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Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Livevs.Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime
Which model is better?
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live is slightly ahead in independent tests, but the lead is not certain.
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Shared tests
Independent evaluators and leaderboards only, the newest shared snapshot per evaluator. With 95 % ranges a lead counts when they do not overlap; for hit rates, when it holds in a 95 % test. Without any uncertainty figure at most “slightly ahead”.
Coval
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly aheadGemini 3.5 Transcribe Live is clearly ahead in 0 of 16 subtests and slightly in 11, Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime in none. 5 are level.
Coval Time to Final Segment (TTFS) maximum
lower is better, as of November 5, 2026
Coval RTF maximum
lower is better, as of November 5, 2026
Coval Time to First Token (TTFT) maximum
lower is better, as of November 5, 2026
Show all 16 subtests
| Subtest | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live | Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coval Time to Final Segment (TTFS) maximum (lower is better) | 5,018 ms | 35,330 ms | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval RTF maximum (lower is better) | 3.12 | 15.59 | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Time to First Token (TTFT) maximum (lower is better) | 12,993 ms | 40,858 ms | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval AudioToFinal maximum (lower is better) | 18.79 s | 43.02 s | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Word Error Rate (WER) per-sample maximum (lower is better) | 100.0 % | 191.7 % | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval pooled corpus Word Error Rate (WER) (lower is better) | 2.9 % | 5.4 % | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Word Error Rate (WER) per-sample mean (lower is better) | 3.4 % | 5.7 % | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Time to First Token (TTFT) p50 (lower is better) | 1,475 ms | 1,846 ms | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Time to First Token (TTFT) mean (lower is better) | 1,533 ms | 1,872 ms | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Time to Final Segment (TTFS) mean (lower is better) | 381 ms | 444 ms | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval Time to Final Segment (TTFS) p50 (lower is better) | 325 ms | 339 ms | Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly ahead |
| Coval RTF mean (lower is better) | 1.06 | 1.07 | level |
| Coval AudioToFinal mean (lower is better) | 8.32 s | 8.38 s | level |
| Coval RTF p50 (lower is better) | 1.04 | 1.05 | level |
| Coval AudioToFinal p50 (lower is better) | 8.67 s | 8.70 s | level |
| Coval Word Error Rate (WER) per-sample p50 (lower is better) | 0.0 % | 0.0 % | level |
Source · latest November 5, 2026
Pipecat STT Benchmark
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly aheadGemini 3.5 Transcribe Live is clearly ahead in 0 of 2 subtests and slightly in 2, Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime in none.
Pipecat STT Benchmark semantic pooled WER
lower is better, as of October 16, 2026
Pipecat STT Benchmark semantic WER mean
lower is better, as of October 16, 2026
Source · latest October 16, 2026
Artificial Analysis
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live slightly aheadArtificial Analysis AA-WER Streaming (final transcription)
lower is better, as of October 15, 2026
Source · latest October 15, 2026
All data side by side
Prices are verbatim from the provider, because audio models bill per minute, character or token.
| Gemini 3.5 Transcribe Live | Voxtral Mini Transcribe Realtime | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Speech to text | Speech to text |
| Developer | Mistral AI | |
| Status | Active | Active |
| Weights | proprietary | open |
| Runs locally | no | yes |
| Price | $3.50 per 1M audio tokens ($0.005 per audio minute) | n/a |
| Popularity (out of 100) | 35 | 18 |