Whisper Large v3

Sep 2022
Whisper Large v3
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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?

Full ranking →
1Multilingual4.12Cohere Transcribe 03 20264.13Scribe v24.44OmniASR LLM 7B v24.65Azure Speech 07 20264.6
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18OmniASR CTC 1B v26.219Whisper Large v36.320Symphony6.3

Strong at

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Speech & Voice#49 of 51

Alternatives?

ModelScoreCostPriceWhat changes
MCheaperMultilingual+55%-88%$0.001Languages: loses la, ml, te +30COpenCohere Transcribe 03 2026+54%——Languages: loses ru, hi, tr +73+2CheaperScribe v2+43%-13%$0.004rCheaperResonant 1+31%-15%$0.004Languages: not verifiedCheaperVoxtral Small 24B 2507Opensame-29%$0.003Languages: loses zh, ja, ko +78+1

Run it yourself

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Fits 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 & Voice
AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate10.1#53
AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate · fal.ai4.1#1
AA Speech to text · Recorded audio word error rate · Together AI4.5#1
Open ASR · average WER7.8#44
Open ASR · RTFx470.7#32
Open ASR · AMI Cleaned WER13.6#52
Open ASR · Earnings-22 Cleaned AA Chunked WER8#39
Open ASR · GigaSpeech Cleaned WER8.4#36
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Clean WER1.6#40
Open ASR · LibriSpeech Other WER3.5#39
Open ASR · SPGISpeech WER2.7#33
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 WER13.7#35
Open ASR · Voice Arena Monsoon WER4#25
Open ASR · VoxPopuli AA Cleaned WER4.5#52
Open ASR · AMI WER14.9#24
Open ASR · Earnings-22 WER11.6#32
Open ASR · GigaSpeech WER8.4#18
Open ASR · VoxPopuli WER8.7#30
Open ASR · URGENT 2024 Clean WER5.8#37
Open ASR · French RTFx339.7#13
Open ASR · French FLEURS WER4.8#22
Open ASR · French MCV WER10#28
Open ASR · French MLS WER3.9#17
Open ASR · German RTFx327.6#13
Open ASR · German FLEURS WER3.2#14
Open ASR · German MCV WER4.8#23
Open ASR · Spanish RTFx386.3#13
Open ASR · Spanish FLEURS WER2.3#9
Open ASR · Spanish MCV WER4.3#23
Open ASR · Spanish MLS WER3.5#19
Open ASR · Italian RTFx368.9#12
Open ASR · Italian FLEURS WER2.3#15
Open ASR · Italian MCV WER4.8#22
Open ASR · Italian MLS WER6.3#19
Open ASR · Portuguese RTFx351.9#11
Open ASR · Portuguese FLEURS WER3.5#14
Open ASR · Portuguese MLS WER6.4#19
Open ASR · Hindi RTFx89.6#9
Open ASR · Hindi Monsoon WER28.2#28
Open ASR · Dutch RTFx300.8#11
Open ASR · Dutch FLEURS WER4.4#10
Open ASR · Dutch MCV WER4.1#13
Open ASR · Dutch MLS WER4.8#9
Open ASR · Armenian RTFx73.4#6
Open ASR · Armenian FLEURS WER43#13
Open ASR · Armenian MCV WER57#14

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 OmniASR CTC 1B v2?›

On Open ASR · Italian MLS WER, Whisper Large v3 scores 6.3 vs 6.2 — 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?›

Multilingual (cheaper), Cohere Transcribe 03 2026 (open weights).