reasoning benchmark
Big Bench Audio Leaderboard
Big Bench Audio is an audio reasoning benchmark adapted from a subset of Big Bench Hard, with text questions converted to spoken audio. It evaluates the reasoning ability of speech-to-speech and audio language models on tasks delivered as audio input, with accuracy scored by an independent evaluation (Artificial Analysis).
Updated Aug 17, 2026
Models1
Model coverage1
MetricScore
EvidenceB
Big Bench Audio Ranking
Higher score ranks better on this benchmark.
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Rank | Model | Score | Percentile | Participants | Evidence | Evaluated |
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| Rank01 | ModelAM Nova 2 SonicAmazon | Score87.0% | Percentile100.0% | Participants1 | EvidenceC | Evaluated |
Big Bench Audio Highlights
The leading models and scores on this benchmark.
The Top AI Models for Big Bench Audio
The first five results on this benchmark, with official price and output speed added where the model identity can be matched.
Ranking basisThis big bench audio AI model leaderboard uses descending score in the benchmark's original unit. The leaderboard ranking keeps matched price and speed data separate from benchmark evidence.
- 01AMNova 2 SonicAmazon
- Score
- 87.0%
Strengths
- Ranks #1 of 1 compared models
- 100th percentile on this benchmark
- C evidence result
Considerations
- This result measures Big Bench Audio, not total model capability
Selection summary
Best AI Models for Big Bench Audio
Nova 2 Sonic currently leads Big Bench Audio with 87.0%. It is the top model on this specific benchmark, while the best LLM for the broader task should also be checked against other benchmarks, price and runtime.
Use this leaderboard with the supporting benchmark results and coverage details above. A leaderboard position summarizes the selected ranking signal; it does not replace workload-specific testing.
What is Big Bench Audio?
What Big Bench Audio measures and how its scores work.
Big Bench Audio is an audio reasoning benchmark adapted from a subset of Big Bench Hard, with text questions converted to spoken audio. It evaluates the reasoning ability of speech-to-speech and audio language models on tasks delivered as audio input, with accuracy scored by an independent evaluation (Artificial Analysis).
Scores are shown in ratio. This benchmark is not independently verified and has an evidence level of B.
- Family
- Big Bench Audio
- Modality
- audio
- Primary category
- reasoning
- Score direction
- higher
- LLMBoard eligible
- No
- Evaluation key
- big-bench-audio|llm-stats-current
Benchmark scores retain their original unit. Overall score eligibility is shown separately.
FAQ
Common questions about Big Bench Audio.
Which model scores highest on Big Bench Audio?
Nova 2 Sonic is currently ranked first with 87.0%.
What does Big Bench Audio measure?
Big Bench Audio is an audio reasoning benchmark adapted from a subset of Big Bench Hard, with text questions converted to spoken audio. It evaluates the reasoning ability of speech-to-speech and audio language models on tasks delivered as audio input, with accuracy scored by an independent evaluation (Artificial Analysis).
Is a higher score better?
Yes. Higher values rank better for this benchmark.
How many models are compared?
1 model results are currently shown.
Does this benchmark affect the overall score?
No. This benchmark is shown for reference but does not contribute to the overall score.