GPT-5 (Low) vs GPT-5.1 (Medium)
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 169 battles · Updated April 2, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5.1 (Medium) outperforms GPT-5 (Low) with a 69.8% win rate across 169 matchups. GPT-5.1 (Medium) currently ranks #7 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1620, while GPT-5 (Low) holds position #20 with an ELO of 1432. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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