Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Hits 84x Realtime at $5/1,000 min, Ranks #5 on AA-WER

ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-08-27

Google released Gemini 3.5 Transcribe, ranking #5 on Artificial Analysis's AA-WER benchmark for non-streaming transcription at 2.6% WER, alongside Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live, which streams continuously via the Live API at 4.0% AA-WER with 0.40s latency after end of speech.

It processes 84 seconds of audio per second (84x realtime) at $5 per 1,000 minutes. Among top-five accuracy models it's faster than ElevenLabs Scribe v2 (55x, $3.67) but slower than Microsoft MAI-Transcribe-1.5 (191x) and Smallest AI Pulse Pro (275x, $4). The two offerings target pre-recorded audio (Interactions API) and live streaming (Live API) respectively.

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