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Llama 3 Modal 8B on IFEval: score, rank and what it means

Llama 3 Modal 8B scores 66.5 on IFEval, placing it #511 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
66.5
0–100 scale
Rank
#511
of 600
Percentile
15th
within the index
Benchmark avg
78.6
all models
Leader
96.1
Claude Opus 4.5 Pro
Gap to leader
29.6
points

Score distribution

The chart shows the top 10 models on IFEval, with Llama 3 Modal 8B 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, Llama 3 Modal 8B sits at #511 of 600. The leader, Claude Opus 4.5 Pro, scores 96.1, so the gap to the top is 29.6 points. The median model in this index scores 81.2, which puts Llama 3 Modal 8B below the midpoint.

Modal models average 74.2 on this benchmark. Llama 3 Modal 8B is 7.7 points below that provider line, so it is a weaker result than the average Modal model.

Among small open-weight models, the average is 64.9. Llama 3 Modal 8B is 1.6 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 66.5 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 $0.98 per million input tokens, Llama 3 Modal 8B is below 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 8B Together AI 4096 $0.75 54.1
Auto Nano OpenRouter 4096 $2.83 57.1
Firesearch Nano Fireworks AI 8192 $2.49 55.6
Fusion Nano OpenRouter 8192 $2.96 56.8
Llama 3 Modal 8B Modal 32768 $0.98 56.6
Mixtral 7B Mistral AI 16384 $0.70 54.1
Llama 3 DeepInfra 7B DeepInfra 16384 $0.95 55.6

Other benchmarks for Llama 3 Modal 8B

BenchmarkScoreRankPercentileRelative
MMLU-Pro 64.3 463 23th
GPQA Diamond 54.6 469 22th
SWE-bench Verified 44.6 470 22th
HumanEval 58.0 523 13th
MATH-500 59.7 470 22th
AIME 2025 43.8 512 15th
LiveCodeBench 42.5 522 13th
TruthfulQA 60.5 525 13th
HellaSwag 71.5 509 15th
MMMU 57.0 470 22th
Arena Elo 1236.3 520 13th

FAQ

What score does Llama 3 Modal 8B get on IFEval?

Llama 3 Modal 8B scores 66.5 on IFEval in this index. The benchmark average is 78.6 and the top score is 96.1.

How does Llama 3 Modal 8B rank on IFEval?

It ranks #511 of 600 models, in the 15th percentile. The leader is Claude Opus 4.5 Pro at 96.1.

Is Llama 3 Modal 8B 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 Llama 3 Modal 8B cost?

Llama 3 Modal 8B costs $0.98 per million input tokens and $4.54 per million output tokens.

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