# Molecular Generation on ZINC250k (test)

Source: [Molecular Generation on ZINC250k (test)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test>)

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

Data updated: 2026-05-04T08:37:02.122Z

Evaluation of molecular generation models on the test split of the ZINC250k dataset, typically assessed using metrics like Validity, Uniqueness, and Frechet Copolymer Distance (FCD).

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 | Molecular Generation |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | ZINC250k (test) |
| Metric | Validity |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 32 of 32 |
| 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

- [Validity](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Validity>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Uniqueness](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Uniqueness>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [FCD](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=FCD>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Diversity](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Diversity>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Similarity](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Similarity>): Higher is better; unit: SCALAR.

- [Novelty](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Novelty>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Scaffold Diversity](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Scaffold%20Diversity>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [Validity (w/ corr.)](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=Validity%20(w%2F%20corr.)>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

- [NSPDK](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/molecular-generation-on-zinc250k-test.md?metric=NSPDK>): Lower is better; unit: SCALAR.

## Recorded results

| Method | Validity | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| JT-VAE | 100 | Not recorded | 6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722 |
| GCPN | 100 | Not recorded | 6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722 |
| MCEMOL | 100 | Not recorded | 6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722 |
| MiCaM | 100 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| CatFlow | 99.95 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| CatFlow | 99.21 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| HOG-Diff | 98.56 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| DVS | 98.51 | Not recorded | 69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b |
| Quadratic | 98.47 | Not recorded | 69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b |
| DVS | 98.45 | Not recorded | 69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b |
| Fixed-Step | 98.39 | Not recorded | 69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b |
| Fixed-Step | 98.34 | Not recorded | 69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b |
| Quadratic | 98.33 | Not recorded | 69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b |
| Dirichlet FM | 97.52 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| GDSS | 97.01 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| GDSS | 97.01 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| DeFoG | 94.97 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| Flow Matching | 94.01 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| GSDM | 92.7 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| DiGress | 91.02 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| GraphDF | 90.61 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| SPECTRE | 90.2 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| GraphArm | 88.23 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| EDP-GNN | 82.97 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| EDP-GNN | 82.97 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| GraphAF | 68.47 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| MoFlow | 63.11 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| MoFlow | 63.11 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| GraphVAE | 14 | Not recorded | 6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722 |
| GraphEBM | 5.29 | Not recorded | 68fa7aa31e209131cea84474 |
| GraphEBM | 5.29 | Not recorded | 68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356 |
| ORGAN | 2.2 | Not recorded | 6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722 |

### JT-VAE

Validity: 100. Result ID: 6999b0c75698665ec4291b9c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa658c1e209131cea0b09c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GCPN

Validity: 100. Result ID: 6999b0c75698665ec4291b9d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa65651e209131cea09fa4.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MCEMOL

Validity: 100. Result ID: 6999b0c75698665ec4291ba0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MiCaM

Validity: 100. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1bd.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6ead1e209131cea41563.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CatFlow

Validity: 99.95. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c5.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### CatFlow

Validity: 99.21. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee37.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### HOG-Diff

Validity: 98.56. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c7.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DVS

Validity: 98.51. Result ID: 69f85a9447f34ce924dc1631.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Solver":"Euler-Maruyama","Model":"GRUM"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Quadratic

Validity: 98.47. Result ID: 69f85a9447f34ce924dc1633.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d8b1e209131cea3a7fe.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Solver":"Heun","Model":"GRUM"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DVS

Validity: 98.45. Result ID: 69f85a9447f34ce924dc1634.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Solver":"Heun","Model":"GRUM"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Fixed-Step

Validity: 98.39. Result ID: 69f85a9447f34ce924dc1632.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73641e209131cea5c276.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Solver":"Heun","Model":"GRUM"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Fixed-Step

Validity: 98.34. Result ID: 69f85a9447f34ce924dc162f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa73641e209131cea5c276.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Solver":"Euler-Maruyama","Model":"GRUM"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Quadratic

Validity: 98.33. Result ID: 69f85a9447f34ce924dc1630.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69f8280dc0f56ed843088a2b.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6d8b1e209131cea3a7fe.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Solver":"Euler-Maruyama","Model":"GRUM"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Dirichlet FM

Validity: 97.52. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee36.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa5f5b1e209131ce9e9310.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GDSS

Validity: 97.01. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee34.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cc81e209131cea35fa6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GDSS

Validity: 97.01. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c2.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cc81e209131cea35fa6.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DeFoG

Validity: 94.97. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c6.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79711e209131cea7da18.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Flow Matching

Validity: 94.01. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee35.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6e7b1e209131cea4028c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GSDM

Validity: 92.7. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c0.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa72ee1e209131cea59583.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DiGress

Validity: 91.02. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c3.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6f661e209131cea45555.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GraphDF

Validity: 90.61. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1bb.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6a101e209131cea25ebb.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SPECTRE

Validity: 90.2. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1bf.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa6cda1e209131cea3645a.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GraphArm

Validity: 88.23. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1bc.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa70071e209131cea48b61.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"false"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### EDP-GNN

Validity: 82.97. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee32.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67231e209131cea14931.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### EDP-GNN

Validity: 82.97. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c1.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa67231e209131cea14931.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GraphAF

Validity: 68.47. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1ba.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa671a1e209131cea14383.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MoFlow

Validity: 63.11. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee31.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3c401e209131ce8d920c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### MoFlow

Validity: 63.11. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1c4.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa3c401e209131ce8d920c.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GraphVAE

Validity: 14. Result ID: 6999b0c75698665ec4291b9e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GraphEBM

Validity: 5.29. Result ID: 698b7a137a967eddb76eee33.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7aa31e209131cea84474.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69ba1e209131cea23c9f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### GraphEBM

Validity: 5.29. Result ID: 69b3cc8947f34ce9249de1be.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa4c2f1e209131ce94b356.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa69ba1e209131cea23c9f.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Standard Deviations Reported":"true"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### ORGAN

Validity: 2.2. Result ID: 6999b0c75698665ec4291b9f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6969c5e5e25ad2fa9d1ec722.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: Not recorded. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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