Benchmark Almanac

ChemicalDiagramQA

Models answer questions about chemical structure diagrams in scientific figures. Scored by accuracy.

This is an in-house evaluation, and Google never released the questions.

Made by Gemini Team , Google Released Jun 2024 Documents, charts and text in images Tasks kept private Last in a launch post May 2024 , dropped before it saturated Last model added May 2024
Level
University Undergraduates and entry-level professionals
Scored
Checked automatically A program checks the result against an answer key, unit tests or the expected final state.
Answers
Multiple choice
1
Model scored in lab cards
1
Launch post lists it, from 1 lab

Gemini 1.5 Pro leads with 69.7%

Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.

  1. 1 Gemini 1.5 Pro May 2024 69.7%
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Gemini 1.5 Pro May 2024 69.7% May 2024 Model card

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

Reported by the lab in its model card
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2024 Near the ceiling (85%) Gemini 1.5 Pro 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2024 Near the ceiling (85%) Gemini 1.5 Pro

No launch post has listed it since May 2024

Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.

Google DeepMind
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
14 May 2024 Gemini 1.5 Pro 69.7 ChemicalDiagramQA (internal), 0-shot

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