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olmOCR 2 vs GPT-5.1 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 169 battles · Updated August 21, 2026

olmOCR 2
GPT-5.1 (Medium)
Matchup27.2%(46W-123L)72.8%(123W-46L)
Overall26.6%(635W-1556L)52.1%(1217W-853L)
ELO14301379
Rank#15#19

In head-to-head OCR battles, olmOCR 2 trails GPT-5.1 (Medium) with a 27.2% win rate across 169 matchups. olmOCR 2 currently ranks #15 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1430, while GPT-5.1 (Medium) holds position #19 with an ELO of 1379. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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