a gap of 50, the higher model is picked about 57% of the time; 100 means 64%, 200 means 76%.
  • Prices are a guide per million tokens, reading then writing.
  • Length is how much text the model can read at once (tokens).

± range of the top model

RankModelDeveloperratingrating scale 1400 to 1550Week
change
OverallInput $
/1M
Output $
/1M
ContextSupportsWeightsReleasedPrice and specs
1–5Claude Opus 5.5AnthropicRating 1521 ±11+41509rank 1–7$4$201MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +4 Price $4 / $20 Length 1M
1–6Gemini 4 ArgonGoogleRating 1519 ±10−91517rank 1–3$2$101.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠09 Week change −9 Price $2 / $10 Length 1.05M
1–7Claude Opus 4.6AnthropicRating 1511 ±5−11503rank 2–9$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠02 Week change −1 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
1–7Claude Fable 5AnthropicRating 1507 ±6−11503rank 2–9$10$501MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠06 Week change −1 Price $10 / $50 Length 1M
3–10Claude Opus 4.7AnthropicRating 1502 ±501501rank 2–10$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠04 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
2–16Claude Fable 5.1AnthropicRating 1500 ±9+41503rank 2–10$10$501MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +4 Price $10 / $50 Length 1M
1–21Muse WonderMetaRating 1497 ±13−51509rank 1–8$4$201.05MMeta Released 2026-⁠10 Week change −5 Price $4 / $20 Length 1.05M
5–17Claude Opus 5AnthropicRating 1495 ±501491rank 8–22$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠07 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
6–19Claude Opus 4.8AnthropicRating 1491 ±501481rank 12–36$5$251MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠05 Price $5 / $25 Length 1M
5–20GPT-5.6 SolOpenAIRating 1491 ±601485rank 10–30$4$201.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠07 Price $4 / $20 Length 1.05M
6–21Gemini 3.8 FlashGoogleRating 1490 ±6+11496rank 4–15$0.75$3.751.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +1 Price $0.75 / $3.75 Length 1.05M
6–22Kimi K3⁠MoonshotRating 1489 ±6+11487rank 8–27$3$151.05MMoonshot Released 2026-⁠07 Week change +1 Price $3 / $15 Length 1.05M
6–26Gemini 3.7 FlashGoogleRating 1487 ±7+31490rank 8–25$0.75$3.751.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠08 Week change +3 Price $0.75 / $3.75 Length 1.05M
6–34Claude Sonnet 5.5AnthropicRating 1485 ±11+21478rank 14–44$2$101MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +2 Price $2 / $10 Length 1M
5–35GPT-6.1 SolOpenAIRating 1485 ±12−31480rank 10–41$2$101.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠09 Week change −3 Price $2 / $10 Length 1.05M
6–31Muse Spark 1.3MetaRating 1485 ±8+11496rank 3–15$1.25$4.251.05MMeta Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +1 Price $1.25 / $4.25 Length 1.05M
7–31Claude Opus 4.5AnthropicRating 1483 ±701474rank 23–46$5$25200KAnthropic Released 2025-⁠11 Price $5 / $25 Length 200K
10–32Gemini 3.1 Pro (preview)GoogleRating 1480 ±401487rank 10–26$2$121.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠02 Price $2 / $12 Length 1.05M
8–39GLM-5.3⁠Z.aiRating 1478 ±7+41481rank 11–38$1.4$4.41MZ.ai Released 2026-⁠08 Week change +4 Price $1.4 / $4.4 Length 1M
12–35GPT-5.5OpenAIRating 1478 ±501482rank 12–36$5$301.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠04 Price $5 / $30 Length 1.05M
