2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Whisper Large V3 Turbo leads on raw accuracy; Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) is fastest; Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
18.4% WER
Groq
Fastest
Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime)
0.2× realtime
Gladia
Most languages
Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime)
25 languages
Gladia
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
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Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime)
Gladia
Gladia Solaria-1 — EU-hosted real-time streaming speech-to-text across 100+ languages with native code-switching and ~103ms partial latency. Word-level timestamps and automatic language identification; speaker diarization is available for batch (Solaria-3), not this streaming model.
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
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
field · 30 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
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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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2.6s
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Flicker
0.0%
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Cadence
0.0/s
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$3.96
1,000 hours
$748.80
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
Yes
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
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Is Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo has a published benchmark at 18.4% word error rate. Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) has not been benchmarked yet.
Which is cheaper, Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0125/min for Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime).
Should you choose Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Gladia Solaria-1 (Realtime) for speed and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for accuracy and lower cost.
