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Qwen3-VL-8B vs GPT-5.1 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 116 battles · Updated May 13, 2026

GPT-5.1 (Medium)
Qwen3-VL-8B
Matchup69.0%(80W-36L)31.0%(36W-80L)
Overall52.8%(1216W-831L)35.9%(692W-1042L)
ELO15091496
Rank#12#13

In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5.1 (Medium) outperforms Qwen3-VL-8B with a 69.0% win rate across 116 matchups. GPT-5.1 (Medium) currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1509, while Qwen3-VL-8B holds position #13 with an ELO of 1496. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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