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Qwen3-VL-8B vs Opus 4.5 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 66 battles · Updated February 2, 2026

Opus 4.5 (Medium)
Qwen3-VL-8B
Matchup80.3%(53W-13L)19.7%(13W-53L)
Overall58.8%(806W-330L)36.3%(620W-922L)
ELO16951428
Rank#4#16

In head-to-head OCR battles, Opus 4.5 (Medium) outperforms Qwen3-VL-8B with a 80.3% win rate across 66 matchups. Opus 4.5 (Medium) currently ranks #4 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1695, 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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