Whisper Large v3
Sep 2022
Whisper Large v3Compare inon
Whisper Large v3 measured on 46 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks46
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$0.004per minute
10.1AA Speech to text
Sep 2022released
en, es, fr +86Languages
$0.004 / minPer audio minute
/ large-v3Price covers
Ranking?
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51Voxtral Mini 3B 250713.652Whisper Large v313.653OmniASR LLM 7B v213.9Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ZCheaperZoom Scribe V2 Pro×2.2-21%$0.003Languages: not verifiedMBetterMultilingual×2.2-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30
OpenGranite Speech 4.1 2B Nar+96%——Languages: loses zh, ja, it +81+2
CheaperCanary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen+72%-83%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +85+1
CheaperScribe v2+66%-13%$0.004ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
ZZoom Scribe V2 Pro×2.2-21%$0.003Languages: not verifiedMMultilingual×2.2-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen+72%-83%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +85+1Scribe v2+66%-13%$0.004rResonant 1+66%-15%$0.004Languages: not verifiedModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual×2.2-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30Canary Qwen 2.5B, NVIDIAOpen+72%-83%$0.001Languages: loses es, fr, de +85+1Parakeet TDT 0.6B V3, TogetheraiOpen+45%-65%$0.002Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +62+1ZZoom Scribe V2 Pro×2.2-21%$0.003Languages: not verifiedAUniversal 3.5 Pro+28%-17%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, pl +68ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Granite Speech 4.1 2B NarOpen+96%——Languages: loses zh, ja, it +81+2CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open+94%——Languages: loses ru, hi, tr +73+2Granite Speech 4.1 2BOpen+93%——Languages: loses zh, it, ko +80+2BHiggs Audio v3 SttOpen+90%——Languages: loses es, fr, de +85+2Granite 4.0 1B SpeechOpen+85%——Languages: loses zh, it, ko +80+2ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Whisper Large v3 TurboOpensame-84%$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedGPT Transcribe, OpenAI+52%+6%$0.004Languages: loses de, ja, pt +82GPT Live Transcriben/a—$0.017Languages: not verified+1GPT Realtime Whispern/a—$0.017Languages: not verified+1GPT-4o Mini Transcribeunstatedn/a—$0.003Languages: not verifiedGPT-4o Transcriben/a—$0.006Languages: not verified+1 Large v3Openn/a—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedWizper Large v3Openn/a—$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedAll OpenAI 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
LicenceMITfree for commercial use
Benchmarks
in Speech & VoiceOpen ASR · average WER7.8#44
Open ASR · RTFx470.7#32
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER13.6#52
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER13.7#35
Open ASR · AMI WER14.9#24
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER11.6#32
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER8.7#30
Open ASR · French RTFx339.7#13
Open ASR · German RTFx327.6#13
Open ASR · Spanish RTFx386.3#13
Open ASR · Italian RTFx368.9#12
Open ASR · Portuguese RTFx351.9#11
Open ASR · Hindi RTFx89.6#9
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER28.2#28
Open ASR · Dutch RTFx300.8#11
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER4.1#13
Open ASR · Armenian RTFx73.4#6
FAQ
How much does Whisper Large v3 cost?›
$0.004 per minute.
Is Whisper Large v3 free to use?›
There is no free API; it costs $0.004 per minute. The weights are open, so you can run it yourself.
How good is Whisper Large v3, and what is it best at?›
#49 of 51 in Speech to text.
Is Whisper Large v3 better than Voxtral Mini 3B 2507?›
On Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER, Whisper Large v3 scores 13.6 vs 13.6 — about the same. It is 323% more expensive.
When was Whisper Large v3 released? Is there a newer version?›
Released 2022-09-27. It is the current version in its line.
Is Whisper Large v3 open source?›
Yes, the weights are open (MIT licence).
Can I run Whisper Large v3 locally?›
The weights are open and can be self-hosted; hardware needs are not confirmed yet.
What is Whisper Large v3?›
Whisper Large v3 is an open-weights speech & voice model from OpenAI, released Sep 2022.
What are the best alternatives to Whisper Large v3?›
Zoom Scribe V2 Pro (cheaper), Multilingual (better), Granite Speech 4.1 2B Nar (open weights).