Whisper Large v3
Sep 2022
Whisper Large v3Compare inon
Whisper Large v3 measured on 46 of 81 Speech to text benchmarks46
BenchmarkByScoreRank
No benchmark matches
$0.004per minute
10.1AA Speech to text
Sep 2022released
en, es, fr +86Languages
$0.004 / minPer audio minute
/ large-v3Price covers
Ranking?
Full ranking →···
21Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B Hf4.622Whisper Large v34.823Muse Voice Transcribe4.9Strong at
Alternatives?
ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CheaperScribe v2×2.2-13%$0.004MBetterMultilingual+92%-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026+92%——Languages: loses ru, hi, tr +73+2rCheaperResonant 1+89%-15%$0.004Languages: not verifiedACheaperUniversal 3.5 Pro+77%-17%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, pl +68ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Scribe v2×2.2-13%$0.004MMultilingual+92%-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30rResonant 1+89%-15%$0.004Languages: not verifiedAUniversal 3.5 Pro+77%-17%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, pl +68
Voxtral Small 24B 2507Open+54%-29%$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +78+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MMultilingual+92%-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30AUniversal 3.5 Pro+77%-17%$0.004Languages: loses ko, ru, pl +68rResonant 1+89%-15%$0.004Languages: not verifiedScribe v2×2.2-13%$0.004
Azure Speech 06 2026×2.7——Languages: not verified+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
CCohere Transcribe 03 2026Open+92%——Languages: loses ru, hi, tr +73+2Phi 4 Multimodal InstructOpensame—$0.05Languages: loses hi, ca, id +63+2
Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B HfOpensame——Languages: loses ca, he, uk +59+2Voxtral Mini 4B Realtime 2602Open-22%——Languages: loses tr, pl, ca +73+2Qwen 3 ASR 0.6B HfOpen-44%——Languages: loses ca, he, uk +59+1ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
Whisper Large v3 TurboOpen-27%-84%$0.001Memory (4-bit): not verifiedGPT Transcribe, OpenAI+58%+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 Qwen 3 ASR 1.7B Hf?›
On Open ASR · Italian MCV WER, Whisper Large v3 scores 4.8 vs 4.6 — about the same.
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?›
Scribe v2 (cheaper), Multilingual (better), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).