Benchmark Almanac

CC-OCR

Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus 83.4% leads since March 2026
Gemini 1.5 Pro Sep 2024 73% leads since December 2024
Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus 83.4% leads since March 2026
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Models read text in 7,058 images across four tracks: scene text, multilingual text, document parsing, and key information extraction. Each track has its own metric.

Released
December 2024
Kind
Documents, charts and text in images
Level
Everyday
Scored
Checked automatically
Answers
Short answer
Tasks
All public
Strongest model tested
Qwen 3.6 Plus #74 on the capability index
Last in a launch post
April 2026, dropped for a newer version
Last model added
April 2026
Scores refreshed
November 12th, 2026

In the authors’ words

Large Multimodal Models (LMMs) have demonstrated impressive performance in recognizing document images with natural language instructions. However, it remains unclear to what extent capabilities in literacy with rich structure and fine-grained visual challenges. The current landscape lacks a comprehensive benchmark to effectively measure the literate capabilities of LMMs. Existing benchmarks are often limited by narrow scenarios and specified tasks. To this end, we introduce CC-OCR, a comprehensive benchmark that possesses a diverse range of scenarios, tasks, and challenges. CC-OCR comprises four OCR-centric tracks: multi-scene text reading, multilingual text reading, document parsing, and key information extraction. It includes 39 subsets with 7,058 full annotated images, of which 41% are sourced from real applications, and released for the first time. We evaluate nine prominent LMMs and reveal both the strengths and weaknesses of these models, particularly in text grounding, multi-orientation, and hallucination of repetition. CC-OCR aims to comprehensively evaluate the capabilities of LMMs on OCR-centered tasks, facilitating continued progress in this crucial area.

Abstract of CC-OCR: A Comprehensive and Challenging OCR Benchmark for Evaluating Large Multimodal Models in Literacy (arXiv:2412.02210, CC0)
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Models scored in lab cards
14
Launch posts list it, from 1 lab
4
System cards report it, from 2 labs

2 models share the top score of 83.4% among models released by April 2026

Best score per model as labs report them in their own cards. Labs pick their own settings, so these compare less cleanly than independent runs.

Gemini 1.5 Pro leads with 73% across all independent runs

Best score per model across the official leaderboard, Epoch AI’s own runs and any board Epoch AI copied. Each bar and row names its source.

Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus leads with 83.4%, claims included

Best score per model from every source, including labs’ own numbers and claims Epoch AI collected from reports and papers. Labs pick their own settings, so a claim can beat an independent run of the same model.

The newest model with a score here came out in April 2026, and nobody has reported a newer one. Among the 20 highest-ranked models on the capability index, these have no score yet:

  1. 1 Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus 83.4%
  2. 2 Qwen 3.6 Plus 83.4%
  3. 3 Qwen3.5 397B-A17B 82%
  4. 4 Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B 81.9%
  5. 5 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 81.8%
  6. 6 Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B 81.5%
  7. 7 Qwen3.6 27B 81.2%
  8. 8 Qwen3.5-27B 81%
  9. 9 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 80.7%
  10. 10 Qwen2.5-VL-72B 79.8%
  11. 11 Qwen3.5-9B 79.3%
  12. 12 Qwen3.5-4B 76.7%
  13. 13 Qwen3.5-2B 72.9%
  14. 14 Qwen3.5-0.8B 63.2%

