2 models compared on the same benchmark — accuracy, latency, price, language coverage and capabilities. Voxtral Mini Transcribe leads on raw accuracy; Voxtral Mini Transcribe is fastest; Whisper Large V3 covers the most languages; Whisper Large V3 is cheapest.
Verdict · who wins what
Most accurate
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
12.7% WER
Mistral (Voxtral)
Fastest
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
0.2× realtime
Mistral (Voxtral)
Most languages
Whisper Large V3
12 languages
Groq
Cheapest
Whisper Large V3
$0.0019/min
Groq
Comparing
2 models · same benchmark
1
Whisper Large V3
Groq
OpenAI Whisper large-v3 served on Groq's LPU hardware — top Whisper accuracy at Groq speed and cost, with word-level timestamps and automatic language detection.
2
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
Mistral (Voxtral)
Mistral Voxtral Mini Transcribe — EU-hosted batch transcription with speaker diarization, segment timestamps, and custom vocabulary (context bias). Strong accuracy at very low cost; handles recordings up to 3 hours.
Voxtral Mini Transcribe
Whisper Large V3
field · 33 models
lower-left is better
general
legal
medical
noisy
technical
uk
us
Latency p99
3.6s
2.3s
$11.16
$18.00
1,000 hours
$111.60
$180.00
No
Auto-detect language
Yes
Yes
Live / streaming
No
No
Custom vocabulary
No
Yes
Max file size
100 MB
No limit
Max duration
No limit
15 min
Compliance
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Is Whisper Large V3 or Voxtral Mini Transcribe more accurate?
Voxtral Mini Transcribe is more accurate, with a 12.7% word error rate versus 14.4% for Whisper Large V3, on our standardized benchmark.
Which is cheaper, Whisper Large V3 or Voxtral Mini Transcribe?
Whisper Large V3 is cheaper at $0.0019/min versus $0.0030/min for Voxtral Mini Transcribe.
Should you choose Whisper Large V3 or Voxtral Mini Transcribe?
Choose Whisper Large V3 for lower cost and language coverage; choose Voxtral Mini Transcribe for accuracy and speed.
