Sonnet 4.5 vs Gemini 3 Flash
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 22 battles · Updated May 18, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, Gemini 3 Flash outperforms Sonnet 4.5 with a 68.2% win rate across 22 matchups. Gemini 3 Flash currently ranks #1 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1731, while Sonnet 4.5 holds position #10 with an ELO of 1529. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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