Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini 3 Flash
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 29 battles · Updated October 23, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, Gemini 3 Flash outperforms Sonnet 4.5 with a 72.4% win rate across 29 matchups. Gemini 3 Flash currently ranks #1 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1788, while Sonnet 4.5 holds position #9 with an ELO of 1633. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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