Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 vs Amazon Nova 2 Sonic

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Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0xAI
Wins 5 of 8
Reliability
67.1%
Response time
1.62s
Cost / min
$0.0800
Amazon Nova 2 SonicAmazon
Wins 2 of 8
Reliability
50.0%
Response time
2.18s
Cost / min
n/a

Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 is ahead on reliability, success rate, agent responses, data accuracy and response time, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on calls where the agent went quiet and interruption.

Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam

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Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0Amazon Nova 2 Sonic
  • Reliability67.1%50.0%
  • Success rate76.0%59.3%
  • Agent responses96.7%93.9%
  • Data accuracy78.9%59.9%
  • Went quiet4.5%1.2%
  • Interruption4.924.99
  • Response time1.62s2.18s
  • Cost / min$0.0800No verified rate

Reliability on booking and Medicare calls

Scenarios the agent passed on every one of its 3 runs.

Booking callsMedicare calls
  1. 92%
    4%
    Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0
  2. 68%
    4%
    Amazon Nova 2 Sonic

Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 vs Amazon Nova 2 Sonic FAQ

  • Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 is more reliable, by 17.1 points. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 passed 55 of 82 scenarios on all three runs, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic passed 41. A scenario only counts when every run of it passed.

  • For a voice agent, Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0, since it gets more scenarios right on every run. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 is ahead on reliability, success rate, agent responses, data accuracy and response time, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on calls where the agent went quiet and interruption.

  • Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0, by 19.0 points. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 saved everything exactly right on 78.9% of the calls that save data, and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic on 59.9%. On Booking calls, 97.1% against 82.5%. On Medicare calls, 31.8% against 1.5%. A call counts only when nothing is missing, wrong, extra or saved twice.

  • Yes. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 starts replying 0.56s sooner at the median. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 takes 1.62s at the median and 1.94s 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.

  • Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, by 0.07 on a 0 to 5 scale. Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 scores 4.92 and Amazon Nova 2 Sonic 4.99 for how well the agent handled being talked over.

  • Amazon Nova 2 Sonic, by 3.3 points. The agent went quiet for 10 seconds or more on 4.5% of Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 calls and 1.2% of Amazon Nova 2 Sonic calls.

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

  • 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, 3,690 calls across the benchmark. A call passes only when the agent said the right things and saved the right data.

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