AI Safety Evidence

Freedom

Which models are most likely to do what the user asks?

This ranking measures user-direction following—answering or completing what the user asks instead of refusing. Refusals are treated as bad. It has one component, no company-governance score, and is separate from the Safety & Ethics ranking.

Safety-oriented refusal endpoints are reversed relative to the main ranking. Completion, benign-answer, and over-refusal endpoints are oriented directly so that more answering and less refusal are always better.

Freedom ranking

190 models have at least 1 qualifying evaluation. This view includes only verified releases from 2025-10-01 through 2026-10-01; ranks remain relative to the full 662-model fitted portfolio. Brackets show 90% source-sensitivity intervals; the median interval spans 290 ranks.

Freedom and intelligence

Among 150 recent models with a reviewed Artificial Analysis match, this static chart compares the pinned AA Intelligence Index with absolute Freedom rank. Rank 1 is best.

A small green check at a developer mark's lower right identifies a base model with at least one pinned direct refusal-removal finetune. The x-axis uses the highest published Intelligence Index v4.3.2 across matched configurations in the pinned 2026-10-01 AA catalog, without mixing older index versions. Dashed outlines identify AA-estimated intelligence values; these are also flagged in the download and point descriptions. Current plot-only AA values are not fed back into the fit. Download plotted data.

