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GPT-5 (Medium) vs Sonnet 4.5

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 94 battles · Updated April 2, 2026

Sonnet 4.5
GPT-5 (Medium)
Matchup53.2%(50W-44L)46.8%(44W-50L)
Overall41.1%(688W-771L)40.9%(938W-1112L)
ELO15481443
Rank#12#18

In head-to-head OCR battles, Sonnet 4.5 outperforms GPT-5 (Medium) with a 53.2% win rate across 94 matchups. Sonnet 4.5 currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1548, while GPT-5 (Medium) holds position #18 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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