# Best LLM for Vision & Documents > Updated Oct 20, 2026 ยท evidence through Oct 20, 2026. Synthesized from cited community evidence and open benchmarks, not vendor marketing. Canonical page: https://modelmatchbook.com/best/vision-documents Gemini 3.8 Flash is the provisional first pick for Vision & Documents as of October 20, 2026, while independent task measurements are still limited. It ranks #2 of 75 on LMArena Vision's OCR category (Elo 1316), based on blind human preference for reading text out of images. Claude Opus 5.5 is the next-ranked alternative. It ranks #4 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1330), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams. [1,2] ## 1. Gemini 3.8 Flash https://modelmatchbook.com/models/google/gemini-3.8-flash-20260902 Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks #2 of 75 on LMArena Vision's OCR category (Elo 1316), based on blind human preference for reading text out of images. **Best when:** Its strongest result for this task is on LMArena Vision OCR, which measures reading text out of images and scans. [1] ## 2. Claude Opus 5.5 https://modelmatchbook.com/models/anthropic/claude-opus-5.5-20260921 Claude Opus 5.5 ranks #4 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1330), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams. **Best when:** Its strongest result for this task is on LMArena Vision diagrams, which measures interpreting charts and diagrams. [2] ## 3. Gemini 3.7 Flash https://modelmatchbook.com/models/google/gemini-3.7-flash-20260813 Ranks #4 on LMArena's vision arena and #5 on OCR, showing strong general vision performance with particular strength in text extraction from images. **Best when:** Use for OCR tasks where it ranks #5 of 75 with Elo 1308 on LMArena Vision's OCR category. [4] **More tips:** - Deploy for general image understanding where it holds Elo 1295, ranking #4 of 81 on LMArena's vision arena. [5] ## 4. Claude Fable 5.1 https://modelmatchbook.com/models/anthropic/claude-fable-5.1-20260831 Ranks #2 on LMArena's document arena with balanced performance across vision tasks, placing #7 on diagrams and #10 on both general vision and OCR. **Best when:** Use for end-to-end document processing workflows where it ranks #2 of 34 with score 1513 on LMArena's document arena. [6] **More tips:** - Deploy for chart interpretation where it ranks #7 of 75 with Elo 1323 on LMArena Vision's diagram category. [7] ## 5. Muse Spark 1.2 https://modelmatchbook.com/models/meta/muse-spark-1.2-20260805 Ties for #6 on LMArena's vision arena with strong OCR performance at #6, though weaker on diagrams at #15. **Best when:** Use for text extraction from images where it ranks #6 of 75 with Elo 1307 on LMArena Vision's OCR category. [8] **More tips:** - Deploy for general image understanding where it ties for #6 of 81 with Elo 1293 on LMArena's vision arena. [9] ## 6. GPT-6.1 Sol https://modelmatchbook.com/models/openai/gpt-6.1-sol-20260929 GPT-6.1 Sol ranks #5 of 81 on LMArena's vision arena (Elo 1294), based on human preference on image-understanding tasks. **Best when:** Its strongest result for this task is on LMArena Vision, which measures reading images, screenshots, and documents. [10] ## 7. Claude Sonnet 5.5 https://modelmatchbook.com/models/anthropic/claude-sonnet-5.5-20260928 Claude Sonnet 5.5 ranks #9 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1321), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams. **Best when:** Its strongest result for this task is on LMArena Vision diagrams, which measures interpreting charts and diagrams. [11] ## 8. GLM 5.3 Flash https://modelmatchbook.com/models/z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-20260826 GLM 5.3 Flash ranks #20 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1306), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams. **Best when:** Its strongest result for this task is on LMArena Vision diagrams, which measures interpreting charts and diagrams. [3] ## FAQ **What is the best model for Vision & Documents?** Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks first as of October 20, 2026. Gemini 3.8 Flash ranks #2 of 75 on LMArena Vision's OCR category (Elo 1316), based on blind human preference for reading text out of images. [1] **What is the best alternative to Gemini 3.8 Flash?** Claude Opus 5.5 ranks second. Claude Opus 5.5 ranks #4 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1330), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams. [2] **Which open-weight model ranks highest for Vision & Documents?** GLM 5.3 Flash is the highest-ranked open-weight model, at #8. GLM 5.3 Flash ranks #20 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1306), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams. [3] ## Sources 1. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #2 of 75 on LMArena Vision's OCR category (Elo 1316), based on blind human preference for reading text out of images." (LMArena Vision OCR, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 2. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #4 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1330), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams." (LMArena Vision diagrams, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 3. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #20 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1306), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams." (LMArena Vision diagrams, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 4. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #5 of 75 on LMArena Vision's OCR category (Elo 1308), based on blind human preference for reading text out of images." (LMArena Vision OCR, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 5. "Within the 81 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #4 of 81 on LMArena's vision arena (Elo 1295), based on human preference on image-understanding tasks." (LMArena vision arena, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 6. "Within the 34 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #2 of 34 on LMArena's document arena (score 1513), based on blind preference for document tasks." (LMArena document arena, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 7. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #7 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1323), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams." (LMArena Vision diagrams, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 8. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #6 of 75 on LMArena Vision's OCR category (Elo 1307), based on blind human preference for reading text out of images." (LMArena Vision OCR, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 9. "Within the 81 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #6 of 81 on LMArena's vision arena (Elo 1293), based on human preference on image-understanding tasks." (LMArena vision arena, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 10. "Within the 81 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #5 of 81 on LMArena's vision arena (Elo 1294), based on human preference on image-understanding tasks." (LMArena vision arena, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard) 11. "Within the 75 catalog models matched to this evaluation: Ranks #9 of 75 on LMArena Vision's diagram category (Elo 1321), based on blind human preference for interpreting charts and diagrams." (LMArena Vision diagrams, https://lmarena.ai/leaderboard)