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Qwen3-VL-8B vs DeepSeek OCR

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 123 battles · Updated February 2, 2026

Qwen3-VL-8B
DeepSeek OCR
Matchup74.8%(92W-31L)25.2%(31W-92L)
Overall36.3%(620W-922L)18.8%(371W-1473L)
ELO14281319
Rank#16#19

In head-to-head OCR battles, Qwen3-VL-8B outperforms DeepSeek OCR with a 74.8% win rate across 123 matchups. Qwen3-VL-8B currently ranks #16 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1428, while DeepSeek OCR holds position #19 with an ELO of 1319. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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