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GPT Transcribe vs Whisper v3 Turbo on Groq
Up to 4 models, normalised onto the same cost basis and scored through the lens you pick.
| Cost of talking | ||
| Per minute | $0.0045 | Not conversational |
| Per hour | $0.270 | — |
| 30-min interview | $0.135 | — |
| List price | $0.0045/minPublished | Plan-basedEstimate |
| Recruitment fit | ||
| Overall | 87/100 | 62/100 |
| Verdict | The right transcription default for interviews, because interviews are recorded in noisy rooms on laptop mics. | Fine for internal notes; not what you want under an interview a hiring decision rests on. |
| Best for | Interview recordingsScreening call notesTechnical role discussions | Internal recruiter notesQuick voice memos |
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| Capabilities | ||
| Modalities | audio | audio |
| Context window | — | — |
| Variants | Smart, Balanced, Live (streaming) | Turbo |
| On HumanLike | Coworker, Clippy | Coworker |
| 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 | — |
| Text still arriving after speaker stops (EN) | — | 1197 msOur eval |
Cost per hour assumes 150 wpm and a 40% AI speaking share. Hover a figure for its full derivation.