Claude Opus 5.5 tops scanned OCR benchmark

An evaluation of 15 vision models and Mistral OCR tested against eight custom-built scanned document pages reveals that Claude Opus 5.5 achieved the highest accuracy, while Mistral OCR provided the best overall value. The testing highlights that vision models often hallucinate plausible-looking values on faded scans and that turning reasoning off reduces cost and latency without sacrificing accuracy. Open article →