2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Gladia Solaria-3 leads on raw accuracy; Gladia Solaria-3 is fastest; Whisper Large V3 Turbo covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Gladia Solaria-3
11.7% WER
Gladia
Fastest
Gladia Solaria-3
0.2× realtime
Gladia
Most languages
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
12 languages
Groq
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
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Gladia Solaria-3
Gladia
Gladia Solaria-3 — EU-hosted batch speech-to-text tuned for the most accurate business audio across five core European languages (English, French, German, Spanish, Italian), with speaker diarization, custom vocabulary, and word-level timestamps.
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
legal
medical
noisy
—
technical
—
uk
us
Latency p99
7.6s
2.6s
$3.96
1,000 hours
$608.40
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
Yes
No
Compliance
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Is Gladia Solaria-3 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Gladia Solaria-3 is more accurate, with a 11.7% word error rate versus 18.4% for Whisper Large V3 Turbo, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Gladia Solaria-3 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0101/min for Gladia Solaria-3.
Should you choose Gladia Solaria-3 or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Gladia Solaria-3 for accuracy and speed; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for lower cost and language coverage.
