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HealthBench Professional

An open benchmark for clinician-facing model responses across care consult, writing and documentation, and medical research tasks.

Data verified

Benchmark score on HealthBench Professional — July 29, 2026

BenchLM mirrors the published score view for HealthBench Professional. GPT-5.6 Sol leads the public snapshot at 60.5% , followed by Claude Opus 5 (59.8%) and Muse Spark 1.1 (59.3%). BenchLM does not use these results to rank models overall.

6 modelsKnowledgeCurrentDisplay onlyUpdated July 29, 2026

Benchmark score table (6 models)

Score
1
GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI · Closed
60.5%
2
Claude Opus 5Anthropic · Closed
59.8%
3
Muse Spark 1.1Meta · Closed
59.3%
4
GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI · Closed
57.7%
5
GPT-5.6 LunaOpenAI · Closed
55.7%
6
GPT-5.4OpenAI · Closed
48.1%

The published HealthBench Professional snapshot places GPT-5.6 Sol first at 60.5%. The third row is 1.2 points behind. The broader top-10 range is 12.4 points, so the table still separates the published systems.

6 models have been evaluated on HealthBench Professional. The benchmark falls in the Knowledge category. This category carries a 12% weight in BenchLM.ai's overall scoring system. HealthBench Professional is currently displayed for reference but excluded from the scoring formula, so it does not directly affect overall rankings.

About HealthBench Professional

Year

2026

Tasks

Clinician chat tasks

Format

Rubric-graded open-ended responses

Difficulty

Professional clinical workflows

HealthBench Professional uses physician-authored clinician conversations and physician-written rubrics to evaluate model responses on difficult clinical tasks. BenchLM tracks it as a display-only health benchmark because some source rows include product harnesses rather than raw base-model capability.

BenchLM freshness & provenance

Version

HealthBench Professional 2026

Refresh cadence

Quarterly

Staleness state

Current

Question availability

Public benchmark set

CurrentDisplay only

BenchLM uses freshness metadata to decide whether a benchmark should still be treated as a strong differentiator, a benchmark to watch, or a display-only reference. For the full scoring policy, see the BenchLM methodology page.

FAQ

What does HealthBench Professional measure?

An open benchmark for clinician-facing model responses across care consult, writing and documentation, and medical research tasks.

Which model scores highest on HealthBench Professional?

GPT-5.6 Sol by OpenAI currently leads with a score of 60.5% on HealthBench Professional.

How many models are evaluated on HealthBench Professional?

6 AI models have been evaluated on HealthBench Professional on BenchLM.

Last updated: July 29, 2026 · BenchLM version HealthBench Professional 2026

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