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GPT-5 (Medium) vs Mistral OCR v3

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 21 battles · Updated April 2, 2026

GPT-5 (Medium)
Mistral OCR v3
Matchup66.7%(14W-7L)33.3%(7W-14L)
Overall40.9%(938W-1112L)33.5%(135W-223L)
ELO14431443
Rank#18#17

In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5 (Medium) outperforms Mistral OCR v3 with a 66.7% win rate across 21 matchups. GPT-5 (Medium) currently ranks #18 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1443, while Mistral OCR v3 holds position #17 with an ELO of 1443. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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