2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Whisper Large V3 Turbo leads on raw accuracy; Ink-Whisper is fastest; Ink-Whisper 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-Whisper
0.1× realtime
Cartesia
Most languages
Ink-Whisper
100 languages
Cartesia
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Ink-Whisper
Cartesia
Whisper rearchitected for real-time and batch voice AI — fastest TTCT, 99-language coverage
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
Ink-Whisper
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
947ms
3.4s
0.00×
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Flicker
0.0%
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Cadence
0.0/s
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$3.96
1,000 hours
$133.20
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
No
Yes
Live / streaming
Yes
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
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Is Ink-Whisper or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is more accurate, with a 14.3% word error rate versus 22.0% for Ink-Whisper, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Ink-Whisper or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0022/min for Ink-Whisper.
Should you choose Ink-Whisper or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Ink-Whisper for speed and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for accuracy and lower cost.
