2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Whisper Large V3 Turbo leads on raw accuracy; Google Latest (Long) is fastest; Google Latest (Long) 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
Google Latest (Long)
0.4× realtime
Google Cloud
Most languages
Google Latest (Long)
40 languages
Google Cloud
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Google Latest (Long)
Google Cloud
Conformer model for long-form audio (minutes to hours)
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
Google Latest (Long)
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
13.5s
3.4s
$3.96
1,000 hours
$640.80
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
No
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
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Is Google Latest (Long) or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is more accurate, with a 14.3% word error rate versus 22.6% for Google Latest (Long), on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Google Latest (Long) or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0107/min for Google Latest (Long).
Should you choose Google Latest (Long) or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Google Latest (Long) for speed and language coverage; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for accuracy and lower cost.
