GPT-5 nano (High)
OpenAIProprietary
GPT-5 nano (High) is a vision-language model from OpenAI. It ranks 115 of 167 on LMArena’s overall vision board with 1159±11 from 3,928 votes. Its best category is OCR (#114 of 123). License: Proprietary.
Key figures
- Developer
- OpenAI
- License
- Proprietary
- First seen (our snapshots)
- 2026-10-26
No data: Captioning, Entity recognition, Creative writing.
Who it suits
- Overall #115 of 167: lower half; consider it mainly for cost or deployment reasons.
- Strongest category: OCR (#114 of 123).
- Proprietary; used through OpenAI’s apps or API.
Neighbours on the overall board
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License | Δ vs this model |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 112 |  Gemma 3 27B IT Google | 1165 | 16,982 | Gemma | +6 |
| 113 |  GLM-4.6V Z.ai | 1164 | 2,455 | MIT | +5 |
| 114 | Gemini 1.5 Pro (002) Google | 1161 | 8,902 | Proprietary | +2 |
| 115 | GPT-5 nano (High) OpenAI | 1159 | 3,928 | Proprietary | |
| 116 | Gemini 2.0 Flash (001) Google | 1158 | 10,135 | Proprietary | -1 |
| 117 |  Mistral Medium 3 (2505) Mistral | 1157 | 10,793 | Proprietary | -2 |
| 118 | GLM-4.5V Z.ai | 1154 | 3,243 | MIT | -5 |
Alternatives · More from OpenAI
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 | GPT-5.4 (High) OpenAI | 1303 | 30,747 | Proprietary |
| 21 | GPT-5.5 OpenAI | 1297 | 28,781 | Proprietary |
| 25 | GPT-5.5 (High) OpenAI | 1293 | 27,067 | Proprietary |
| 27 | GPT-5.4 OpenAI | 1292 | 22,804 | Proprietary |
| 29 | GPT-6.1 Sol (Max) OpenAI | 1288 | 2,330 | Proprietary |
Alternatives · Top open-weight models
| # | Model | Score | Votes | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | GLM-5.3-Flash Z.ai | 1294 | 16,254 | MIT |
| 34 |  Kimi K2.6 Moonshot AI | 1282 | 16,368 | Modified MIT |
| 38 |  DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-20260910 (Max) DeepSeek | 1278 | 4,100 | MIT |
| 39 | Gemma 4 31B Google | 1276 | 40,219 | Apache 2.0 |
| 44 |  Qwen3.8-27B Alibaba | 1269 | 7,614 | Apache 2.0 |
How to read these scores
- If two scores differ by less than their ± intervals, the models are statistically close.
- Each category board is computed independently; do not compare scores across categories.
- Models with few votes move more; ranks of new entries may change.
FAQ
Where does GPT-5 nano (High) rank among vision models?
Overall rank 115 (1159); OCR rank 114 (1152); Diagrams rank 115 (1141); Homework rank 112 (1157); Humor rank 91 (1110); English rank 114 (1170); Chinese rank 94 (1176) (LMArena, data as of Oct 26, 2026).
How good is GPT-5 nano (High) at OCR?
GPT-5 nano (High) ranks 114 of 123 on LMArena’s OCR board with 1152 (1,673 votes).
Is GPT-5 nano (High) better with Chinese or English prompts?
Chinese board: #94 of 128 (1176); English board: #114 of 167 (1170). The boards are computed separately, so compare ranks rather than scores.
Is GPT-5 nano (High) open-weight?
No. LMArena lists it as Proprietary; it is available through OpenAI’s apps or API.
How far is GPT-5 nano (High) from #1?
#1 overall is Claude Fable 5 (High) (1325); GPT-5 nano (High) has 1159, 166 points behind.
Sources
LMArena data published Oct 19, 2026.
Synced here Oct 26, 2026.
Price, context length and release date have no reliable public data here and are not shown; all figures come from snapshots, blanks are –.