Deepgram Flux English vs GPT-4o Mini Transcribe

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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)
  • Flux English3.90% · 108ms
  • 4o Mini Transcribe3.35% · 630ms

Deepgram Flux English is ahead on final-text delay, and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe on both datasets together. The Pipecat Dataset and The Ocular Dataset are too close to call.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

Who is better at what

Flux English4o Mini Transcribe
  • Overall WER4.00%3.73%
  • Pipecat Dataset WER3.90%3.35%
  • Ocular Dataset WER4.18%4.45%
  • Time to first text791msn/a
  • Final-text delay108ms630ms

Lower is better on every measure. Too close to call means the likely ranges overlap. For costs, see our breakdown of Deepgram pricing.

Flux English vs 4o Mini Transcribe FAQ

  • GPT-4o Mini Transcribe is more accurate on the public clips. On the 1,000 public Pipecat clips, Deepgram Flux English scores 4.00% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.73%, so GPT-4o Mini Transcribe makes fewer errors by 0.27 points. On the eight licensed Ocular recordings, Deepgram Flux English scores 3.90% and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe 3.35%, with likely ranges of 3.53 to 4.29% and 3.08 to 3.65%. The ranges overlap, so the difference is too close to call. Word error rate counts incorrect, missing, and extra words, so lower is better.

  • Final-text delay was not measured for one or both, so speed cannot be compared. Both are measured on the same 206 streamed turns.

  • Deepgram Flux English and GPT-4o Mini Transcribe are level on the two figures a voice agent depends on most. A voice agent cannot reply until the final transcript arrives, and the Ocular recordings are real conversations.

  • Only Deepgram Flux English. GPT-4o Mini Transcribe returns no text until the speaker stops, which matters if your agent reacts to partial transcripts.

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