9–42DeepSeek-V4.1 Flash⁠DeepSeekRating 1477 ±901476rank 17–46——1MDeepSeek Released 2026-⁠09 Price — Length 1M
13–40Qwen3.8 MaxAlibabaRating 1475 ±7+11483rank 10–36$2$61MAlibaba Released 2026-⁠08 Week change +1 Price $2 / $6 Length 1M
14–39Claude Sonnet 4.6AnthropicRating 1475 ±501472rank 24–49$3$151MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠02 Price $3 / $15 Length 1M
13–46GPT-6 AstraOpenAIRating 1473 ±9+11476rank 17–44$10$501.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠09 Week change +1 Price $10 / $50 Length 1.05M
14–44GLM-5.3 Flash⁠Z.aiRating 1473 ±601476rank 19–43$0.15$0.51MZ.ai Released 2026-⁠08 Price $0.15 / $0.5 Length 1M
14–44Gemini 3.6 FlashGoogleRating 1473 ±601483rank 10–35$0.75$3.751.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠07 Price $0.75 / $3.75 Length 1.05M
14–44Gemini 3 ProGoogleRating 1473 ±601486rank 10–29——1.05MGoogle Released 2025-⁠11 Price — Length 1.05M
13–49Muse Spark 1.2MetaRating 1472 ±1001491rank 6–25$1.25$4.251.05MMeta Released 2026-⁠08 Price $1.25 / $4.25 Length 1.05M
14–44Muse Spark 1.1MetaRating 1472 ±6−11490rank 8–23$1.25$4.251MMeta Released 2026-⁠07 Week change −1 Price $1.25 / $4.25 Length 1M
8–58MiMo-V2.6 Pro⁠XiaomiRating 1471 ±16−11480rank 10–44$0.435$0.871.05MXiaomi Released 2026-⁠09 Week change −1 Price $0.435 / $0.87 Length 1.05M
16–44GPT-5.4OpenAIRating 1471 ±501475rank 19–42$2.5$151.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠03 Price $2.5 / $15 Length 1.05M
17–46GLM-5.2⁠Z.aiRating 1469 ±601475rank 19–43$1.4$4.41MZ.ai Released 2026-⁠06 Price $1.4 / $4.4 Length 1M
20–49MiMo-V2.5 Pro⁠XiaomiRating 1467 ±5−11466rank 34–53$0.435$0.871.05MXiaomi Released 2026-⁠04 Week change −1 Price $0.435 / $0.87 Length 1.05M
17–50Qwen3.5 Max (preview)AlibabaRating 1467 ±701465rank 36–60————Alibaba Released — Price — Length —
20–50Claude Sonnet 5AnthropicRating 1466 ±601461rank 41–64$2$101MAnthropic Released 2026-⁠06 Price $2 / $10 Length 1M
20–50Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogleRating 1466 ±601477rank 18–41$1.5$91.05MGoogle Released 2026-⁠05 Price $1.5 / $9 Length 1.05M
13–69Qwen3.7 Max (preview)AlibabaRating 1465 ±16+11474rank 15–53————Alibaba Released — Week change +1 Price — Length —
18–58Muse SparkMetaRating 1465 ±901489rank 8–27———Meta Released 2026-⁠04 Price — Length —
23–50Claude Sonnet 4.5AnthropicRating 1464 ±401456rank 49–69$3$15200KAnthropic Released 2025-⁠09 Price $3 / $15 Length 200K
22–54GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAIRating 1464 ±601467rank 28–53$2$121.05MOpenAI Released 2026-⁠07 Price $2 / $12 Length 1.05M
How to read this page
  • These ratings exclude the effect of response length and formatting. Differences where the ± ranges overlap are within the margin of error, so about the same.
  • In the Supports column the icons are, from left: can use tools / can read images / can answer in a fixed format (JSON); faded means not supported or unknown.
  • Open-weights models have their contents (the weights) published, so you can also run them on your own computer or server. Models without the open-weights mark are normally used through the developer's own services (apps or API); for some models the weights status is unknown.
  • Names such as ChatGPT next to a model are the consumer services its developer offers. Check on the service itself whether that model is available there.

Data: Arena, Epoch AI, Swallow LLM team (CC BY 4.0), Models.dev (MIT), updated 2026-⁠10-⁠24, data sources