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

Fusion Max scores 81.4 on IFEval, placing it #288 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
81.4
0–100 scale
Rank
#288
of 600
Percentile
52th
within the index
Benchmark avg
78.6
all models
Leader
96.1
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro
Gap to leader
14.7
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on IFEval, with Fusion 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, Fusion Max sits at #288 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Pro, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 14.7 points. The median model in this index scores 81.2, which puts Fusion Max above the midpoint.

OpenRouter models average 77.2 on this benchmark. Fusion Max is 4.2 points above that provider line, so it is a stronger result than the average OpenRouter model.

Among mid-range models, the average is 76.5. Fusion Max is 4.9 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 81.4 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 $9.14 per million input tokens, Fusion 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
Llama 3 Lambda Lambda 65536 $3.90 75.6
Seed-OSS ByteDance 32768 $3.74 75.3
o4 Nano OpenAI 65536 $8.61 72.0
Gemini 2.5 Pro Mini Google DeepMind 128000 $10.07 74.2
Fusion Max OpenRouter 65536 $9.14 72.5
GPT-4.1 Mini OpenAI 128000 $10.43 74.3
Llama 3 DeepInfra DeepInfra 128000 $3.67 74.0

Other benchmarks for Fusion Max

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 75.1 329 45th
GPQA Diamond 71.5 229 62th
SWE-bench Verified 59.1 340 43th
HumanEval 79.1 262 56th
MATH-500 74.1 344 43th
AIME 2025 65.1 337 44th
LiveCodeBench 63.3 334 44th
TruthfulQA 78.6 231 62th
HellaSwag 82.6 331 45th
MMMU 67.7 348 42th
Arena Elo 1359.7 345 43th

FAQ

What score does Fusion Max get on IFEval?

Fusion Max scores 81.4 on IFEval in this index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the top score is 96.1.

How does Fusion Max rank on IFEval?

It ranks #288 of 600 models, in the 52nd percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.

Is Fusion Max good at IFEval?

Yes, relative to the index: it is above the median and inside the top half of scores. 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 Fusion Max cost?

Fusion Max costs $9.14 per million input tokens and $43.52 per million output tokens.

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