Local OCR Comparison: dots.ocr More Accurate, DeepSeek-OCR 2 Faster (Sparrow + MLX)

I run local tests with Sparrow to compare DeepSeek OCR2 and dots.ocr (by RedNote), both run on MLX-VLM in FP16 precision. Dots.ocr consistently beats DeepSeek OCR2 in accuracy, but DeepSeek OCR2 deliveres much better inference performance.

 

My Experience with PyCharm AI Assistant

Explaining my experience with PyCharm AI Assistant. Showing example how code changes can be reviewed one by one, before they are accepted into your codebase.