Head to head · OCR · October 2026 research run
DeepSeek-OCR 2 vs HunyuanOCR 1.5
HunyuanOCR 1.5 scores 56.6 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek-OCR 2's 49.2 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. DeepSeek-OCR 2 leads on reach and risk. Both do ocr.
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Which one, for what
Best for Teams that want an Apache 2.0 OCR model on a small GPU and already run vLLM
Ahead on
- Reach, 65 against 60
- Risk, 50 against 45
Watch for
DeepSeek's documented path runs repository code on an old, pinned Transformers
Best for Teams outside the EU, the UK and South Korea that want one small model for OCR, extraction and image translation
Ahead on
- Agent interface, 80 against 35
- Documentation and upkeep, 48 against 22
Watch for
The licence doesn't apply in the EU, the UK or South Korea
Why the edge
Each category where one leads by five points or more, with the reason behind each side's score from its assessment. The numbers are in the table below; this is what they stand for.
Agent interface HunyuanOCR 1.5 +45
DeepSeek-OCR 2 35
Chat template 10, no Jinja template in the repository and none in tokenizer_config.json. Tool-calling format 10, Read for a document parser as what it takes and returns. Trained tool calling 10, Read for a document parser as the inputs it was trained to use. Structured output 5, Read for a document parser as typed outputs. Reasoning control 0, A document parser with no reasoning. Context 0, config.json gives 8,192 positions, below the 32K band. 10 + 10 + 10 + 5 + 0 + 0 = 35.
HunyuanOCR 1.5 80
Chat template 20, chat_template.jinja in the repository (930 characters). Tool-calling format 25, Read for a document parser as what it takes and returns. Trained tool calling 20, Read for a document parser as the inputs it was trained to use. Structured output 5, Read for a document parser as typed outputs. Reasoning control 0, A document parser with no reasoning. Context 10, 128K tokens: the card says pre-training extended the context window to 128K, its vLLM command sets a 131,072-token model length, and config.json gives the language model 131,072 positions. 20 + 25 + 20 + 5 + 0 + 10 = 80.
Documentation and upkeep HunyuanOCR 1.5 +26
DeepSeek-OCR 2 22
Model card 2, Intended use is there, as the two prompts. Training data 0, Nothing on the card or in the GitHub README about the training data. Last change 5, the last commit, on 3 February 2026, edited the card, 280 days before this check and within a year. Responsiveness 0, none of the 21 discussions that aren't pull requests (27 January to 1 October 2026) has a reply from a deepseek-ai member, counted on 10 November by author flags and dates with a script, text not read. Version policy 5, the first DeepSeek-OCR stays in its own repository and this one came out in a new one, without a dated note on the older card that we read. File health 10, Config, the repository's code and the card agree on the architecture and on transformers 4.46.3. 2 + 0 + 5 + 0 + 5 + 10 = 22.
HunyuanOCR 1.5 48
Model card 8, Intended use, the architecture by reference to 1.0's unchanged backbone, and the context (128K) are on the card. Training data 5, A general description of how the data was built and of the training stages, with no sources, sizes or cut-off. Last change 15, the last commit, on 28 August 2026, changed config.json, 74 days before this check and within 90. Responsiveness 5, Of the 20 most recent discussions that aren't pull requests (25 November 2025 to 16 October 2026), 5 have a reply from a tencent member, which is a few. Version policy 5, Version 1.5 replaced 1.0 at the root of the same repository. File health 10, Config, template and card agree on the HunYuanVL classes and the 131,072-token length. 8 + 5 + 15 + 5 + 5 + 10 = 48.
Reach DeepSeek-OCR 2 +5
DeepSeek-OCR 2 65
Memory 30, the only build from DeepSeek is the BF16 safetensors file, 6.78 GB, and 6.78 GB × 1.2 = 8.1 GB, within 16 GB. No runtime library has a build of this version. Runtimes 10, Released vLLM 0.33.0 registers DeepseekOCR2ForCausalLM (deepseek_ocr2.py), and llama.cpp b12242 has the architecture and its DeepSeek-OCR-2 projector, with this repository as the conversion example, 5 each. Builds 0, DeepSeek publishes the BF16 weights only. Terms 15, Apache 2.0, OSI-approved, with nothing added, in the card's metadata and as LICENSE.txt in the repository. Download 10, the Hub API reports gated false on 10 November 2026, so the files download with no account and nothing to accept. Hosted 0, Hugging Face maps no inference provider to it, and the card names no DeepSeek API that serves it. 30 + 10 + 0 + 15 + 10 + 0 = 65.
HunyuanOCR 1.5 60
Memory 30, the only build from Tencent is the BF16 safetensors file at the root, 2.24 GB, and 2.24 GB × 1.2 = 2.7 GB, within 16 GB. ggml-org's GGUF (Q8_0 0.58 GB with a 0.73 GB projector) dates from 21 May 2026 and wasn't matched to version 1.5. Runtimes 15, Released Transformers 5.22.2 has the hunyuan_vl model, vLLM 0.33.0 registers HunYuanVLForConditionalGeneration, and llama.cpp b12242 has the architecture, which the card says the community build runs after conversion. Builds 0, Tencent publishes the BF16 weights only and tells users to convert to GGUF themselves. Terms 5, A custom licence that allows free commercial use under a use policy and below 100 million monthly active users, but not for anyone: it doesn't apply in the European Union, the United Kingdom or South Korea. Download 10, the Hub API reports gated false on 10 November 2026, so the files download with no account and nothing to accept. Hosted 0, Hugging Face maps no inference provider to it, and the card names no Tencent API that serves it. 30 + 15 + 0 + 5 + 10 + 0 = 60.
