2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Amazon Transcribe leads on raw accuracy; Amazon Transcribe is fastest; Amazon Transcribe covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Amazon Transcribe
13.0% WER
Amazon Web Services
Fastest
Amazon Transcribe
0.4× realtime
Amazon Web Services
Most languages
Amazon Transcribe
77 languages
Amazon Web Services
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3
$0.0019/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Whisper Large V3
Groq
OpenAI Whisper large-v3 served on Groq's LPU hardware — top Whisper accuracy at Groq speed and cost, with word-level timestamps and automatic language detection.
Amazon Transcribe
Whisper Large V3
field · 33 models
lower-left is better
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
13.0s
3.6s
$11.16
1,000 hours
$360.00
$111.60
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Max file size
2 GB
100 MB
Max duration
8 h
No limit
Compliance
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Is Amazon Transcribe or Whisper Large V3 more accurate?
Amazon Transcribe is more accurate, with a 13.0% word error rate versus 14.4% for Whisper Large V3, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Whisper Large V3?
Whisper Large V3 is cheaper at $0.0019/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Whisper Large V3?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for accuracy, speed, and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 for lower cost.
