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We benchmarked 18 LLMs on OCR (7K+ calls) – cheaper models win

We benchmarked 18 LLMs on OCR (7K+ calls) – cheaper models win

by TimoKerr·Apr 22, 2026·5 points·1 comment

AI Analysis

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7,560 runs proving cheaper models beat expensive ones on production OCR tasks.

Strengths
  • pass^n consistency metric measures reliability across repeated runs, not single-shot accuracy
  • Cost per successful outcome metric actually matters for production budgeting
  • 42 real business documents across receipts, invoices, logistics — not synthetic data
Weaknesses
  • Limited to 42 document types, may not cover edge cases in specific industries
  • Benchmark is the product — no actual OCR tool, just evaluation data
Category
Target Audience

Developers building OCR pipelines, ML engineers

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