DeepSeek OCR vs GPT-5.1 (Medium)
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 180 battles · Updated May 9, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5.1 (Medium) outperforms DeepSeek OCR with a 88.9% win rate across 180 matchups. GPT-5.1 (Medium) currently ranks #11 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1520, while DeepSeek OCR holds position #23 with an ELO of 1390. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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