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For PDFs and documents, GPT-5 scores highest on the current data (58.2), weighting multimodal 50%, long context 50%.

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Weights: Multimodal 50%, Long Context 50%. Document work means reading long, often scanned files.

Best AI model for PDFs
#ModelProviderFitMultimodalLong ContextInput $/MOutput $/M
1GPT-5OpenAI58.246.869.5$1.25$10
2Gemini 2.5 ProGoogle52.545.259.8$1.25$10
3Claude Opus 5.5Anthropic52.457.847.1$4$20
4Gemini 3 ProGoogle50.857.644.0——
5Claude Fable 5.1Anthropic50.353.946.7$10$50
6GPT-6 AstraOpenAI49.855.044.5$10$50
7GPT-6.1 SolOpenAI48.852.744.9$2$10
8Claude Sonnet 5.5Anthropic48.751.545.9$2$10
9Claude Opus 5Anthropic48.650.846.5$5$25
10Grok 4xAI48.433.763.1——
11GPT-5.2OpenAI47.651.344.0$1.75$14
12GPT-5.5OpenAI47.646.948.3$5$30
13o3OpenAI47.341.453.3$2$8
14Gemini 4 ArgonGoogle47.146.547.6——
15GPT-5.4OpenAI47.043.750.3$2.50$15
16GPT-5.6 SolOpenAI47.048.645.4$4$20
17Kimi K2.5 (open weights)Moonshot AI46.641.152.1$0.45$2.25
18GPT-5.1OpenAI46.244.847.6$1.25$10
19GPT-5.6 TerraOpenAI45.847.344.4$2$12
20Claude Fable 5Anthropic45.845.346.3$10$50
21Gemini 3.5 FlashGoogle45.545.745.4$1.50$9
22GPT-6 SolOpenAI45.347.643.1$2$10
23Gemini 3 Flash PreviewGoogle44.945.544.4$0.50$3
24Gemini 2.5 FlashGoogle44.741.847.5$0.30$2.50
25Muse Spark 1.3Meta44.643.745.6$1.25$4.25

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Top two head to head: GPT-5 vs Gemini 2.5 Pro

Frequently asked questions

What is the best ai model for pdfs?

For PDFs and documents, GPT-5 scores highest on the current data (58.2), weighting multimodal 50%, long context 50%.

How is this shortlist built?

Document work means reading long, often scanned files. Each model's category scores are blended with those weights; only ranked models with results in every needed category are listed.

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