Opus 4.6 (Low) vs Sonnet 4.5
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 9 battles · Updated April 8, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, Opus 4.6 (Low) outperforms Sonnet 4.5 with a 77.8% win rate across 9 matchups. Opus 4.6 (Low) currently ranks #10 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1588, while Sonnet 4.5 holds position #12 with an ELO of 1515. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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