GoogleMicrosoftAudio matchupSpeech to text
Gemini 3.5 Transcribevs.MAI-Transcribe-2
Which model is better?
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe and MAI-Transcribe-2 perform about the same in independent tests.
Independent testsAppen MedTerm-90
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe0 of 1
MAI-Transcribe-20 of 1
Popularityout of 100
Gemini 3.5 Transcribeahead52
MAI-Transcribe-20
Weights and access
Gemini 3.5 Transcribeproprietary
MAI-Transcribe-2proprietary
Priceverbatim from the provider
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe$2 per 1M audio tokens ($0.003 per audio minute)
MAI-Transcribe-2$0.10 per hour of audio as an introductory price
Pick Gemini 3.5 Transcribe for
more popular
Pick MAI-Transcribe-2 for
No clear edge
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”.
Appen MedTerm-90
levelAppen MedTerm-90 overall clinical entity recall
Gemini 3.5 Transcribe80.7 %
MAI-Transcribe-281.3 %
95 % ranges 79.5 % to 81.8 % and 80.5 % to 82.1 %, 30,017 tasks, as of October 16, 2026
Source · latest October 16, 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 | MAI-Transcribe-2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Task | Speech to text | Speech to text |
| Developer | Microsoft | |
| Status | Active | Preview |
| Released | n/a | September 3, 2026 |
| Weights | proprietary | proprietary |
| Runs locally | no | no |
| Price | $2 per 1M audio tokens ($0.003 per audio minute) | $0.10 per hour of audio as an introductory price |
| Popularity (out of 100) | 52 | 0 |
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