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dots.ocr vs GPT-5 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 142 battles · Updated October 6, 2026

dots.ocr
GPT-5 (Medium)
Matchup38.7%(55W-87L)61.3%(87W-55L)
Overall33.2%(652W-1144L)39.9%(952W-1157L)
ELO14811354
Rank#12#22

In head-to-head OCR battles, dots.ocr trails GPT-5 (Medium) with a 38.7% win rate across 142 matchups. dots.ocr currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1481, while GPT-5 (Medium) holds position #22 with an ELO of 1354. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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