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 Turbo 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 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Amazon Transcribe
Amazon Web Services
AWS foundation model-powered ASR — 100+ languages
2
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
Groq
OpenAI Whisper large-v3-turbo served on Groq's LPU hardware — very fast, very low cost batch transcription with word-level timestamps and automatic language detection.
30-day benchmark average
overall WER vs price
Amazon Transcribe
field · 27 models
lower-left is better
WER · lower is better
WER · English
p50 → p99
Streaming benchmark averages
Rolling 30 days
billed per second
Feature support
Languages · formats · regions
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
13.0s
3.4s
$3.96
1,000 hours
$360.00
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
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Groq
Is Amazon Transcribe or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Amazon Transcribe is more accurate, with a 13.0% word error rate versus 14.3% for Whisper Large V3 Turbo, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Amazon Transcribe or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0060/min for Amazon Transcribe.
Should you choose Amazon Transcribe or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Amazon Transcribe for accuracy, speed, and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for lower cost.
