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Scribe v2 vs Whisper Large V3 Turbo

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 Turbo is cheapest.

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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 Turbo

$0.0007/min

Groq

Comparing

2 models · same benchmark

1

Batch

Scribe v2

ElevenLabs

$0.0040/min
#2 · 78.2

State-of-the-art batch STT — 90+ languages, speaker diarization, audio tagging

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2

Batch

Whisper Large V3 Turbo

Groq

$0.0007/min
#10 · 81.3

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.

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Overview

30-day benchmark average

Overall score

0–100

78.2

81.3

Accuracy rank

of 35

#2

#10

Word error rate

WER

9.2%

14.3%

Character error rate

CER

7.2%

10.6%

Match error rate

MER

8.5%

13.4%

Word info lost

WIL

12.3%

19.0%

Languages

76

12

Cost vs. accuracy

overall WER vs price

Scribe v2

Whisper Large V3 Turbo

field · 33 models

lower-left is better

Accuracy by category

WER · lower is better

code_switching

14.6%
49.9%

conversational

7.6%
13.7%

finance

7.6%
7.1%

Accuracy by accent

WER · English

african

21.5%
24.6%

australian

3.1%
16.9%

indian

9.5%

Speed & latency

p50 → p99

Processing speed

× realtime

0.2×

0.0×

Latency p50

3.4s

2.6s

Latency p90

4.0s

3.4s

Realtime / streaming

Streaming benchmark averages

Realtime rank

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—

Realtime score

0–100

—

—

Time to first word

—

—

Final drain

—

—

Real-time factor

—

—

Flicker

—

—

Cadence

—

—

Reliability

Rolling 30 days

Uptime

100.00%

100.00%

Error rate

0.00%

0.00%

Pricing

billed per second

Rate

per minute

$0.0040

$0.0007

Billing granularity

per 1s

per 1s

1 hour of audio

$0.24

$0.04

100 hours

$24.12

Capabilities

Feature support

Speaker diarization

Yes

No

Word-level timestamps

Yes

Yes

Code-switching

Yes

Coverage & deployment

Languages · formats · regions

Languages

76

12

Mode

Batch

Batch

Region

United States

United States

Audio formats

general

5.4%
9.2%

legal

2.8%
3.8%

medical

5.8%
1.8%

noisy

33.8%
36.7%

technical

3.1%
8.3%
27.0%

uk

0.0%
6.0%

us

0.0%
9.4%

Latency p99

4.0s

3.4s

$3.96

1,000 hours

$241.20

$39.60

No

Auto-detect language

Yes

Yes

Live / streaming

No

No

Custom vocabulary

No

No

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wav
flac
m4a
ogg
aac
mp3
wav
flac
m4a
ogg
webm

Max file size

3 GB

100 MB

Max duration

10 h

No limit

Compliance

SOC2
GDPR

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Frequently asked questions

Is Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?

Scribe v2 is more accurate, with a 9.2% word error rate versus 14.3% for Whisper Large V3 Turbo, on our standardized benchmark.

Which is cheaper, Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?

Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0040/min for Scribe v2.

Should you choose Scribe v2 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?

Choose Scribe v2 for accuracy, speed, and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for lower cost.