Source: Labs’ model cards

#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus 83.4% Mar 2026 Lab model card
2 Qwen 3.6 Plus 83.4% Apr 2026 Lab model card
3 Qwen3.5 397B-A17B 82% Feb 2026 Lab model card
4 Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B 81.9% Apr 2026 Lab model card
5 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 81.8% Feb 2026 Lab model card
6 Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B 81.5% Sep 2025 Lab model card
7 Qwen3.6 27B 81.2% Apr 2026 Lab model card
8 Qwen3.5-27B 81% Feb 2026 Lab model card
9 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 80.7% Feb 2026 Lab model card
10 Qwen2.5-VL-72B 79.8% Jan 2025 Lab model card
11 Qwen3.5-9B 79.3% Mar 2026 Lab model card
12 Qwen3.5-4B 76.7% Mar 2026 Lab model card
13 Qwen3.5-2B 72.9% Mar 2026 Lab model card
14 Qwen3.5-0.8B 63.2% Mar 2026 Lab model card
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Gemini 1.5 Pro Sep 2024 73% Sep 2024 Official leaderboard
2 GPT-4o Aug 2024 66.7% Aug 2024 Official leaderboard
3 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) 62.7% Oct 2024 Official leaderboard
#ModelScoreSettingDateSource
1 Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus 83.4% Mar 2026 Lab model card
2 Qwen 3.6 Plus 83.4% Apr 2026 Lab model card
3 Qwen3.5 397B-A17B 82% Feb 2026 Lab model card
4 Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B 81.9% Apr 2026 Lab model card
5 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 81.8% Feb 2026 Lab model card
6 Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B 81.5% Sep 2025 Lab model card
7 Qwen3.6 27B 81.2% Apr 2026 Lab model card
8 Qwen3.5-27B 81% Feb 2026 Lab model card
9 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 80.7% Feb 2026 Lab model card
10 Qwen2.5-VL-72B 79.8% Jan 2025 Lab model card
11 Qwen3.5-9B 79.3% Mar 2026 Lab model card
12 Qwen3.5-4B 76.7% Mar 2026 Lab model card
13 Gemini 1.5 Pro Sep 2024 73% Sep 2024 Official leaderboard
14 Qwen3.5-2B 72.9% Mar 2026 Lab model card
15 GPT-4o Aug 2024 66.7% Aug 2024 Official leaderboard
16 Qwen3.5-0.8B 63.2% Mar 2026 Lab model card
17 Claude 3.5 Sonnet (October 2024) 62.7% Oct 2024 Official leaderboard

The benchmark's own leaderboard has 9 entries, 3 of them models we track. Switch the scores above to rank them together.

4 models have held number one in labs’ own numbers since its release in December 2024 Number one over time 5 models have held number one with claims included since its release in December 2024

Lab claims count from the day the card came out, independent runs from the model’s release. We draw one row each for the benchmark’s own leaderboard and what labs claim in their cards.

Google DeepMind Qwen
Own leaderboard Not tested since Dec 2024
Lab claims Replaced by CC-OCR-Bench-V2, May 2026

Sources: Official CC-OCR leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Scores over time

All the scores we have, one dot each, so a model tested at several settings appears more than once.

On the benchmark’s own leaderboard Reported by the lab in its model card Best so far
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2025 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B Qwen2.5-VL-72B Gemini 1.5 Pro GPT-4o 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% 2025 2026 Near the ceiling (85%) Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus Qwen2.5-VL-72B

Sources: Official CC-OCR leaderboard and labs’ model cards

Labs headline it less often now, last in April 2026

Launch posts from every lab that has listed it, one tick per post. Tall colored ticks include it, and short gray ones leave it out.

Qwen
DateLaunch postScoreAs the post writes it
Apr 22, 2026 Qwen3.6 27B 81.2 CC-OCR
Apr 15, 2026 Qwen 3.6 35B-A3B 81.9 CC-OCR
Apr 2, 2026 Qwen 3.6 Plus 83.4 CC-OCR
Mar 30, 2026 Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus 83.4 CC-OCR
Mar 2, 2026 Qwen3.5-0.8B 63.2 CC-OCR 63.2/66.7 (with CI / without CI)
Mar 2, 2026 Qwen3.5-2B 72.9 CC-OCR 72.9/75.8 (with CI / without CI)
Mar 2, 2026 Qwen3.5-4B 76.7 CC-OCR
Mar 2, 2026 Qwen3.5-9B 79.3 CC-OCR
Feb 24, 2026 Qwen3.5-35B-A3B 80.7 CC-OCR
Feb 24, 2026 Qwen3.5-27B 81 CC-OCR
Feb 24, 2026 Qwen3.5-122B-A10B 81.8 CC-OCR
Feb 16, 2026 Qwen3.5 397B-A17B 82 CC-OCR
Sep 23, 2025 Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B 81.5 CC_OCR
Jan 28, 2025 Qwen2.5-VL-72B 79.8 CC-OCR

4 system cards report it, from 2 labs

Besides launch posts, we read the system cards, model cards and technical reports labs publish with a release. They report far more, including safety and frontier-risk tests.

DateDocumentScoreAs the document writes itSection
Apr 17, 2026 Qwen3.5-Omni-Plus technical report 83.4 CC-OCR (Table 6) Capabilities
Jan 14, 2026 STEP3-VL-10B technical report CC-OCR Multi-Lang-OCR track only, SeRe 76.59, PaCoRe 77.51, no overall CC-OCR score (Tables 1 and 3) Capabilities
Nov 26, 2025 Qwen3-VL-235B-A22B technical report 81.5 CC-OCR (Table 2) Capabilities
Feb 19, 2025 Qwen2.5-VL-72B technical report 79.8 CC-OCR (Table 5) Capabilities

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