Sonnet 4.5 vs Opus 4.6 (Adaptive)
Head-to-head OCR comparison · 33 battles · Updated August 24, 2026
In head-to-head OCR battles, Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) outperforms Sonnet 4.5 with a 78.8% win rate across 33 matchups. Opus 4.6 (Adaptive) currently ranks #4 on the OCR Arena leaderboard with an ELO rating of 1734, while Sonnet 4.5 holds position #9 with an ELO of 1557. These rankings are based on blind community voting where users compare OCR outputs without knowing which model produced each result.
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