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Firesearch Max on IFEval: score, rank and what it means

Firesearch Max scores 78.0 on IFEval, placing it #368 of 600 models in the index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.

Score
78.0
0–100 scale
Rank
#368
of 600
Percentile
39th
within the index
Benchmark avg
78.6
all models
Leader
96.1
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro
Gap to leader
18.1
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on IFEval, with Firesearch Max highlighted. Longer bars mean higher scores.

Claude Opus 4.5 Pro 96.1
Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning 95.9
GPT-5.2 Pro 95.6
GPT-5.2 Max 95.2
GPT-5.2 Reasoning 95.0
GPT-5.1 Pro 94.8
Gemini 3 Pro Max 94.7
GPT-5.1 Reasoning 94.6
Claude Opus 4.5 Max 94.5
o4 Reasoning 94.5

Top 10 leaderboard

#ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
1 Claude Opus 4.5 Pro Anthropic 200000 $20.98 89.1
2 Claude Opus 4.5 Reasoning Anthropic 2000000 $20.91 88.2
3 GPT-5.2 Pro OpenAI 2000000 $21.32 89.6
4 GPT-5.2 Max OpenAI 1000000 $21.39 89.2
5 GPT-5.2 Reasoning OpenAI 1000000 $20.98 87.5
6 GPT-5.1 Pro OpenAI 200000 $19.77 87.8
7 Gemini 3 Pro Max Google DeepMind 2000000 $20.57 87.9
8 GPT-5.1 Reasoning OpenAI 400000 $20.27 88.3
9 Claude Opus 4.5 Max Anthropic 1000000 $20.90 87.8
10 o4 Reasoning OpenAI 1000000 $19.69 87.5

What this score means

On IFEval, Firesearch Max sits at #368 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Pro, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 18.1 points. The median model in this index scores 81.2, which puts Firesearch Max below the midpoint.

Fireworks AI models average 76.8 on this benchmark. Firesearch Max is 1.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average Fireworks AI model.

Among mid-range models, the average is 76.5. Firesearch Max is 1.5 points above that group. This is the more useful comparison if you are shortlisting within the same tier rather than across the whole index.

Read a 78.0 as a relative signal, not an absolute guarantee. Benchmark scores depend on prompt format, evaluation harness and contamination controls. Use this page to narrow the shortlist, then test the model on your own data.

Price context

At $7.80 per million input tokens, Firesearch Max is above the median input price of $4.00 across the 600 models scored on IFEval. The models immediately around it in the ranking are shown below so you can compare score and price together.

ModelProviderContextInput / 1MAvg score
Reka Core Mini Reka AI 8192 $7.48 70.1
o3 Nano OpenAI 32768 $7.78 70.6
Auto Max OpenRouter 8192 $8.41 71.2
Firesearch Fireworks AI 32768 $7.03 68.5
Firesearch Max Fireworks AI 8192 $7.80 69.9
Sonar Pro Mini Perplexity 8192 $8.02 70.3
Arctic Chat Snowflake 16384 $2.70 69.8

Other benchmarks for Firesearch Max

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 72.2 382 36th
GPQA Diamond 65.2 356 41th
SWE-bench Verified 61.0 297 51th
HumanEval 72.9 373 38th
MATH-500 73.0 358 40th
AIME 2025 62.5 370 38th
LiveCodeBench 63.7 327 46th
TruthfulQA 71.7 384 36th
HellaSwag 81.1 366 39th
MMMU 67.3 355 41th
Arena Elo 1361.1 341 43th

FAQ

What score does Firesearch Max get on IFEval?

Firesearch Max scores 78.0 on IFEval in this index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the top score is 96.1.

How does Firesearch Max rank on IFEval?

It ranks #368 of 600 models, in the 39th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.

Is Firesearch Max good at IFEval?

It is below the median for this benchmark, so test it carefully before relying on it for this capability. The result should be read alongside its price and context window.

How is the IFEval score calculated?

IFEval is a instruction following benchmark. Scores in this index are modelled estimates on a 0–100 scale (or Elo for Arena), derived from capability tier and benchmark difficulty. They are not official leaderboard results.

What does Firesearch Max cost?

Firesearch Max costs $7.80 per million input tokens and $31.80 per million output tokens.

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