Who ranks #1 on the MedQA leaderboard?
As of August 20, 2026, o1 by OpenAI ranks #1 on MedQA at 96.5%. API pricing is $15.00/M input and $60.00/M output.
As of August 20, 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 — medical licensing-style questions for clinical knowledge.
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As of August 20, 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)
| Rank | Model | MedQA | Input /M | Output /M |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | o1 | 96.5% | $15.00 | $60.00 |
| 2 | GPT-5.1 | 96.4% | $1.25 | $10.00 |
| 3 | Gemini 3.1 Pro | 96.4% | $2.50 | $15.00 |
| 4 | GPT-5 | 96.3% | $1.25 | $10.00 |
| 5 | GPT-5.4 | 96.1% | $2.50 | $15.00 |
| 6 | GPT-5 mini | 96.1% | $0.25 | $2.00 |
| 7 | o3 | 96.1% | $2.00 | $8.00 |
| 8 | Gemini 3 Pro | 96.0% | $2.00 | $12.00 |
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As of August 20, 2026, o1 by OpenAI ranks #1 on MedQA at 96.5%. API pricing is $15.00/M input and $60.00/M output.
The current MedQA ranking as of August 20, 2026 is 1. o1 at 96.5%; 2. GPT-5.1 at 96.4%; 3. Gemini 3.1 Pro at 96.4%.
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%.
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.
Scores and API prices on this page are refreshed from published evals and provider rates. The snapshot is labeled August 20, 2026. Treat it as a current index, not a one-off blog post.
MedQA — 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.
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.
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.