190 models
Freedom rank; brackets show the 90% source-sensitivity interval.
Estimated rank
[90% interval]		ModelWeightsFinetunesEvalsRelease date
2 [5–70]Mistral Large 3🤗—62025-12-01
11 [20–125]Ministral 3 8B🤗32025-10-31
16 [32–111]GLM 4.7 Flash🤗huihui-ai32026-01-19
22 [27–151]Mistral Medium 3.5🤗darkc0dedarkc0de32026-03-31
23 [36–241]DeepSeek v3.2 Speciale🤗—32025-11-28
30 [39–304]Gemini 3.6 Flash——32026-07-21
39 [3–413]Devstral 2——12025-12-09
41 [24–340]Mistral Small 4🤗darkc0dedealignaidealignaidealignai42026-01-23
48 [32–533]Ministral 3 14B🤗22025-10-31
51 [48–477]Ministral 3 3B🤗22025-10-31
68 [53–290]GLM 5 Turbo——42026-03-15
77 [30–338]Grok 4.5——62026-07-08
80 [43–419]Trinity Large🤗—32026-01-27
88 [46–423]Grok 4.6——42026-08-12
94 [59–341]MiMo-V2.6-Flash——32026-09-21
102 [61–349]Gemini 3.5 Flash Lite——32026-07-21
104 [75–454]Nemotron 3.5 Lightning🤗22026-08-11
117 [9–575]Qwen3-VL 8B Instruct🤗heretic-orghuihui-aihuihui-ai12025-10-11
120 [40–444]Grok Build 0.1——12026-05-20
122 [34–468]Laguna XS 2.1 Poolside——12026-06-20
124 [1–608]Qwen3-VL 4B Instruct🤗huihui-ai12025-10-11
127 [10–601]LFM2 24B A2B🤗huihui-ai12026-02-24
136 [84–322]GLM 4.7🤗—52026-06-03
140 [86–373]Claude Mythos 5.1——12026-09-01
144 [36–517]LFM2 8B A1B🤗huihui-ai12025-10-07
168 [91–509]Qwen3.5 9B🤗Blackfrost-AIdealignaihuihui-ai32026-02-27
175 [78–492]ERNIE 5.0 Thinking——12026-01-22
181 [17–618]Solar Pro 4——12026-08-11
184 [25–557]GPT-6.1 Sol——12026-09-29
190 [27–486]Grok 4.20 Multi Agent——22026-03-10
202 [98–401]GPT 5.5 Pro——22026-04-23
203 [119–326]DeepSeek v3.2🤗—112025-12-01
208 [71–536]Ling 1T——12025-10-02
218 [127–355]Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite——92026-03-03
220 [55–457]DeepSeek v4 Flash🤗—62026-04-22
226 [107–428]Doubao Seed 1.8——12025-12-15
231 [70–574]Qwen3-VL 32B Instruct🤗huihui-ai12025-10-19
232 [160–343]Gemini 3 Pro Preview——142025-11-18
233 [75–477]Ling 2.5 1T🤗—12026-02-14
240 [127–409]Hy3 Preview🤗—32026-04-13
244 [149–436]GPT 5.2 Chat——12025-12-11
247 [151–386]Gemma 4 E2B——12026-04-02
249 [67–543]Muse Spark 1.2——12026-08-05
251 [110–443]MiMo v2 Flash🤗—52025-12-16
254 [99–496]Ernie 5.0 Thinking Preview——12025-11-13
256 [71–657]Muse Glimmer🤗Blackfrost-AI32026-08-10
258 [99–496]DeepSeek V4 Flash Vision——12026-08-21
262 [138–419]Nemotron 3 Nano 30B A3B🤗—52025-12-15
271 [126–431]GLM 5.1🤗—62026-04-03
272 [147–385]Gemini 3.5 Flash——92026-05-19
274 [125–396]GLM 4.6V🤗—22025-12-07
276 [149–437]DeepSeek v4 Pro🤗—82026-04-22
287 [71–644]Ring 1T——12025-10-10
288 [114–478]Ernie 5.0 Preview——12025-10-22
289 [106–579]Qwen3.5 2B🤗huihui-ai12026-02-28
297 [203–382]Fugu Ultra v2——12026-09-11
298 [85–464]Grok 4.1 Fast——122025-11-19
303 [151–479]Ernie 5.1——12026-05-09
311 [146–465]MiMo-V2.6-Pro——32026-09-21
315 [145–495]Nanbeige4.1 3B🤗heretic-org12026-02-10
327 [94–646]Qwen3.5 0.8B🤗darkc0dehuihui-ai12026-02-28
328 [195–474]Doubao Seed 2.0 Pro——22026-02-14
331 [148–622]Space Bunny Alpha——12026-09-23
339 [144–464]Kimi K3🤗62026-07-16
340 [171–451]Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview——132026-02-19
341 [113–471]Longcat 2.0🤗—32026-07-05
344 [157–507]OLMo 3 7B Think🤗22025-11-18
345 [192–487]Grok 4.20——92026-03-10
346 [159–508]Gemini 3 Flash Preview——82025-12-17
347 [73–597]Grok 4.7——32026-09-21
349 [137–617]Solar Mini 4——12026-09-23
352 [144–490]GLM 5.3🤗42026-08-18
364 [220–471]Ling 3.0 Flash VL🤗—12026-09-04
365 [199–485]Gemma 4 26B A4B IT🤗huihui-aihuihui-aihuihui-ai52026-03-11
367 [235–444]Gemma 4 E4B——22026-03-31
370 [163–517]Intellect 3🤗—12025-11-26
373 [190–500]Gemma 4 31B IT🤗huihui-aihuihui-ai72026-03-11
375 [235–459]Hunyuan 2.0 Think——12025-11-09
377 [168–493]Laguna S 2.1 Poolside🤗dealignaidealignaidealignai32026-07-21
381 [226–509]Fugu Max——12026-09-11
383 [156–477]GPT 5.3 Codex——12026-02-05
384 [219–497]Apriel v1.6 15B Thinker🤗—12025-11-28
387 [187–585]Qwen3.6 27B🤗darkc0dedealignaidealignaidealignaihuihui-ai12026-04-21
394 [210–520]Step 3.5 Flash🤗32026-02-01
396 [155–554]Gemini 3.7 Flash——32026-08-13
402 [259–515]Gemma 4 12B——12026-06-03
405 [210–620]Granite 4.0 Micro🤗huihui-ai62025-10-02
406 [252–469]GLM 5.3 Flash🤗orcarouter32026-08-26
410 [172–647]Qwen3.5 4B🤗darkc0dedealignai22026-02-27
414 [180–556]Nemotron 3 Ultra 550B A55B——42026-06-03
416 [124–607]Qwen3.5 27B🤗darkc0dedarkc0dedarkc0dedarkc0dedarkc0dedealignaihuihui-ai52026-02-24
417 [238–580]MiMo-V2.6-Pro-UltraSpeed——12026-09-21
419 [270–513]Kimi K2.5🤗132026-01-01
420 [261–525]Gemini 3.1 Pro——12026-02-19
426 [225–542]GPT OSS Safeguard 20B🤗—22025-10-29
