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Qwen3 ASR Flash vs Amazon Transcribe

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Qwen3 ASR Flash leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Qwen3 ASR Flash is cheapest.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Qwen3 ASR Flash

12.3% WER

Alibaba (Qwen)

Fastest

Amazon Transcribe

0.4× realtime

Amazon Web Services

Most languages

Amazon Transcribe

77 languages

Amazon Web Services

Cheapest

Qwen3 ASR Flash

$0.0021/min

Alibaba (Qwen)

Comparing

2 models · same benchmark

1

Batch

Qwen3 ASR Flash

Alibaba (Qwen)

$0.0021/min
#5 · 69.1

Alibaba Qwen3-ASR Flash — multilingual batch transcription (25+ languages) with word-level timestamps and automatic language detection, served from Model Studio (Singapore). Handles files up to 12 hours.

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2

Batch

Amazon Transcribe

Amazon Web Services

$0.0060/min
#8 · 51.5

AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

69.1

51.5

Accuracy rank

of 35

#5

#8

Word error rate

WER

12.3%

13.0%

Character error rate

CER

7.4%

9.2%

Match error rate

MER

11.2%

12.1%

Word info lost

WIL

14.3%

16.7%

Languages

25

77

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Qwen3 ASR Flash

Amazon Transcribe

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

18.4%
55.8%

conversational

9.7%
6.9%

finance

6.0%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
24.6%

australian

13.9%
6.2%

indian

20.6%
3.2%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.1×

0.4×

Latency p50

7.0s

12.4s

Latency p90

7.0s

13.0s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime rank

—

—

Realtime score

0–100

—

—

Time to first word

—

—

Final drain

—

—

Real-time factor

—

—

Flicker

—

—

Cadence

—

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

100.00%

100.00%

Error rate

0.00%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0021

$0.0060

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.13

$0.36

100 hours

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

No

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

25

77

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

Singapore

United States

Audio formats

6.3%

general

11.3%
6.6%

legal

3.6%
6.2%

medical

7.0%
3.7%

noisy

29.2%
41.7%

technical

4.0%
3.2%

uk

1.5%
0.0%

us

1.9%
1.9%

Latency p99

7.0s

13.0s

$12.60

$36.00

1,000 hours

$126.00

$360.00

Yes

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

No

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ogg
webm
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Max file size

2 GB

2 GB

Max duration

12 h

8 h

Compliance

—

HIPAA
SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 ASR Flash or Amazon Transcribe more accurate?

Qwen3 ASR Flash is more accurate, with a 12.3% word error rate versus 13.0% for Amazon Transcribe, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 ASR Flash or Amazon Transcribe?

Qwen3 ASR Flash is cheaper at $0.0021/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.

Should you choose Qwen3 ASR Flash or Amazon Transcribe?

Choose Qwen3 ASR Flash for accuracy and lower cost; choose Amazon Transcribe for speed and language coverage.