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Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano on IFEval: score, rank and what it means

Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano scores 79.9 on IFEval, placing it #334 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
79.9
0–100 scale
Rank
#334
of 600
Percentile
44th
within the index
Benchmark avg
78.6
all models
Leader
96.1
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro
Gap to leader
16.2
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on IFEval, with Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano 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, Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano sits at #334 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Pro, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 16.2 points. The median model in this index scores 81.2, which puts Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano below the midpoint.

Google DeepMind models average 85.7 on this benchmark. Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano is 5.8 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Google DeepMind model.

Among mid-range models, the average is 76.5. Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano is 3.4 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 79.9 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 $7.28 per million input tokens, Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano 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
Mixtral Turbo Chat Together AI 32768 $3.02 71.7
Firesearch Pro Fireworks AI 32768 $7.67 70.4
Mistral Small 3 Base Mistral AI 16384 $3.19 72.7
Yi-Lightning Base 01.AI 16384 $3.31 72.7
Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano Google DeepMind 32768 $7.28 69.2
Firefunction Turbo Fireworks AI 32768 $8.44 70.7
Mixtral Instruct Mistral AI 65536 $3.35 72.9

Other benchmarks for Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 71.4 385 36th
GPQA Diamond 65.4 353 41th
SWE-bench Verified 54.3 390 35th
HumanEval 71.1 387 36th
MATH-500 74.9 327 46th
AIME 2025 63.7 360 40th
LiveCodeBench 59.2 376 37th
TruthfulQA 74.4 343 43th
HellaSwag 80.7 375 38th
MMMU 65.9 374 38th
Arena Elo 1349.7 364 39th

FAQ

What score does Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano get on IFEval?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano scores 79.9 on IFEval in this index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the top score is 96.1.

How does Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano rank on IFEval?

It ranks #334 of 600 models, in the 44th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.

Is Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano 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 Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano cost?

Gemini 2.5 Pro Nano costs $7.28 per million input tokens and $28.44 per million output tokens.

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