Gemini 3.8 Live Extended ThinkingGoogle
Wins 2 of 11- Reliability (Pass³)
- 24.3%
- Latency P50
- 2.10s
- Cost per Minute (USD)
- n/a
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking vs GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol
GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 SolOpenAI
Wins 8 of 11- Reliability (Pass³)
- 32.9%
- Latency P50
- 2.27s
- Cost per Minute (USD)
- $0.055
GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol is ahead on ELO rating, hearing score, speaking score, task handling score, reliability, calls handled well, calls fully resolved and calls where the agent went quiet, and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking on turn taking score and median latency.
Last updated Methodology by Dileep Chagam
Who is better at what
Gemini 3.8 Live Extended ThinkingGPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol
- ELO Rating10161069
- Hearing5471
- Turn Taking7972
- Speaking8083
- Task Handling6782
- Reliability (Pass³)24.3%32.9%
- Pass Rate (score ≥ 80)53.3%58.6%
- Task Completion Rate22.9%36.2%
- Dead-Air Rate (≥ 10 s)17.6%13.3%
- Latency P502.10s2.27s
- Cost per Minute (USD)No verified rate$0.055
Results by call
Right every time, on booking and Healthcare calls
Banking callsHealthcare calls
- GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol
- Banking calls
- 28.6%
- Healthcare calls
- 37.1%
- Gap
- 8.6 points
29%37%GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol - Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
- Banking calls
- 20.0%
- Healthcare calls
- 28.6%
- Gap
- 8.6 points
20%29%Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking
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Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking vs GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol FAQ
Is Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking or GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol more reliable?
GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol is more reliable, by 8.6 points. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking handled 17 of 70 real callers well on all three runs, and GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol 23. A caller only counts when every run of the call scored 80 or more.
GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol is more reliable, by 8.6 points. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking handled 17 of 70 real callers well on all three runs, and GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol 23. A caller only counts when every run of the call scored 80 or more.
For a voice agent, GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol, since it handles more real callers well on every run. GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol is ahead on ELO rating, hearing score, speaking score, task handling score, reliability, calls handled well, calls fully resolved and calls where the agent went quiet, and Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking on turn taking score and median latency.
GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol, by 13.3 points higher. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking fully resolved 22.9% of calls and GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol 36.2%. A call counts only when every step the caller needed was done.
Yes. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking starts replying 0.17s sooner at the median. Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking takes 2.10s at the median and 2.60s at p90; GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol takes 2.27s and 2.72s. Both are measured on the call audio, from the caller finishing to the agent starting to reply.
GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol, by 4.3 points. The agent went quiet for 10 seconds or more on 17.6% of Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking calls and 13.3% of GPT-Live 1 + GPT-6 Sol calls.
There is no verified per-minute rate for Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking, so cost cannot be compared yet.
Cekura ran both as the whole agent with the same prompt, tools and phone connection. Both took the same 70 recorded real human callers on live calls, three times each. Each call is graded on 25 skills across Hearing, Turn Taking, Task Handling and Speaking, and passes at a score of 80 out of 100.
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