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Sonnet 4.5 vs DeepSeek OCR

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 92 battles · Updated March 28, 2026

Sonnet 4.5
DeepSeek OCR
Matchup73.9%(68W-24L)26.1%(24W-68L)
Overall40.9%(680W-767L)18.8%(407W-1610L)
ELO15211319
Rank#12#23

In head-to-head OCR battles, Sonnet 4.5 outperforms DeepSeek OCR with a 73.9% win rate across 92 matchups. Sonnet 4.5 currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1521, while DeepSeek OCR holds position #23 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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