2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Scribe v2 leads on raw accuracy; Scribe v2 is fastest; Scribe v2 covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Scribe v2
9.2% WER
ElevenLabs
Fastest
Scribe v2
0.2× realtime
ElevenLabs
Most languages
Scribe v2
76 languages
ElevenLabs
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3
$0.0019/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Scribe v2
ElevenLabs
State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging
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.
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
4.0s
3.6s
$11.16
1,000 hours
$241.20
$111.60
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Max file size
3 GB
100 MB
Max duration
10 h
No limit
Compliance
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Is Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3 more accurate?
Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 14.4% for Whisper Large V3, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3?
Whisper Large V3 is cheaper at $0.0019/min versus $0.0040/min for Scribe v2.
Should you choose Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3?
Choose Scribe v2 for accuracy, speed, and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 for lower cost.
