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Scribe v2vs.Nova-3

Which model is better?

Scribe v2 is slightly ahead in independent tests, but the lead is not certain.

Independent tests
Scribe v20 of 2
Nova-30 of 2
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark, Artificial Analysis
Popularity
Scribe v239
Nova-3ahead51
out of 100
Weights and access
Scribe v2proprietary
Nova-3proprietary
Released
Scribe v2n/a
Nova-3n/a

Pick Scribe v2 for

leaning Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmarkleaning Artificial Analysis

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more popular

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”.

Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark

Scribe v2 slightly ahead

Scribe v2 is clearly ahead in 0 of 12 subtests and slightly in 12, Nova-3 in none.

Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) Vocal Sound F1

Scribe v283.4 %
Nova-30.0 %

4,957 tasks, as of October 18, 2026

Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Vocal Sound F1

Scribe v280.4 %
Nova-30.0 %

202 tasks, as of October 18, 2026

Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Filler F1

Scribe v298.5 %
Nova-31.0 %

202 tasks, as of October 18, 2026

Show all 12 subtests
SubtestScribe v2Nova-3Verdict
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) Vocal Sound F183.4 %0.0 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Vocal Sound F180.4 %0.0 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Filler F198.5 %1.0 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Cutoff F177.7 %14.1 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) vWER (lower is better)4.2 %19.2 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Disfluency F189.3 %20.4 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) Filler F195.5 %45.7 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) vWER (lower is better)3.2 %6.3 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) Disfluency F190.3 %57.3 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) Cutoff F180.1 %72.2 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (German) Rep F188.1 %79.8 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead
Nyra Verbatim Speech Benchmark (English) Rep F187.9 %83.2 %Scribe v2 slightly ahead

Source · latest October 18, 2026

Artificial Analysis

Scribe v2 slightly ahead

Artificial Analysis AA-WER (non-streaming)

Scribe v22.2 %
Nova-35.2 %

lower is better, as of October 15, 2026

Source · latest October 15, 2026

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Scribe v2Nova-3
TaskSpeech to textSpeech to text
DeveloperElevenLabsDeepgram
StatusActiveActive
Weightsproprietaryproprietary
Runs locallynono
Popularity (out of 100)3951