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GPT Transcribe vs Gemini 3.5 Transcribe

Up to 4 models, normalised onto the same cost basis and scored through the lens you pick.

Cost of talking
Per minute$0.0045Not conversational
Per hour$0.270
30-min interview$0.135
List price$0.0045/minPublishedPlan-basedEstimate
Recruitment fit
Overall87/10089/100
VerdictThe right transcription default for interviews, because interviews are recorded in noisy rooms on laptop mics.The pick for panel interviews and any non-English hiring — speaker attribution and Greek accuracy are both unmatched here.
Best for
Interview recordingsScreening call notesTechnical role discussions
Panel interviewsMultilingual hiringEvidence-linked interview notes
Watch out for
  • On clean studio audio the Balanced tier is genuinely more accurate — do not blanket-apply Smart
  • Small benchmark samples: re-validate on your own audio before standardising
  • Live and Recorded are different model codes — you cannot swap one for the other
  • Requires a billed key; the free tier 429s under sustained use
Capabilities
Modalitiesaudioaudio
Context window
VariantsSmart, Balanced, Live (streaming)Live, Recorded
On HumanLikeCoworker, ClippyCoworker, Clippy
HumanLike evals
Word error rate (clean audio)0.29Our eval
Word error rate (with additive noise)0.26Our eval
Median latency (9.2s clip)1390 msOur eval
Word error rate (English)0.06Our eval
Word error rate (Greek)0.03Our eval
Text still arriving after speaker stops (EN)666 msOur eval

Cost per hour assumes 150 wpm and a 40% AI speaking share. Hover a figure for its full derivation.