430 [275–614]Ring 2.6 1T——12026-05-14
434 [268–567]GLM 5🤗72026-02-11
435 [131–589]MiMo v2.5🤗—42026-04-27
436 [285–543]MiniMax M2.1🤗—42025-12-20
441 [311–518]GLM 5V Turbo——12026-04-01
442 [255–556]Claude Sonnet 5.5——12026-09-28
446 [275–560]Granite 4.2 8B——12026-08-25
449 [252–570]Gemini 3.8 Flash——42026-09-02
452 [312–564]Qwen3.7 Max——72026-05-20
453 [300–582]GLM 5.2🤗—92026-06-16
455 [271–571]Qwen3.8 Max🤗—42026-08-03
459 [315–553]Mercury 2——22026-02-24
465 [274–614]Nova 2.0 Lite——12025-12-02
466 [302–558]Granite 4.0 Small🤗—62025-10-02
467 [145–651]Inkling Small🤗—22026-07-30
468 [319–542]Healer Alpha——12026-03-11
470 [282–559]DeepSeek V4 Flash 0731🤗Blackfrost-AIdealignaidealignai12026-07-31
474 [271–571]Ling 3.0 Flash🤗Blackfrost-AI22026-08-02
475 [307–578]Kimi K2.7 Code🤗Blackfrost-AI12026-06-11
478 [287–595]Grok 4.3——102026-05-15
480 [331–582]OLMo 3 32B Think🤗—22025-11-19
482 [305–566]Ling 2.6 1T——12026-04-29
487 [350–573]Qwen3-VL 8B🤗huihui-ai12025-10-11
489 [157–653]MiMo v2 Omni——22026-03-18
490 [310–613]Kimi K2.6🤗92026-04-14
491 [341–610]Seed 2.0 Lite——12026-02-14
493 [331–582]Intern S1 Pro🤗—12026-02-02
494 [364–592]GPT 5.1——172025-11-13
497 [373–528]GPT 5.3 Instant——12026-03-03
504 [89–662]MiMo v2 Pro——32026-03-18
505 [225–654]Nemotron 3 Nano Omni 30B A3B——22026-04-28
506 [356–573]GPT 5.6 Sol——102026-07-09
507 [288–596]Qwen3.5 35B A3B🤗huihui-ai32026-02-24
508 [362–558]MiniMax M2🤗—52025-10-27
514 [367–575]Muse Spark——12026-04-08
520 [308–651]MiniMax M3🤗42026-06-02
522 [303–624]MiMo v2.5 Pro🤗—52026-04-27
523 [238–627]Cogito v2.1——12025-11-19
524 [152–650]Muse Spark 1.1——52026-07-09
525 [196–660]Seed 2.0 Mini——22026-02-14
526 [308–594]Qwen3.5 397B A17B🤗—92026-02-16
527 [366–574]GPT 5.6 Luna——102026-07-09
528 [357–569]GPT 5.2 Instant——12025-12-11
529 [314–601]Nemotron 3 Ultra——12026-06-04
533 [336–634]Nemotron 3 Super 120B A12B——52026-03-10
537 [370–612]GPT 5.5——162026-04-23
540 [384–637]Solar Pro 3——12026-01-27
541 [341–618]MiniMax M2.5🤗dealignaidealignaidealignai52026-02-12
542 [227–636]GPT-6 Sol——52026-09-22
547 [397–629]Qwen3.6 35B A3B🤗dealignaidealignaihuihui-ai12026-04-15
552 [321–626]GPT 5.3 Chat——42026-03-03
558 [368–643]Ox Alpha——12026-08-20
559 [419–623]Sarvam 30B——12026-03-03
561 [410–647]Step 3.7 Flash🤗12026-05-23
562 [348–657]Inkling🤗—42026-07-14
569 [380–637]Qwen3.7 Plus——22026-05-26
573 [373–608]GPT 5.6 Terra——72026-07-09
574 [362–645]Claude Opus 4.7——112026-04-16
577 [353–644]Qwen3.5 122B A10B🤗dealignaidealignai32026-02-24
583 [206–643]GPT 6 Astra——52026-09-03
586 [411–607]Qwen3.5 Flash——32026-02-24
593 [333–657]Aurora Alpha——22026-02-09
595 [314–662]Claude Mythos 5——12026-06-09
596 [353–653]GPT 5.4 Pro——12026-03-05
597 [397–630]Granite 4.0 H Small——12025-10-02
599 [344–659]GPT 5.5 Instant——12026-05-26
607 [339–662]Hunter Alpha——12026-03-11
608 [429–626]Claude Haiku 4.5——222025-10-15
609 [380–661]Ling 2.6 Flash——12026-04-21
610 [299–652]Claude Opus 5.5——42026-09-22
611 [359–648]OLMo 3 7B Instruct🤗—22025-11-19
612 [371–644]GPT-6 Luna——52026-09-22
617 [456–632]MiniMax M2.7🤗dealignaidealignaidealignaidealignai72026-04-09
620 [435–653]Qwen3.8 27B🤗Blackfrost-AIheretic-orghuihui-aiorcarouter12026-08-14
621 [389–658]GPT 5.4 Nano——62026-03-17
622 [415–656]Qwen3.6 Plus——52026-04-02
631 [432–654]Claude Sonnet 5——82026-06-30
633 [478–635]GPT 5.2——152025-12-11
634 [414–648]GPT 5.1 Chat——22025-11-13
635 [321–655]Claude Fable 5.1——52026-09-01
637 [476–652]Qwen3.5 Plus——52026-02-15
641 [456–660]OLMo 3.1 32B Think🤗—12025-12-10
642 [473–652]GPT 5.4 Mini——72026-03-17
643 [442–658]Claude Opus 5——82026-07-24
647 [388–646]Granite 4.0 Micro Guardian——52025-10-02
649 [500–650]GPT 5.4——152026-03-05
651 [357–658]Hy3🤗—22026-07-02
653 [512–650]Claude Sonnet 4.6——142026-01-21
654 [488–661]Qwen3.7 Flash——12026-07-27
655 [468–661]Claude Fable 5——72026-06-09
656 [506–652]Claude Opus 4.8——112026-05-28
657 [412–659]Granite 4.0 Small Guardian——52025-10-02
658 [537–655]Sarvam 105B——12026-03-03
659 [518–650]Claude Opus 4.6——132026-02-05
660 [525–652]Claude Opus 4.5——122025-11-24

How it is built

1 component—User direction following—contain 328 sub-evaluations from 72 governed lineages. Sibling metrics share one lineage budget. The estimator uses the same ordinal consensus and lineage-bootstrap machinery as the main ranking, but with this ranking's own source policy, component contract, directions, weights, and evidence gate.

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