AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 ProvsDeepgram Flux Multilingual

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Accuracy and speed

Left gets fewer words wrong. Lower has the final text ready sooner.

Accurate and fast0ms200ms400ms600ms800ms0%2%4%6%8%Words wrong on clean audio (Pipecat WER)
  • Universal 3.6 Pro1.77% · 91ms
  • Flux Multilingual4.96% · 114ms

AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro is ahead of Deepgram Flux Multilingual on the Pipecat Dataset, time to first text and final-text delay. The Ocular Dataset is too close to call.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

Who is better at what

Universal 3.6 ProFlux Multilingual
  • Pipecat Dataset WER1.77%4.96%
  • Ocular Dataset WER4.50%4.53%
  • Time to first text485ms793ms
  • Final-text delay91ms114ms

Lower is better on every measure. Too close to call means the likely ranges overlap.

Universal 3.6 Pro vs Flux Multilingual FAQ

  • AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro is more accurate on the public clips. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro scores 1.77% and Deepgram Flux Multilingual 4.96%, so AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro makes fewer errors by 3.19 points. On the eight licensed Ocular recordings, AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro scores 4.50% and Deepgram Flux Multilingual 4.53%, with likely ranges of 3.66 to 5.34% and 3.29 to 5.69%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.

  • Yes. AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro finishes the transcript 23ms sooner. AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro has the final transcript 91ms after the speaker stops and Deepgram Flux Multilingual 114ms, at the median. Both are measured on the same 206 streamed turns.

  • AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro finishes the transcript 23ms sooner, and the two are too close to call on real conversations. A voice agent cannot reply until the final transcript arrives, and the Ocular recordings are real conversations.

  • Yes, both return partial text before the speaker stops. AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro shows first text after 485ms and Deepgram Flux Multilingual after 793ms, at the median, so AssemblyAI Universal 3.6 Pro is 308ms sooner.