DeepSeek OCR vs Sonnet 4.5
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 93 battles · Updated October 9, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, Sonnet 4.5 outperforms DeepSeek OCR with a 74.2% win rate across 93 matchups. Sonnet 4.5 currently ranks #9 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1608, while DeepSeek OCR holds position #18 with an ELO of 1377. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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