Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA
Jul 2025
Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIACompare inon
Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA measured on 17 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks17
BenchmarkByScoreRank
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$0.001per minute
4.3AA Speech to text
Jul 2025released
enLanguages
$0.001 / minPer audio minute
Exact native tariff; see source for billing scope.Price covers
Ranking?
Full ranking →···
24Symphony6.325Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA6.426GPT Transcribe, OpenAI6.4Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MCheaperMultilingualsame-32%$0.001OBetterSpeech v3.1+64%——Languages: not verified+1
OpenPhi 4 Multimodal Instruct+27%—$0.05Per audio minute: not verified+1
CheaperWhisper Large v3 TurboOpen-24%-9%$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedrBetterResonant 1 Flash+58%——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingualsame-32%$0.001Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen-24%-9%$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
OSpeech v3.1+64%——Languages: not verified+1rResonant 1 Flash+58%——Languages: not verified+1ZZoom Scribe v1+53%——Languages: not verified+1Azure Speech 06 2026+50%——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Phi 4 Multimodal InstructOpen+27%—$0.05Per audio minute: not verified+1
Granite Speech 3.3 8BOpen+21%——Per audio minute: not verified+1Granite Speech 3.3 2BOpen+19%——Per audio minute: not verified+1
Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpensame——Per audio minute: not verifiedBHiggs Audio v3 SttOpensame——Per audio minute: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Nemotron 3.5 ASR Streaming 0.6BOpen-39%——Per audio minute: not verified+1Parakeet Ctc 1.1BOpen-22%——Per audio minute: not verified+1Canary 1B v2Open-20%——Per audio minute: not verified+1Nemotron Speech Streaming En 0.6BOpensame——Languages: not verified+2Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpensame+103%$0.002Per audio minute: $0.001 / min → $0.002 / min+1Parakeet TDT 0.6B V2, NVIDIAOpensame——Per audio minute: not verified+1Stt Hy Fastconformer Hybrid Large PcOpenn/a——Per audio minute: not verified+1Parakeet RNNT 1.1BOpenn/a—$0.002Per audio minute: $0.001 / min → $0.002 / min+1All NVIDIA models →Run it yourself
estimateFits on✓ 8 GB (phone, laptop) · full quality✓ 16 GB · full quality✓ 24 GB GPU · full quality✓ 48 GB GPU · full quality✓ 80 GB GPU · full quality
LicenceCC BY 4.0free for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER6.4#25
Open ASR · RTFx881.7#19
Open ASR · AMI WER9.1#11
FAQ
How much does Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA cost?›
$0.001 per minute.
Is Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.001 per minute. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA, and what is it best at?›
#31 of 51 in Speech to text.
Is Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA better than Symphony?›
On Open ASR · average WER, Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA scores 6.4 vs 6.3 — about the same.
When was Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2025-07-17. It is the current version in its line.
Is Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (cc-by-4.0 licence).
Can I run Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA?›
Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA is an open-weights speech & voice model from NVIDIA, released Jul 2025.
What are the best alternatives to Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIA?›
Multilingual (cheaper), Speech v3.1 (better), Phi 4 Multimodal Instruct (open weights).