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Deepslate Opal vs Amazon Nova 2 Sonic

Deepslate Opal is ahead on reliability, success rate, agent responses and data accuracy, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on stalled calls, interruption and response time.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

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Success rate by suite

Higher is better
Appointments59 scenariosMedicare23 scenarios
  • Deepslate OpalDeepslate
    84%
    35%
  • Nova 2 SonicAmazon
    80%
    6%
Each model's share of calls that passed every check, on each suite.
Verdict

Which to pick

Pick Deepslate Opal for reliability across repeated calls (7.3 points higher), calls that pass every check (10.6 points higher), getting the agent's replies right (2.0 points higher) and saving the caller's data correctly (12.7 points higher). Pick Amazon Nova 2 Sonic for fewer stalled calls (4.1 points lower), handling interruptions (0.03 higher) and fast replies (0.09s sooner).

Every metric, side by side

Reliability

Scenarios that passed on all three runs.

Deepslate Opal
57.3%7th
Nova 2 Sonic
50.0%9th

Deepslate Opal, 7.3 points higher

Success rate

Calls that passed every check.

Deepslate Opal
69.9%8th
Nova 2 Sonic
59.3%11th

Deepslate Opal, 10.6 points higher

Agent responses

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

Deepslate Opal
95.9%6th
Nova 2 Sonic
93.9%9th

Deepslate Opal, 2.0 points higher

Data accuracy

Calls where everything the agent saved matched exactly.

Deepslate Opal
72.6%8th
Nova 2 Sonic
59.9%11th

Deepslate Opal, 12.7 points higher

Stalled calls

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

Deepslate Opal
5.3%9th
Nova 2 Sonic
1.2%2nd

Nova 2 Sonic, 4.1 points lower

Interruption

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

Deepslate Opal
4.967th
Nova 2 Sonic
4.991st

Nova 2 Sonic, 0.03 higher

Response time

Median time to start replying after the caller finishes.

Deepslate Opal
2.27s10th
Nova 2 Sonic
2.18s9th

Nova 2 Sonic, 0.09s sooner

Cost / min

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

Deepslate Opal
$0.1127th
Nova 2 Sonic
No verified rate

Not comparable

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

Nova 2 Sonic answers first

Nova 2 Sonic 2.18s, Deepslate Opal 2.27s at the median.

Response time, median to p90

Lower is betterMedianTo p90
Medianp90
  • Nova 2 SonicAmazon
    Nova 2 Sonic: median 2.18s, p90 2.76s
    2.18s2.76s
  • Deepslate OpalDeepslate
    Deepslate Opal: median 2.27s, p90 2.83s
    2.27s2.83s
2.0s3.0s
Seconds from the caller finishing to the agent starting to reply, per model.

What we saw on the calls

Deepslate Opal

  • Every interrupted call and every call with several requests passed.
All 3 notes on Deepslate Opal
Model
opal
Setting
No reasoning setting
Voice
ElevenLabs 21m00Tcm4TlvDq8ikWAM
Turn taking
Service turn detection
Audio
16 kHz
Cost
The vendor's regular rate of €0.10 a minute, at the ECB rate of 5 Oct 2026, applied to each call's length; its launch offer is €0.02. Excludes the ElevenLabs voice, billed on the customer's own ElevenLabs key.

Amazon Nova 2 Sonic

  • Best voice score of the field.
All 3 notes on Nova 2 Sonic
Model
amazon.nova-2-sonic-v1:0
Setting
Endpointing medium
Voice
matthew
Turn taking
Shared local turn detection
Audio
16 kHz
Cost
The vendor's rates for this model are not yet verified.

Frequently asked questions

Is Deepslate Opal or Amazon Nova 2 Sonic more reliable?

Deepslate Opal is more reliable, by 7.3 points. Deepslate Opal passed 47 of 82 scenarios on all three runs, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic passed 41. A scenario only counts when every run of it passed.

Which should I pick, Deepslate Opal or Amazon Nova 2 Sonic?

For a phone agent, Deepslate Opal, since it gets more scenarios right on every run. Deepslate Opal is ahead on reliability, success rate, agent responses and data accuracy, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on stalled calls, interruption and response time.

Which saves caller data more accurately, Deepslate Opal or Amazon Nova 2 Sonic?

Deepslate Opal, by 12.7 points. Deepslate Opal saved everything exactly right on 72.6% of the calls that save data, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on 59.9%. On Appointments, 85.4% against 82.5%. On Medicare, 39.4% against 1.5%. A call counts only when nothing is missing, wrong, extra or saved twice.

Is Deepslate Opal faster than Amazon Nova 2 Sonic?

No. Amazon Nova 2 Sonic starts replying 0.09s sooner at the median. Deepslate Opal takes 2.27s at the median and 2.83s at p90; Amazon Nova 2 Sonic takes 2.18s and 2.76s. Both are measured on the call audio, from the caller finishing to the agent starting to reply.

Which handles interruptions better, Deepslate Opal or Amazon Nova 2 Sonic?

Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, by 0.03 on a 0 to 5 scale. Deepslate Opal scores 4.96 and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic 4.99 for how well the agent handled being talked over.

Which goes silent on callers less often, Deepslate Opal or Amazon Nova 2 Sonic?

Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, by 4.1 points. The agent went silent for 10 seconds or more on 5.3% of Deepslate Opal calls and 1.2% of Amazon Nova 2 Sonic calls.

Which is cheaper, Deepslate Opal or Amazon Nova 2 Sonic?

There is no verified per-minute rate for Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, so cost cannot be compared yet.

Where does the Deepslate Opal vs Amazon Nova 2 Sonic data come from?

Cekura ran both as the whole agent in the same open-source Pipecat pipeline, with the same prompt, tools and connection. A simulated caller worked through all 82 scenarios on live calls, three times each, 2,952 calls across the benchmark. A call passes only when the agent said the right things and saved the right data.