MedQA

    ๐Ÿ† Leaderboard

    As of August 31, 2026, o1 is #1 for MedQA at 96.5%. Ranked by the MedQA score 47 models in this index have a published MedQA score. MedQA leaderboard with live API prices. MedQA โ€” medical licensing-style questions for clinical knowledge.

    Updated August 31, 2026345 models36 providers

    MedQA vs price

    47 models. Left is cheaper. Up is a higher score. The line is the best score you can buy at each price โ€” a dot under it is a worse deal than something on the line.

    Best score at each price#1 on this board
    o1
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.5%$75.00
    GPT-5.1
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.4%$11.25
    Gemini 3.1 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    96.4%$17.50
    GPT-5
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.3%$11.25
    GPT-5.4
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.1%$17.50
    o3
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.1%$10.00
    GPT-5 mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.1%$2.25
    Gemini 3 Pro
    Google ยท Proprietary
    96.0%$14.00
    o4-mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    96.0%$5.50
    Gemini 3 Flash
    Google ยท Proprietary
    95.8%$3.50
    o3-mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    94.8%$5.50
    GPT-5.2
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    94.1%$15.75
    GLM-4.7OSS
    Z AI ยท Open Source
    93.7%$2.80
    GPT-5 nano
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    93.3%$0.45
    Claude Opus 4.5
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    93.2%$30.00
    Claude Opus 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    92.9%$90.00
    MiniMax M2.5OSS
    MiniMax ยท Open Source
    92.5%$1.50
    Claude Opus 4.1
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    92.5%$90.00
    GLM-4.6OSS
    Z AI ยท Open Source
    92.2%$2.80
    Grok-4.1 Fast Reasoning
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    92.1%$0.70
    Grok-4 Fast Reasoning
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    92.1%$0.70
    Claude Sonnet 4.6
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    92.1%$18.00
    GPT OSS 120BOSS
    OpenAI ยท Open Source
    91.4%$0.54
    GPT-4.1
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    91.2%$10.00
    MiniMax M2.1OSS
    MiniMax ยท Open Source
    91.2%$1.50
    DeepSeek-R1OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    90.8%$2.74
    Qwen3 235B A22BOSS
    Qwen ยท Open Source
    90.6%$0.20
    Claude Sonnet 4
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    90.3%$18.00
    o1-mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    90.2%$15.00
    GLM-4.5OSS
    Z AI ยท Open Source
    90.0%$2.80
    GPT-4o
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    88.2%$12.50
    Qwen3 Max
    Qwen ยท Proprietary
    87.4%$5.50
    GPT-4.1 mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    84.6%$2.00
    Kimi K2 InstructOSS
    Moonshot AI ยท Open Source
    84.0%$1.00
    Grok-3
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    83.8%$18.00
    Claude 3.5 Sonnet
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    83.2%$18.00
    GPT OSS 20BOSS
    OpenAI ยท Open Source
    82.9%$0.25
    DeepSeek-V3 0324OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    82%$1.42
    GPT-4 Turbo
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    82.0%$40.00
    DeepSeek-V3OSS
    DeepSeek ยท Open Source
    80.9%$1.37
    Grok-4.1 Fast Non-Reasoning
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    76.0%$0.70
    Grok-4 Fast Non-Reasoning
    xAI ยท Proprietary
    75.4%$0.70
    GPT-4o mini
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    72.4%$0.75
    GPT-4.1 nano
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    68.2%$0.50
    Jamba 1.5 LargeOSS
    AI21 Labs ยท Open Source
    68.1%$10.00
    GPT-3.5 Turbo
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    58.5%$2.00
    Jamba 1.5 MiniOSS
    AI21 Labs ยท Open Source
    55.2%$0.60
    ChatGPT-4o Latest
    OpenAI ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$12.50
    Claude 3 Haiku
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$1.50
    Claude 3 Opus
    Anthropic ยท Proprietary
    โ€”$90.00
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    345 models across 36 providers. Search or jump to a lab โ€” every model page stays linked here.

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    2 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    2 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

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    1 models

    Which model leads MedQA right now?

    As of August 31, 2026, o1 by OpenAI is #1 for MedQA at 96.5%. Ranked by the MedQA score This board also tracks MedQA. Next on the same board: GPT-5.1 and Gemini 3.1 Pro. This medqa leaderboard ranks models by MedQA. Scores come from public evals. Prices are the live API rates in the table above.

    Sources: OpenAI API pricing (https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/pricing); Anthropic Claude API pricing (https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/pricing); Gemini API pricing (https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/pricing)

    Top 8 for medqa. Ranked by the MedQA score Input and output are dollars per million tokens.
    RankModelMedQAInput /MOutput /M
    1o196.5%$15.00$60.00
    2GPT-5.196.4%$1.25$10.00
    3Gemini 3.1 Pro96.4%$2.50$15.00
    4GPT-596.3%$1.25$10.00
    5GPT-5.496.1%$2.50$15.00
    6GPT-5 mini96.1%$0.25$2.00
    7o396.1%$2.00$8.00
    8Gemini 3 Pro96.0%$2.00$12.00

    MedQA FAQ

    Who ranks #1 on the MedQA leaderboard?

    As of August 31, 2026, o1 by OpenAI ranks #1 on MedQA at 96.5%. API pricing is $15.00/M input and $60.00/M output.

    What are the top models on MedQA?

    The current MedQA ranking as of August 31, 2026 is 1. o1 at 96.5%; 2. GPT-5.1 at 96.4%; 3. Gemini 3.1 Pro at 96.4%.

    Which medqa model is the cheapest?

    Qwen3 235B A22B is the cheapest scored model on this medqa leaderboard at $0.10/M input and $0.10/M output ($0.20 blended). o1 still leads MedQA at 96.5%.

    Should I always pick the #1 MedQA model?

    Not automatically. o1 leads MedQA, but a cheaper scored model can be the better production choice if the quality gap is small. Use the table to weigh MedQA against input/output price, context window, and related evals.

    How often is the MedQA leaderboard updated?

    Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 31, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.

    What is MedQA?

    MedQA โ€” medical licensing-style questions for clinical knowledge. This page ranks models that have published a MedQA score, with live API token prices on the same row.

    Where is the MedQA leaderboard?

    This page is the MedQA leaderboard. Models are sorted by MedQA, with input and output token prices on the same row so you can weigh score against cost. Official boards often omit price; that comparison is the point of this index.

    How is this MedQA ranking different from the official board?

    Official eval pages own the methodology. This page keeps the published MedQA score next to live API $/M so you can pick a production SKU, not only a trophy number.