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. 2024 Feb 21;10:e51523. doi: 10.2196/51523

Table 5.

Subject and topic level scores for Bard, Generative Pre-trained Transformers (GPT)-3.5, and GPT-4.

Subject and topic Scores obtained

Bard GPT-3.5 GPT-4
Overall (n=700), n (%) 115 (16.4%)a 145 (20.7%) 300 (42.9%)b
Biology (n=396)

Overall 56a 71 151b

Animal kingdom 6a 16 61b

Plant kingdom 30b 5a 15

Ecosystem and environmental issues 10b 5 5

Cell biology and genetics –1a 19b 19b

Biomolecules 2b 2b 2b

Population and ecology –1b –6a –1b

Evolution and health 1a 11 26b

Biotechnology 9a 19 24b
Chemistry (n=160)

Overall 24 24 44b

Inorganic chemistry 15a 25b 20

Organic chemistry 1 –4a 6b

Physical chemistry 8 3a 18b
Physics (n=144)

Overall 35a 50 105b

Modern physics and electronics –4a 6b 6b

Magnetism –1a 4 14b

Simple harmonic motion and waves 4b –1a 4b

Optics –3a 7 12b

Electrostatics and electricity 19 14a 39b

Heat and thermodynamics 2b 2b 2b

Mechanics 18 18 28b

aLowest scorer within the topic.

bTop scorer within the topic.