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Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 vs Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash

Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash is ahead on reliability, success rate, agent responses, data accuracy, stalled calls and interruption, and Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 on response time.

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Success rate by suite

Appointments59 scenariosMedicare23 scenarios
  • GPT Realtime 2.1OpenAI
    92%
    81%
  • GPT-Live 1 + Sol lowOpenAI
    97%
    49%
  • Gemini 3.8 Live ThinkingGoogle
    82%
    61%
  • Grok Think Fast 2.0xAI
    96%
    25%
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash LiveGoogle
    93%
    32%
  • Phonic v1Phonic
    97%
    14%
  • Realtime 2.1 MiniOpenAI
    84%
    4%
  • Nova 2 SonicAmazon
    80%
    6%
  • Cascade, GPT-4.1Not ranked
    97%
    83%
Each model's share of calls that passed every check, on each suite.

Every metric, side by side

Reliability

Scenarios that passed on all three runs.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
67.1%3rd
Cascade, GPT-4.1
82.9%

Cascade, GPT-4.1, 15.9 points higher

Success rate

Calls that passed every check.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
76.0%4th
Cascade, GPT-4.1
93.1%

Cascade, GPT-4.1, 17.1 points higher

Agent responses

Calls where the agent's replies reached the expected outcome.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
96.7%4th
Cascade, GPT-4.1
99.2%

Cascade, GPT-4.1, 2.4 points higher

Data accuracy

Calls where everything the agent saved matched exactly.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
78.9%5th
Cascade, GPT-4.1
94.1%

Cascade, GPT-4.1, 15.2 points higher

Stalled calls

Calls where the agent went silent for 10 seconds or more.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
4.5%7th
Cascade, GPT-4.1
0.8%

Cascade, GPT-4.1, 3.7 points lower

Interruption

How well it handled being talked over, 0 to 5.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
4.925th
Cascade, GPT-4.1
4.96

Cascade, GPT-4.1, 0.04 higher

Response time

Median time to start replying after the caller finishes.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
1.62s2nd
Cascade, GPT-4.1
2.17s

Grok Think Fast 2.0, 0.55s sooner

Cost / min

One minute of call at the vendor's published rates.

Grok Think Fast 2.0
$0.0804th
Cascade, GPT-4.1
No verified rate

Not comparable

The small figure is the place among ranked models. The cascade is not ranked.

Grok Think Fast 2.0 answers first

Grok Think Fast 2.0 1.62s, Cascade, GPT-4.1 2.17s at the median.

Response time, median to p90

MedianTo p90
Medianp90
  • Phonic v1Phonic
    Phonic v1: median 1.59s, p90 1.86s
    1.59s1.86s
  • Grok Think Fast 2.0xAI
    Grok Think Fast 2.0: median 1.62s, p90 1.94s
    1.62s1.94s
  • GPT Realtime 2.1OpenAI
    GPT Realtime 2.1: median 1.94s, p90 2.46s
    1.94s2.46s
  • GPT-Live 1 + Sol lowOpenAI
    GPT-Live 1 + Sol low: median 2.02s, p90 2.42s
    2.02s2.42s
  • Realtime 2.1 MiniOpenAI
    Realtime 2.1 Mini: median 2.08s, p90 2.75s
    2.08s2.75s
  • Nova 2 SonicAmazon
    Nova 2 Sonic: median 2.18s, p90 2.76s
    2.18s2.76s
  • Gemini 3.8 Live ThinkingGoogle
    Gemini 3.8 Live Thinking: median 2.32s, p90 3.06s
    2.32s3.06s
  • Gemini 3.1 Flash LiveGoogle
    Gemini 3.1 Flash Live: median 2.88s, p90 4.00s
    2.88s4.00s
  • Cascade, GPT-4.1Not ranked
    Cascade, GPT-4.1: median 2.17s, p90 2.51s
    2.17s2.51s
2.0s3.0s4.0s
Seconds from the caller finishing to the agent starting to reply, per model.

What we saw on the calls

Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0

  • Quick, with the shortest replies of the field; steady on the short form.
  • Struggles on the long form: fields left out or wrong, usually an earlier reference.
  • Every stall was on a long form.
Model
grok-voice-think-fast-2.0
Setting
Reasoning high
Voice
eve
Turn taking
Service turn detection
Audio
24 kHz
Cost
Excludes a text-input charge the vendor lists without a unit.

Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash

  • Most scenarios pass every run; none fails every run.
  • Rare long-form slips: a reference from an earlier step left out.
  • Not the quickest to reply, but almost never leaves the caller waiting.
Model
flux-general-en → gpt-4.1 → eleven_flash_v2_5
Setting
No reasoning setting
Voice
ElevenLabs 21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM
Turn taking
Speech-to-text turn detection
Audio
16 kHz
Cost
Not published: no verified combined rate for the three services.

Frequently asked questions

Is Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 or Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash more reliable?

Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 passed 55 of 82 scenarios on all three runs, and Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash passed 68. Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash is ahead, by 15.9 points.

Which saves caller data more accurately, Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 or Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash?

Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 saved everything exactly right on 78.9% of the calls that save data, and Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash on 94.1%. On Appointments, 97.1% against 98.8%. On Medicare, 31.8% against 81.8%. A call counts only when nothing is missing, wrong, extra or saved twice.

Which responds faster, Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 or Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash?

Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 starts replying 0.55s sooner at the median. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 takes 1.62s at the median and 1.94s at p90; Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash takes 2.17s and 2.51s. Both are measured on the call audio, from the caller finishing to the agent starting to reply.

Which costs less, Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 or Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash?

There is no verified per-minute rate for Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash, so cost cannot be compared yet.

How were Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 and Flux → GPT-4.1 → ElevenLabs Flash compared?

Both ran as the whole agent in the same open-source Pipecat pipeline, with the same prompt, tools and phone line. A simulated caller worked through all 82 scenarios on live calls, three times each, 2,214 calls across the benchmark. A call passes only when the agent said the right things and saved the right data. The cascade runs the same agent for reference and is never ranked.