multimodal benchmark
PMC-VQA
A medical visual question answering benchmark built on biomedical literature and medical figures.
Updated Aug 7, 2026
Published models3
Registry coverage3
MetricScore
EvidenceB
PMC-VQA leaderboard
Sorted by the source-provided rank. Higher score is better according to the registry.
| 1 | AC | 63.3% | 100.0% | 3 | C | |
| 2 | AC | 62.4% | 50.0% | 3 | C | |
| 3 | AC | 62.0% | 0.0% | 3 | C |
Score distribution
Top published rows on the benchmark's original scale.
PMC-VQA highlights
The top published results on this benchmark's own scale.
What is PMC-VQA?
Definition and scoring fields from the benchmark registry.
A medical visual question answering benchmark built on biomedical literature and medical figures.
Scores are shown in ratio. The current registry marks this benchmark as not independently verified with evidence level B.
- Family
- PMC-VQA
- Modality
- multimodal
- Primary category
- multimodal
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- No
- Evaluation key
- pmc-vqa|llm-stats-current
Source-native results are preserved. Eligibility for the overall LLMBoard score is a separate policy decision.
FAQ
Common questions about PMC-VQA.
Which model scores highest on PMC-VQA?
Qwen3.5-122B-A10B is currently ranked first with 63.3%.
What does PMC-VQA measure?
A medical visual question answering benchmark built on biomedical literature and medical figures.
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
3 unique published model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
This benchmark is preserved as source-native evidence but is not eligible for the current overall score.