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Artificial Analysis: Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking tops Speech to Speech Index at 82.6

Artificial Analysis (@ArtificialAnlys) updated its Speech to Speech Index: Google Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (High) debuts at #1 with 82.6, ahead of GPT-Live-1 (Astra medium) at 81.5 and Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High at 81.3; standard Gemini 3.8 Live lands #5 at 76.0. The same drop covers Speech Agent Arena, Tau Voice (Extended Thinking leads at 68.6%), Big Bench Audio, time-to-first-audio, and input-audio cost ($0.84/hr standard, $3.50/hr Extended Thinking).

Key Takeaways

  • Gemini 3.8 Live Extended Thinking (High) leads Speech to Speech Index at 82.6, above GPT-Live-1 Astra at 81.5.
  • On Tau Voice, Extended Thinking leads at 68.6%; standard Gemini 3.8 Live scores 30.1%.
  • Standard input audio is about $0.84/hr (cheapest in the Index); Extended Thinking about $3.50/hr, still below Astra at $5.83.
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⚡ Google Gemini 3.8 Live⚡ GPT Live 1⚡ GPT-6 Astra🌐 Google DeepMind

Artificial Analysis: GPT-Live-1 (Astra) tops Speech to Speech Index at 81.5

Artificial Analysis (@ArtificialAnlys) published its Speech to Speech Index: OpenAI GPT-Live-1 with Astra (medium) as the delegated backend debuts at #1 with 81.5, while Sol (low) scores 80.1 at #3, with Grok Voice Think Fast 2.0 High between them at 81.3. GPT-Live-1 is a full-duplex speech model that can delegate reasoning and tool use to a backend text model mid-conversation. The same drop covers Speech Agent Arena, Tau Voice, Big Bench Audio, plus cost and time-to-first-audio.

Key Takeaways

  • GPT-Live-1 (Astra medium) leads Speech to Speech Index at 81.5; Sol low is #3 at 80.1.
  • On Tau Voice, Astra medium (67.9%) and Sol low (59.3%) take the top two agentic spots.
  • Cost is about $5.83/$4.47 per hour of input audio incl. backend; TTFA about 1.34s/1.24s vs Grok Voice 0.70s.
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