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Qwen3-VL-8B vs GPT-5 (Low)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 112 battles · Updated February 2, 2026

GPT-5 (Low)
Qwen3-VL-8B
Matchup49.1%(55W-57L)50.9%(57W-55L)
Overall40.2%(807W-1021L)36.3%(620W-922L)
ELO14811428
Rank#12#16

In head-to-head OCR battles, GPT-5 (Low) trails Qwen3-VL-8B with a 49.1% win rate across 112 matchups. GPT-5 (Low) currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1481, while Qwen3-VL-8B holds position #16 with an ELO of 1428. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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