Iris vs Sonnet 4.5
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 16 battles · Updated February 2, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, Sonnet 4.5 ties with Iris with a 50.0% win rate across 16 matchups. Sonnet 4.5 currently ranks #11 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1498, 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.
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