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DeepSeek OCR vs GPT-5.2 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 13 battles · Updated August 25, 2026

DeepSeek OCR
GPT-5.2 (Medium)
Matchup30.8%(4W-9L)69.2%(9W-4L)
Overall19.0%(422W-1641L)42.5%(186W-179L)
ELO13801363
Rank#18#22

In head-to-head OCR battles, DeepSeek OCR trails GPT-5.2 (Medium) with a 30.8% win rate across 13 matchups. DeepSeek OCR currently ranks #18 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1380, while GPT-5.2 (Medium) holds position #22 with an ELO of 1363. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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