# Science Question Answering on SQA

Source: [Science Question Answering on SQA](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/science-question-answering-on-sqa>)

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

Data updated: 2026-03-25T15:37:23.145Z

Evaluation of model performance on the Science Question Answering (SQA) dataset, measured by Exact Match (EM).

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 | Science Question Answering |
| Dataset (including any stated split) | SQA |
| Metric | Exact Match |
| Unit | PERCENT |
| Direction | Higher is better |
| Results loaded | 14 of 14 |
| 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

- [Exact Match](<https://www.sota2.com/research/sota/science-question-answering-on-sqa.md?metric=Exact%20Match>): Higher is better; unit: PERCENT.

## Recorded results

| Method | Exact Match | Result date | Report paper |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Baseline | 98.76 | Not recorded | 6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88 |
| IDPruner | 95.14 | Not recorded | 6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88 |
| VisionSelector | 94.7 | Not recorded | 6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88 |
| DART | 93.11 | Not recorded | 6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88 |
| IDPruner | 88.7 | Not recorded | 6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88 |
| VISOR | 84.7 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| Downsample | 76.9 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| VisionZip† | 76.2 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| PyramidDrop | 76 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| VisPruner | 76 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| HiRED | 76 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| LLaVA-OV | 75.6 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| VisionZip | 74.8 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |
| SparseVLM | 74.8 | Not recorded | 69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619 |

### Baseline

Exact Match: 98.76. Result ID: 699a74d65698665ec4fddc1c.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

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

### IDPruner

Exact Match: 95.14. Result ID: 699a74d65698665ec4fddc1d.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retain Tokens":"25%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VisionSelector

Exact Match: 94.7. Result ID: 699a74d65698665ec4fddc1f.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7c541e209131cea8d99d.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retain Tokens":"25%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### DART

Exact Match: 93.11. Result ID: 699a74d65698665ec4fddc20.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79461e209131cea7cfd7.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retain Tokens":"25%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### IDPruner

Exact Match: 88.7. Result ID: 699a74d65698665ec4fddc1e.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/6993f62a9ebc499c97409b88.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Retain Tokens":"10%"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VISOR

Exact Match: 84.7. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae408b.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"6.6×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### Downsample

Exact Match: 76.9. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4084.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa7bee1e209131cea8b5f9.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"4.0×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VisionZip†

Exact Match: 76.2. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4086.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa760f1e209131cea6b33b.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/dvlab-research/VisionZip>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"5.7×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### PyramidDrop

Exact Match: 76. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4088.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa772c1e209131cea71934.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"4.6×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VisPruner

Exact Match: 76. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4089.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa78741e209131cea786bf.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"5.7×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### HiRED

Exact Match: 76. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae408a.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa76581e209131cea6c829.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"5.0×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### LLaVA-OV

Exact Match: 75.6. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4083.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa756f1e209131cea67e58.md>)

[Implementation](<https://llava-vl.github.io/blog/llava-onevision>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"1.0×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### VisionZip

Exact Match: 74.8. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4085.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa760f1e209131cea6b33b.md>)

[Implementation](<https://github.com/dvlab-research/VisionZip>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"5.7×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

### SparseVLM

Exact Match: 74.8. Result ID: 69c4011e47f34ce924ae4087.

[Reporting paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/69c36c2c0636e5bf4afc6619.md>)

[Method origin paper](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa79181e209131cea7c1b1.md>)

Recorded evaluation configuration: {"Backbone":"LLaVA-OV 1.5B","Avg. FLOPs Savings":"4.5×"}. This record does not assert independent reproduction.

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