# Medical Question Answering on MedMCQA (Pass@1)

Source: [Medical Question Answering on MedMCQA (Pass@1)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/medical-question-answering-on-medmcqa-pass-at-1>)

Collection index: [llms.txt](<https://www.sota2.com/research/llms.txt>)

Data updated: 2026-05-28T10:21:12.955Z

Evaluation of model performance on the MedMCQA dataset for Medical Question Answering, specifically measured using the Pass@1 metric.

A research result applies to its stated dataset, split, metric and evaluation configuration. Compare like-for-like settings, preserve the metric's unit and direction, and distinguish paper-reported results from independent reproduction. The best result recorded here is not a claim of exhaustive, current global coverage.

| Scope | Recorded value |
| --- | --- |
| Task | Medical Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | MedMCQA |
| Metric | Pass@1 Accuracy |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 28 of 28 |
| Coverage | All results currently returned for this benchmark |

Evaluation settings may differ between results. The original papers and recorded configurations are needed to establish comparability. A shared metric name alone does not establish an identical protocol.

## Metrics

- [Pass@1 Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/medical-question-answering-on-medmcqa-pass-at-1.md?metric=Pass%401%20Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Pass@1 Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qwen2.5-7B + PPO | 53.6 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Qwen2.5-7B + PPO w/ VERL. | 52.9 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Qwen2.5-7B + GRPO | 52.1 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Qwen2.5-7B + GRPO w/ VERL. | 52 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Qwen2.5-7B | 50.6 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Qwen3-1.7B | 48.54 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| SHIFT | 48.47 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| SHIFT | 48.3 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| SC-Entropy | 47.37 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Cluster | 47.3 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + GRPO w/ VERL. | 47.1 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Random (avg) | 46.97 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| A-PPL | 46.52 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| CoreSet | 46.48 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| SC-Entropy | 46.38 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| CoT Similarity | 46.09 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Random (avg) | 45.91 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Cluster | 45.88 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Q-PPL | 45.88 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| CoT Similarity | 45.85 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Q-PPL | 45.53 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| A-PPL | 45.17 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + GRPO | 44.9 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| CoreSet | 44.89 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |
| Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + PPO w/ VERL. | 44.8 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + PPO | 44.2 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Mathstral-7B-v0.1 | 42.9 | Not recorded | 68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b |
| Qwen3-1.7B | 40.98 | Not recorded | 6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc |

### Qwen2.5-7B + PPO

Pass@1 Accuracy: 53.6. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562ad.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63a01e209131ce9ffdaa.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Qwen2.5-7B","Training":"PPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen2.5-7B + PPO w/ VERL.

Pass@1 Accuracy: 52.9. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562ae.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Qwen2.5-7B","Training":"PPO w/ VERL."}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen2.5-7B + GRPO

Pass@1 Accuracy: 52.1. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562ab.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Qwen2.5-7B","Training":"GRPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen2.5-7B + GRPO w/ VERL.

Pass@1 Accuracy: 52. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562ac.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Qwen2.5-7B","Training":"GRPO w/ VERL."}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen2.5-7B

Pass@1 Accuracy: 50.6. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562aa.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa75b71e209131cea6981e.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Qwen2.5-7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen3-1.7B

Pass@1 Accuracy: 48.54. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b55.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa788e1e209131cea79116.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"100%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SHIFT

Pass@1 Accuracy: 48.47. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b65.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SHIFT

Pass@1 Accuracy: 48.3. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b5d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SC-Entropy

Pass@1 Accuracy: 47.37. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b61.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63351e209131ce9fd71c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Cluster

Pass@1 Accuracy: 47.3. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b5f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + GRPO w/ VERL.

Pass@1 Accuracy: 47.1. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562a7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Mathstral-7B-v0.1","Training":"GRPO w/ VERL."}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Random (avg)

Pass@1 Accuracy: 46.97. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b5e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### A-PPL

Pass@1 Accuracy: 46.52. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b64.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoreSet

Pass@1 Accuracy: 46.48. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b60.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646b1e209131cea049c5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SC-Entropy

Pass@1 Accuracy: 46.38. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b59.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63351e209131ce9fd71c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoT Similarity

Pass@1 Accuracy: 46.09. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b5a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Random (avg)

Pass@1 Accuracy: 45.91. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b56.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Cluster

Pass@1 Accuracy: 45.88. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b57.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Q-PPL

Pass@1 Accuracy: 45.88. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b63.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70921e209131cea4beb4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoT Similarity

Pass@1 Accuracy: 45.85. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b62.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.2%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Q-PPL

Pass@1 Accuracy: 45.53. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b5b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70921e209131cea4beb4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### A-PPL

Pass@1 Accuracy: 45.17. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b5c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + GRPO

Pass@1 Accuracy: 44.9. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562a6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73101e209131cea5a395.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-Math>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Mathstral-7B-v0.1","Training":"GRPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CoreSet

Pass@1 Accuracy: 44.89. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b58.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa646b1e209131cea049c5.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"0.1%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + PPO w/ VERL.

Pass@1 Accuracy: 44.8. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562a9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Mathstral-7B-v0.1","Training":"PPO w/ VERL."}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mathstral-7B-v0.1 + PPO

Pass@1 Accuracy: 44.2. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562a8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa63a01e209131ce9ffdaa.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Mathstral-7B-v0.1","Training":"PPO"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Mathstral-7B-v0.1

Pass@1 Accuracy: 42.9. Result ID: 69ddfb2147f34ce924c562a5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bc11e209131cea8a35b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Base Model":"Mathstral-7B-v0.1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen3-1.7B

Pass@1 Accuracy: 40.98. Result ID: 6a181713fbc373592c127b54.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a17cc53dbd7150506f815fc.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa788e1e209131cea79116.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Train Size":"N/A"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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