built by extend.ai

Iris vs GPT-5 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 23 battles · Updated February 2, 2026

GPT-5 (Medium)
Iris
Matchup65.2%(15W-8L)34.8%(8W-15L)
Overall41.4%(842W-992L)35.2%(158W-240L)
ELO15201477
Rank#10#13

In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5 (Medium) outperforms Iris with a 65.2% win rate across 23 matchups. GPT-5 (Medium) currently ranks #10 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1520, while Iris holds position #13 with an ELO of 1477. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

Try it yourself

Test these models on your own documents in the playground.

Open Playground →

Other comparisons

Iris vs GPT-5 (Medium) - OCR Model Comparison | OCR Arena