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Whisper v3 Turbo on Groq vs GPT Transcribe

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Whisper v3 Turbo on Groq
Groq
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GPT Transcribe
OpenAI
Cost of talking
Per minuteNot conversational$0.0045
Per hour—$0.270
30-min interview—$0.135
List pricePlan-basedEstimate$0.0045/minPublished
Recruitment fit
Overall62/10087/100
VerdictFine for internal notes; not what you want under an interview a hiring decision rests on.The right transcription default for interviews, because interviews are recorded in noisy rooms on laptop mics.
Best for
Internal recruiter notesQuick voice memos
Interview recordingsScreening call notesTechnical role discussions
Watch out for
  • Slowest tail latency of the streaming options we measured
  • No speaker attribution
  • 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
Capabilities
Modalitiesaudioaudio
Context window——
VariantsTurboSmart, Balanced, Live (streaming)
On HumanLikeCoworkerCoworker, Clippy
HumanLike evals
Text still arriving after speaker stops (EN)1197 msOur eval—
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

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