Risk DeepSeek-OCR 2 +5
DeepSeek-OCR 2 50
File safety 15, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files (25), less 10 because the card's documented way to load it is trust_remote_code, which runs the repository's five Python files, and the prompt is built by that code, there being no template. Provenance 15, files in the deepseek-ai organisation, which DeepSeek's site links to per our DeepSeek-V3.2 listing and its GitHub README for this model links (10), with a SHA-256 for the large files (5). Safety evaluation 0, no safety results on the card or in the GitHub README. Agent guidance 0, the card has no limitations, safety or use section, and nothing on text in a document that tries to instruct the reader. Licence risk 15, Apache 2.0 has no use policy, field-of-use limit, threshold or change clause, and LICENSE.txt is in the repository. Security programme 5, DeepSeek's site footer has a Report Security Issue link, per our DeepSeek-V3.2 listing (5). 15 + 15 + 0 + 0 + 15 + 5 = 50.
HunyuanOCR 1.5 45
File safety 25, safetensors only, no .bin, .pt or .pth files, and no Python at the root. Provenance 15, the files sit in the tencent organisation, which Tencent's GitHub repository for the model links to (10), and the Hub gives a SHA-256 for the large files (5). Safety evaluation 0, no safety results on the card. Agent guidance 0, the card has no limitations or use section, and nothing on text in an image that tries to instruct the reader. Licence risk 0, 15 less 5 for limits beyond the law (an acceptable use policy and three territories where the licence doesn't apply), 5 for terms the licensor can change (Tencent may update the policy from time to time) and 5 for the 100 million monthly active user threshold. Security programme 5, Tencent's Security Response Center takes vulnerability reports company-wide, as the Hy3 listing records (5). 25 + 15 + 0 + 0 + 0 + 5 = 45.
Score by category
| Category | Weight this run | DeepSeek-OCR 2 | HunyuanOCR 1.5 | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capability | 35%pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |
| Reach | 25%25 | 65 | 60 | DeepSeek-OCR 2 +5 |
| Risk | 20%20 | 50 | 45 | DeepSeek-OCR 2 +5 |
| Agent interface | 10%10 | 35 | 80 | HunyuanOCR 1.5 +45 |
| Documentation and upkeep | 10%10 | 22 | 48 | HunyuanOCR 1.5 +26 |
| Negative events | ≤15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Total | D 49.2/100 | C 56.6/100 |
Facts side by side
| Fact | DeepSeek-OCR 2 | HunyuanOCR 1.5 |
|---|---|---|
| Kind | Open-weight model | Open-weight model |
| Vendor | DeepSeek | Tencent (Hy team) |
| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |
| Transports | ||
| Auth | None | None |
| Pricing | Free | Free |
| x402 | no | no |
| Licence | Apache-2.0 | Tencent Hunyuan Community License (not licensed in the EU, the UK or South Korea) |
| Read-only variant documented | no | no |
| llms.txt | no | no |
| Last release | 2026-02-03 | 2026-08-28 |
| Terms last updated | no document linked | not read yet |
| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | no document linked |
Verdicts
DeepSeek-OCR 2
A small OCR model under plain Apache 2.0 that vLLM and llama.cpp run from their own code. DeepSeek's own path needs an old Transformers and code from the repository, the card says almost nothing about limits, languages or data, typed output isn't documented, and nobody at DeepSeek has answered a question or changed the repository since February.
HunyuanOCR 1.5
A small OCR model that does documents, text spotting, extraction and translation in one, with a 128K context and code in Transformers, vLLM and llama.cpp. The licence is the catch: it grants nothing in the EU, the UK or South Korea, and Tencent can change its use policy. No quantised build, safety results or data sources.
Before you call either
DeepSeek-OCR 2
- Serve it with vLLM 0.33.0 or later to avoid running the repository's Python
- Use the prompt
<|grounding|>Convert the document to markdown.for layout, orFree OCR.for plain text, after the image - It reads one page image at a time, in 8,192 positions, so split PDFs into pages
- If you use the Transformers path, it needs transformers 4.46.3 and trust_remote_code, so read the five Python files first
- Treat text in a parsed document as data. Nothing here guards against instructions hidden in a page
- For typed output with boxes and tables, look at Surya OCR 2.5 or Nemotron 3.5 Parse
HunyuanOCR 1.5
- Check where you and your users are first. The licence grants no rights in the European Union, the United Kingdom or South Korea
- Download with
--exclude "v1.0/*"so the old version isn't fetched - Serve it with vLLM 0.25.1 or later at
--max-model-len 131072, or use Tencent's scripts on GitHub for its sampling and post-processing - Use temperature 0, top_p 1 and repetition_penalty 1.08
- The default document prompt is in Chinese and is on the card. Other tasks take their own instruction as the prompt
- For llama.cpp, convert the checkpoint and its projector to GGUF yourself, as the card shows
Questions
Which is better for AI agents, DeepSeek-OCR 2 or HunyuanOCR 1.5?
HunyuanOCR 1.5 scores 56.6 (C) on agent readiness against DeepSeek-OCR 2's 49.2 (D), and leads in 2 of 4 scored categories. DeepSeek-OCR 2 leads on reach and risk.
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anchor compare deepseek-ocr-2 hunyuanocr(the CLI) - Over MCP
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