Multilingual IFEval
Qwen2.5-72B 87% leads since September 2024 Models follow IFEval instructions translated into eight languages, 100 examples each, which paid volunteers reviewed. Instruction compliance is checked as in IFEval.
A Qwen translation of IFEval described only in the Qwen2.5 blog.
- Made by
- Qwen
- Released
- September 2024
- Kind
- Chat and instructions in many languages
- Level
- Everyday
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Open-ended
- Strongest model tested
- Qwen2.5-72B #165 on the capability index
- Last in a launch post
- September 2024, dropped after it saturated
- Last model added
- December 2024
Qwen2.5-72B leads with 87% among models released by September 2024
Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.
The newest model with a score here came out in September 2024, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- Claude Fable 5.2
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Gemini 4 Carbon - GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- and 16 more
- 1 Qwen2.5-72B 87%
- 2 Qwen2.5-32B 82.7%
- 3 Qwen2.5-14B 77.1%
- 4 Qwen2.5-7B 74.9%
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qwen2.5-72B | 87% | Sep 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | Qwen2.5-32B | 82.7% | Dec 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | Qwen2.5-14B | 77.1% | Dec 2024 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | Qwen2.5-7B | 74.9% | Dec 2024 | Lab model card |
Number one over time
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: Labs’ model cards
Qwen’s own number for Qwen2.5-72B passed 85% in September 2024
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Source: Labs’ model cards
Labs dropped it from launch posts once the best score passed 85%
Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.
| Date | Launch post | Score | As the post writes it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024 | Qwen2.5-72B | 87 | IFEval (multilingual) |
4 system cards report it, from 1 lab
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 19, 2024 | Qwen2.5-7B technical report | 74.9 | IFEval (multilingual), Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct (Table 14) | Capabilities |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Qwen2.5-72B technical report | 87 | IFEval (multilingual), Qwen2.5-72B-Instruct (Table 13) | Capabilities |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Qwen2.5-32B technical report | 82.7 | IFEval (multilingual), Qwen2.5-32B-Instruct (Table 13) | Capabilities |
| Dec 19, 2024 | Qwen2.5-14B technical report | 77.1 | IFEval (multilingual), Qwen2.5-14B-Instruct (Table 14) | Capabilities |
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