Instruction Following Benchmark

IFBench

IFBench - instruction following benchmark. General score from Qwen3.8 model card.

Category

Instruction Following

Score type

percent

Scale

relative

higher is better

Models tested

32

What is IFBench?

IFBench measures how precisely a model follows verifiable instructions: constraints like 'exactly three paragraphs, no commas, answer only in the form of a JSON object'. Each constraint is machine-checkable, which removes all subjectivity from grading.

What does it test?

IFBench measures how precisely a model obeys the instructions it was given. In detail, it checks:

  • exact compliance with machine-checkable constraints
  • multiple constraints at the same time
  • instruction honesty when the constraints conflict
  • precision that general chat quality scores easily miss

How to read the score

The score is accuracy: the percentage of tasks answered or solved correctly. 100% means every task was solved perfectly; higher is better.

Frequently asked questions

What is the IFBench benchmark?

IFBench measures how precisely a model follows verifiable instructions: constraints like 'exactly three paragraphs, no commas, answer only in the form of a JSON object'. Each constraint is machine-checkable, which removes all subjectivity from grading.

What does IFBench test?

IFBench mainly measures how precisely a model obeys the instructions it was given. Concretely, it checks: exact compliance with machine-checkable constraints; multiple constraints at the same time; instruction honesty when the constraints conflict.

How is the IFBench score calculated?

The score is accuracy: the percentage of tasks answered or solved correctly. 100% means every task was solved perfectly; higher is better.

Where do I get IFBench data and scores?

The official benchmark page/reference is linked on this page. Every score on Open LLM Radar is also available as open data: download the scores JSON (http://open-llm-radar-api:8000/api/v1/benchmarks/ifbench/scores) or pull it directly from the Open LLM Radar API with any HTTP client.

Model scores 32 models tested

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# Model Score Date Source Verified
26 LFM2.5-2.6B
LiquidAI
59%
— Report Verified
27 Nemotron-3-Nano-4B
NVIDIA
58.3%
— Report Verified
28 Qwen3-235B-A22B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
51.7%
01.02.2026 Report Unverified
29 LFM2.5-8B-A1B
LiquidAI
51%
— Report Verified
30 Gemma4-E4B
Google
44%
— Report Verified
31 Qwen3.5-2B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
41.3%
— Report Verified
32 Gemma4-E2B
Google
22.7%
— Report Verified
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