math benchmark
ScienceQA Leaderboard
ScienceQA is the first large-scale multimodal science question answering benchmark with 21,208 multiple-choice questions covering 3 subjects (natural science, language science, social science), 26 topics, 127 categories, and 379 skills. The benchmark includes both text and image modalities, featuring detailed explanations and Chain-of-Thought reasoning to diagnose multi-hop reasoning ability.
Updated Aug 17, 2026
Models1
Model coverage1
MetricScore
EvidenceB
ScienceQA Ranking
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
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Rank | Model | Score | Percentile | Participants | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| Rank01 | ModelMI | Score91.3% | Percentile100.0% | Participants1 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
ScienceQA Highlights
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
The Top AI Models for ScienceQA
The first five results on this benchmark, with official price and output speed added where the model identity can be matched.
Ranking basisThis scienceqa AI model leaderboard uses descending score in the benchmark's original unit. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.
- 01MIPhi-3.5-vision-instructMicrosoft
- Score
- 91.3%
Strengths
- Ranks #1 of 1 compared models
- 100th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures ScienceQA, not total model capability
Selection summary
Best AI Models for ScienceQA
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct currently leads ScienceQA with 91.3%. It is the top model on this specific benchmark, while the best LLM for the broader task should also be checked against other benchmarks, price and runtime.
Use this leaderboard with the supporting benchmark results and coverage details above. A leaderboard position summarizes the selected ranking signal; it does not replace workload-specific testing.
What is ScienceQA?
What ScienceQA measures and how its scores work.
ScienceQA is the first large-scale multimodal science question answering benchmark with 21,208 multiple-choice questions covering 3 subjects (natural science, language science, social science), 26 topics, 127 categories, and 379 skills. The benchmark includes both text and image modalities, featuring detailed explanations and Chain-of-Thought reasoning to diagnose multi-hop reasoning ability.
Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
- Family
- ScienceQA
- Modality
- multimodal
- Primary category
- math
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- No
- Evaluation key
- scienceqa|llm-stats-current
Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
FAQ
Common questions about ScienceQA.
Which model scores highest on ScienceQA?
Phi-3.5-vision-instruct is currently ranked first with 91.3%.
What does ScienceQA measure?
ScienceQA is the first large-scale multimodal science question answering benchmark with 21,208 multiple-choice questions covering 3 subjects (natural science, language science, social science), 26 topics, 127 categories, and 379 skills. The benchmark includes both text and image modalities, featuring detailed explanations and Chain-of-Thought reasoning to diagnose multi-hop reasoning ability.
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
1 model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
No. This benchmark is shown for reference but does not contribute to the overall score.