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New Benchmark Reveals MLLMs Struggle with Text-Rich Image Reasoning

A new benchmark called OCR-Reasoning has been developed to evaluate the text-rich image reasoning capabilities of Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs). The benchmark includes 1,069 human-annotated examples covering 6 core reasoning abilities and 18 practical tasks, with detailed step-by-step reasoning processes provided alongside final answers. Initial evaluations using OCR-Reasoning reveal that even state-of-the-art MLLMs struggle significantly with these tasks, with none achieving over 50% accuracy, highlighting an urgent area for improvement in the field. AI

IMPACT Highlights a significant gap in current MLLM capabilities, potentially guiding future research towards more robust text-rich image understanding.

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New Benchmark Reveals MLLMs Struggle with Text-Rich Image Reasoning

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Mingxin Huang, Yongxin Shi, Dezhi Peng, Songxuan Lai, Zecheng Xie, Lianwen Jin ·

    OCR-Reasoning Benchmark: Unveiling the True Capabilities of MLLMs in Complex Text-Rich Image Reasoning

    arXiv:2505.17163v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent advancements in multimodal slow-thinking systems have demonstrated remarkable performance across various visual reasoning tasks. However, their capabilities in text-rich image reasoning tasks remain understudied due…