2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Whisper Large V3 Turbo leads on raw accuracy; Ink-2 is fastest; Whisper Large V3 Turbo covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
14.3% WER
Groq
Fastest
Ink-2
0.1× realtime
Cartesia
Most languages
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
12 languages
Groq
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Ink-2
Cartesia
Cartesia's newest streaming STT — lowest WER of any streaming model, native turn detection, and robust on alphanumerics like phone numbers, emails, and UUIDs. English only for now.
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.
general
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legal
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medical
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noisy
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technical
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uk
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us
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3.4s
Final drain
180ms
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Real-time factor
1.01×
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Flicker
0.0%
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Cadence
0.0/s
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$3.96
1,000 hours
$388.80
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
No
Yes
Live / streaming
Yes
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Max file size
No limit
100 MB
Max duration
No limit
No limit
Compliance
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Is Ink-2 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo has a published benchmark at 14.3% word error rate. Ink-2 has not been benchmarked yet.
Which is cheaper, Ink-2 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0065/min for Ink-2.
Should you choose Ink-2 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Ink-2 for speed; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for accuracy, lower cost, and language coverage.
