SecureBio VMQA, single choice
Gemini 3 Pro 61.2% leads since November 2025 Models answer 350 virology troubleshooting questions in single-choice form. VMQA is an earlier version of the Virology Capabilities Test.
Google FSF sections report it with N=350. The Gemini 3 Pro FSF report calls the same N=350 set SecureBio VCT SC.
- Made by
- SecureBio
- Kind
- Hazardous knowledge
- Level
- Expert
- Scored
- Checked automatically
- Answers
- Multiple choice
- Strongest model tested
- Gemini 3 Pro #55 on the capability index
- Last in a system card
- November 2025
- Last model added
- November 2025
Gemini 3 Pro leads with 61.2% among models released by November 2025
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.
The newest model with a score here came out in November 2025, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:
- Claude Fable 5.2
- Gemini 4 Carbon
- GPT-6 Astra
- Claude Opus 5.5
- and 16 more
- 1 Gemini 3 Pro 61.2%
- 2 Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 56%
- 3 Gemini 2.5 Pro Mar 2025 50.8%
- 4 Gemini 2.5 Flash Jun 2025 48%
Source: Labs’ model cards
| # | Model | Score | Setting | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gemini 3 Pro | 61.2% | Nov 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 2 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Jun 2025 | 56% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 3 | Gemini 2.5 Pro Mar 2025 | 50.8% | Apr 2025 | Lab model card | |
| 4 | Gemini 2.5 Flash Jun 2025 | 48% | Jul 2025 | Lab model card |
3 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since 2023
Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release.
Source: Labs’ model cards
Scores over time
All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.
Source: Labs’ model cards
Labs report it only in system cards
We read the headline results of 522 launch posts from 52 labs, and none of them list this benchmark. Some system cards do, below.
4 system cards report it, from 1 lab
Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.
| Date | Document | Score | As the document writes it | Section |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2025 | Gemini 3 Pro system card | 61.2 | SecureBio VCT - SC (N=350), mean solve rate, shuffled answer choices (Figure 1). Same N=350 single-choice set that earlier Google reports call SecureBio VMQA - SC | Bio and chem risk |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Pro technical report | 56 | SecureBio VMQA - SC (N=350), mean solve rate over 100 shuffled runs (Figure 9) | Bio and chem risk |
| Jul 7, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Flash technical report | 48 | SecureBio VMQA - SC (N=350), mean solve rate over 100 shuffled runs (Figure 9) | Bio and chem risk |
| Apr 28, 2025 | Gemini 2.5 Pro model card | 50.8 | SecureBio VMQA - SC (N=350), mean solve rate over 100 shuffled runs (Figure 1) | Bio and chem risk |
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