OCRia-1: LlamaIndex’s 4B Parser Beats Models 8x Its Size

LlamaIndex released OCRia-1, a 4B-parameter document parser that scored 87.4 on ParseBench, 12 points ahead of competitors, 75x faster than Gemini and at a third of the cost. The model outperforms models 8x its size, according to LlamaIndex. The release gives developers a smaller, cheaper option for document parsing in AI pipelines.