Instruction Following Benchmark

Multi-Challenge

Multi-Challenge - multi-turn instruction following benchmark by ScaleAI.

Category

Instruction Following

Score type

percent

Scale

100%

higher is better

Models tested

14

What is Multi-Challenge?

Multi-Challenge (by Scale AI) tests instruction following across many conversation turns: instructions from earlier turns must not be forgotten, new ones must be added, and contradictions must be resolved. This exposes practical chat behaviour much better than single-turn tests.

What does it test?

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

  • keeping earlier instructions over multiple turns
  • combining new constraints with old ones
  • long conversations without drifting away from the rules
  • precise compliance exactly when it gets difficult

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 Multi-Challenge benchmark?

Multi-Challenge (by Scale AI) tests instruction following across many conversation turns: instructions from earlier turns must not be forgotten, new ones must be added, and contradictions must be resolved. This exposes practical chat behaviour much better than single-turn tests.

What does Multi-Challenge test?

Multi-Challenge mainly measures how precisely a model obeys the instructions it was given. Concretely, it checks: keeping earlier instructions over multiple turns; combining new constraints with old ones; long conversations without drifting away from the rules.

How is the Multi-Challenge score calculated?

The score is accuracy: the percentage of tasks answered or solved correctly. 100% means every task was solved perfectly; higher is better. The declared maximum score of this benchmark is 100.0.

Where do I get Multi-Challenge 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/multi-challenge/scores) or pull it directly from the Open LLM Radar API with any HTTP client.

Model scores 14 models tested

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# Model Score Date Source Verified
1 DeepSeek-V4-Pro
DeepSeek
64.1%
04.06.2026 Report Unverified
2 NVIDIA-Nemotron-3-Ultra-550B-A55B-BF16
NVIDIA
63.8%
04.06.2026 Report Verified
3 Qwen3.8-27B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
63.6%
21.10.2026 Report Unverified
4 DeepSeek-V4-Flash
DeepSeek
63.5%
04.06.2026 Report Unverified
5 Muse-Glimmer-30B
Meta Superintelligence Lab
63.4%
21.10.2026 Report Unverified
6 Kimi K2.6
Moonshot AI
63.1%
04.06.2026 Report Unverified
7 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
61.5%
01.02.2026 Report Verified
8 Qwen3.5-27B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
60.8%
01.02.2026 Report Unverified
9 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
60%
01.02.2026 Report Unverified
10 Raon-1 mini
KRAFTON AI
59%
21.10.2026 Report Verified
11 Gemma4-26B-A4B
Google
58.4%
21.10.2026 Report Unverified
12 Qwen3.6-35B-A3B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
58.2%
21.10.2026 Report Unverified
13 Qwen3-235B-A22B
Qwen Team (Alibaba Cloud)
50.2%
01.02.2026 Report Unverified
14 Qwen3.5-4B
Qwen
49%
01.02.2026 Report Verified

What now?

You've seen how models score on Multi-Challenge — here's what to do next.