2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Whisper Large V3 Turbo leads on raw accuracy; Base is fastest; Base 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
Base
0.1× realtime
Deepgram
Most languages
Base
19 languages
Deepgram
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Base
Deepgram
Deepgram Base model — high volume, cost-effective
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
Base
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
1.1s
3.4s
$3.96
1,000 hours
$871.20
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
Yes
No
Compliance
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Is Base or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is more accurate, with a 14.3% word error rate versus 25.0% for Base, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Base or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0145/min for Base.
Should you choose Base or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Base for speed and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for accuracy and lower cost.
