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Qwen3 ASR Flash vs Scribe v2

2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Scribe v2 is fastest; Scribe v2 covers the most languages; Qwen3 ASR Flash is cheapest.

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Verdict · who wins what

Most accurate

Scribe v2

9.2% WER

ElevenLabs

Fastest

Scribe v2

0.2× realtime

ElevenLabs

Most languages

Scribe v2

76 languages

ElevenLabs

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

Scribe v2

ElevenLabs

$0.0040/min
#2 · 78.2

State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

69.1

78.2

Accuracy rank

of 35

#5

#2

Word error rate

WER

12.3%

9.2%

Character error rate

CER

7.4%

7.2%

Match error rate

MER

11.2%

8.5%

Word info lost

WIL

14.3%

12.3%

Languages

25

76

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Qwen3 ASR Flash

Scribe v2

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

18.4%
14.6%

conversational

9.7%
7.6%

finance

6.0%
7.6%

general

11.3%
5.4%

legal

3.6%
2.8%

medical

7.0%
5.8%

noisy

29.2%
33.8%

technical

4.0%
3.1%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

24.6%
21.5%

australian

13.9%
3.1%

indian

20.6%
9.5%

uk

1.5%
0.0%

us

1.9%
0.0%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.1×

0.2×

Latency p50

7.0s

3.4s

Latency p90

7.0s

4.0s

Latency p99

7.0s

4.0s

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

$0.0040

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.13

$0.24

100 hours

$12.60

$24.12

1,000 hours

$126.00

$241.20

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

No

Yes

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

No

Yes

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

No

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

25

76

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

Singapore

United States

Audio formats

mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
webm
aac
amr
mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
aac

Max file size

2 GB

3 GB

Max duration

12 h

10 h

Compliance

—

SOC2
GDPR

Frequently asked questions

Is Qwen3 ASR Flash or Scribe v2 more accurate?

Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 12.3% for Qwen3 ASR Flash, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Qwen3 ASR Flash or Scribe v2?

Qwen3 ASR Flash is cheaper at $0.0021/min versus $0.0040/min for Scribe v2.

Should you choose Qwen3 ASR Flash or Scribe v2?

Choose Qwen3 ASR Flash for lower cost; choose Scribe v2 for accuracy, speed, and language coverage.