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Sonnet 4.5 vs GPT-5.2 (Medium)

Head-to-head OCR comparison · 18 battles · Updated March 28, 2026

Sonnet 4.5
GPT-5.2 (Medium)
Matchup44.4%(8W-10L)55.6%(10W-8L)
Overall40.9%(680W-767L)46.6%(181W-148L)
ELO15211495
Rank#12#13

In head-to-head OCR battles, Sonnet 4.5 trails GPT-5.2 (Medium) with a 44.4% win rate across 18 matchups. Sonnet 4.5 currently ranks #12 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1521, while GPT-5.2 (Medium) holds position #13 with an ELO of 1495. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.

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