# Medical Question Answering on MMLU-Pro Health

Source: [Medical Question Answering on MMLU-Pro Health](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/medical-question-answering-on-mmlu-pro-health>)

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

Data updated: 2026-07-03T06:30:50.502Z

Evaluation of model performance on the Health discipline subset of the MMLU-Pro benchmark, focusing on medical domain questions measured by accuracy.

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) | MMLU-Pro Health |
| Metric | 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

- [Accuracy](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/medical-question-answering-on-mmlu-pro-health.md?metric=Accuracy>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Accuracy | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Claude Sonnet 4.5 | 84 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| DeepSeek-R1 | 74.2 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| MedGemma 27B | 72 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Qwen3 8B | 69.7 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Agentic Search + GRPO (Qwen3 4B) | 66.1 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| FaithMed (Qwen3 4B) | 63.5 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Base (Qwen3 4B) | 63 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| IDC | 60.76 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Filter | 59.17 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Gemma 3 12B | 59 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Base | 58.56 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Rewrite | 58.19 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Direct | 57.95 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Orig. | 57.46 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Llama 3.1 8B Instruct | 56 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| MedRAG (Qwen3 4B) | 55.5 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Agentic Search (Qwen3 4B) | 55.4 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| FaithMed (Qwen3 1.7B) | 52 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| IDC | 49.51 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| MedRAG (Qwen3 1.7B) | 48.5 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Agentic Search + GRPO (Qwen3 1.7B) | 48.1 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Direct | 47.07 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Agentic Search (Qwen3 1.7B) | 46.4 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |
| Orig. | 46.21 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Filter | 46.09 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Rewrite | 45.72 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Base | 44.38 | Not recorded | 69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee |
| Base (Qwen3 1.7B) | 43.4 | Not recorded | 6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4 |

### Claude Sonnet 4.5

Accuracy: 84. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f97968c0f56ed84308955b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Claude Sonnet 4.5"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeepSeek-R1

Accuracy: 74.2. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"DeepSeek-R1"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MedGemma 27B

Accuracy: 72. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f97968c0f56ed84308955b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"MedGemma 27B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Qwen3 8B

Accuracy: 69.7. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Agentic Search + GRPO (Qwen3 4B)

Accuracy: 66.1. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9c0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

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

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FaithMed (Qwen3 4B)

Accuracy: 63.5. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9c1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Base (Qwen3 4B)

Accuracy: 63. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9bd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IDC

Accuracy: 60.76. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba3d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B","Method Type":"Iterative Distractor Curation"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Filter

Accuracy: 59.17. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba3b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78301e209131cea7712b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B","Method Type":"Filtering non-convertible questions"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Gemma 3 12B

Accuracy: 59. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f97968c0f56ed84308955b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Gemma 3 12B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Base

Accuracy: 58.56. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba38.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B","Method Type":"Base instruct model"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Rewrite

Accuracy: 58.19. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba3c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B","Method Type":"Model-based conversion"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct

Accuracy: 57.95. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba3a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B","Method Type":"Direct conversion to short-answer"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Orig.

Accuracy: 57.46. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba39.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78121e209131cea76a04.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama-3.1-8B","Method Type":"Standard RLVR on original MCQs"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Llama 3.1 8B Instruct

Accuracy: 56. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Llama 3.1 8B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MedRAG (Qwen3 4B)

Accuracy: 55.5. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9be.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72591e209131cea55d98.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Teddy-XiongGZ/MedRAG>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Agentic Search (Qwen3 4B)

Accuracy: 55.4. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9bf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 4B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### FaithMed (Qwen3 1.7B)

Accuracy: 52. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9bc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 1.7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IDC

Accuracy: 49.51. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba37.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2-7B","Method Type":"Iterative Distractor Curation"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MedRAG (Qwen3 1.7B)

Accuracy: 48.5. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b9.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72591e209131cea55d98.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/Teddy-XiongGZ/MedRAG>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 1.7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Agentic Search + GRPO (Qwen3 1.7B)

Accuracy: 48.1. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9bb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

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

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

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 1.7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Direct

Accuracy: 47.07. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2-7B","Method Type":"Direct conversion to short-answer"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Agentic Search (Qwen3 1.7B)

Accuracy: 46.4. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9ba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 1.7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Orig.

Accuracy: 46.21. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78121e209131cea76a04.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2-7B","Method Type":"Standard RLVR on original MCQs"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Filter

Accuracy: 46.09. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78301e209131cea7712b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2-7B","Method Type":"Filtering non-convertible questions"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Rewrite

Accuracy: 45.72. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2-7B","Method Type":"Model-based conversion"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Base

Accuracy: 44.38. Result ID: 69b7cb4c47f34ce9249fba32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69b78e6c0636e5bf4afbdaee.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen2-7B","Method Type":"Base instruct model"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Base (Qwen3 1.7B)

Accuracy: 43.4. Result ID: 6a4756fd60b88bb33991d9b8.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6a4741e4143ebdcacacc59f4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"Qwen3 1.7B"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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