2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Google Telephony leads on raw accuracy; Google Telephony is fastest; Whisper Large V3 Turbo covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Google Telephony
16.4% WER
Google Cloud
Fastest
Google Telephony
0.2× realtime
Google Cloud
Most languages
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
12 languages
Groq
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
$0.0007/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Google Telephony
Google Cloud
Optimized for telephony audio (8kHz)
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 Telephony
Whisper Large V3 Turbo
field · 29 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
22.3s
2.6s
$3.96
1,000 hours
$961.20
$39.60
No
Auto-detect language
No
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
No
Compliance
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Is Google Telephony or Whisper Large V3 Turbo more accurate?
Google Telephony is more accurate, with a 16.4% word error rate versus 18.4% for Whisper Large V3 Turbo, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Google Telephony or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Whisper Large V3 Turbo is cheaper at $0.0007/min versus $0.0160/min for Google Telephony.
Should you choose Google Telephony or Whisper Large V3 Turbo?
Choose Google Telephony for accuracy and speed; choose Whisper Large V3 Turbo for lower cost and language coverage.
