IFBench

    🏆 Leaderboard

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3.8 Max is #1 for IFBench at 82.8%. Ranked by IFBench, a harder instruction-following set than IFEval. 25 models in this index have a published IFBench score. IFBench leaderboard: rank models by IFBench next to live API token prices.

    Updated August 20, 2026282 models33 providers
    Qwen3.8 MaxOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    82.8%$8.00
    Inkling-SmallOSS
    Thinking Machines · Open Source · via Thinking Machines Lab
    82.2%$1.50
    Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)OSS
    NVIDIA · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    81.7%$2.70
    Hermes 3 70BOSS
    Nous Research · Open Source
    81.2%$1.75
    Qwen3.8-27BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    79.5%$3.65
    Qwen3.7-Plus
    Qwen · Proprietary
    79.1%$1.60
    Qwen3.7 Max
    Qwen · Proprietary
    79.1%$5.00
    Muse Glimmer-30BOSS
    Meta · Open Source
    77%$1.85
    Qwen3.5-397B-A17BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    76.5%$4.20
    Qwen3.5-27BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    76.5%$2.70
    Qwen3.5-122B-A10BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    76.1%$3.60
    Qwen3.6 Plus
    Qwen · Proprietary
    74.2%$3.50
    Command A+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    74%$12.50
    Nemotron 3 Super (120B A12B)OSS
    NVIDIA · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    72.6%$0.54
    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B)OSS
    NVIDIA · Open Source
    71.9%$0.25
    Mercury 2
    Inception · Proprietary
    71%$1.00
    Nova 2 Lite
    Amazon · Proprietary
    70.8%$2.80
    Qwen3.5-35B-A3BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source
    70.2%$2.25
    MiniMax M2.1OSS
    MiniMax · Open Source
    70%$1.50
    GPT OSS 120B HighOSS
    OpenAI · Open Source
    69.5%$0.60
    Mistral Medium 3.5OSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    69%$9.00
    K-EXAONE-236B-A23B
    LG AI Research · Proprietary
    67.3%$1.60
    Qwen3.5-9BOSS
    Qwen · Open Source · via OpenRouter
    64.5%$0.25
    Mistral Small 4OSS
    Mistral · Open Source · via Mistral AI
    48%$0.75
    Nova 2 Sonic
    Amazon · Proprietary
    37.5%$3.08
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI · Proprietary
    $12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude 3 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Haiku
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $4.80
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude 3.7 Sonnet
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Fable 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Haiku 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $6.00
    Claude Mythos 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Mythos Preview
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $60.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $90.00
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.7
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 4.8
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Opus 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $30.00
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $18.00
    Claude Sonnet 5
    Anthropic · Proprietary
    $12.00
    Command R+OSS
    Cohere · Open Source
    $1.25
    Composer 2
    Cursor · Proprietary
    $3.00
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    Which model leads IFBench right now?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen is #1 for IFBench at 82.8%. Ranked by IFBench, a harder instruction-following set than IFEval. This board also tracks IFBench. Next on the same board: Inkling-Small and Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B). This ifbench leaderboard ranks models by IFBench. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for ifbench. Ranked by IFBench, a harder instruction-following set than IFEval. Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelIFBenchInput /MOutput /M
    1Qwen3.8 Max82.8%$2.00$6.00
    2Inkling-Small82.2%$0.30$1.20
    3Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B)81.7%$0.50$2.20
    4Hermes 3 70B81.2%$0.35$1.40
    5Qwen3.8-27B79.5%$0.45$3.20
    6Qwen3.7-Plus79.1%$0.32$1.28
    7Qwen3.7 Max79.1%$1.25$3.75
    8Muse Glimmer-30B77%$0.35$1.50

    IFBench FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the IFBench leaderboard?

    As of August 20, 2026, Qwen3.8 Max by Qwen ranks #1 on IFBench at 82.8%. API pricing is $2.00/M input and $6.00/M output.

    What are the top models on IFBench?

    The current IFBench ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. Qwen3.8 Max at 82.8%; 2. Inkling-Small at 82.2%; 3. Nemotron 3 Ultra (550B A55B) at 81.7%.

    Which ifbench model is the cheapest?

    Nemotron 3.5 Lightning (30B A3B) is the cheapest scored model on this ifbench leaderboard at $0.05/M input and $0.20/M output ($0.25 blended). Qwen3.8 Max still leads IFBench at 82.8%.

    Should I always pick the #1 IFBench model?

    Not automatically. Qwen3.8 Max leads IFBench, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh IFBench against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the IFBench leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is IFBench?

    IFBench is a public LLM eval (IFBench, a harder instruction-following set than IFEval.). This page ranks models that have published a score, next to live API prices.

    Where is the IFBench leaderboard?

    This page is the IFBench leaderboard. Models are sorted by IFBench, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this IFBench ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published IFBench score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.