Amazon Nova Sonic
No estimate
No hardware requirements for this model
The weights for this model have not been published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any size. It is reachable only through its provider, and no graphics card changes that.
On record
Full specification
Everything on record for this model. Most of it describes how it was trained rather than how it runs — useful context for judging how much work went into it, and how it compares with models built at a different scale.
Origin
Who built this model, where, and when it was published.
- Organisation
- Amazon
- Organisation type
- Industry
- Country
- United States of America
- Published
- 8 April 2025
- Authors
- Danilo Poccia
What it does
The problem areas the model was built for. A model can carry several of each.
- Domain
- Speech
- Task
- Speech-to-text, Speech recognition (ASR), Speech synthesis, Speech-to-speech, Audio question answering
Size
How large the model is and how much data it was trained on. Parameters are the figure that decides whether it fits on a given graphics card.
- Training data
- tokens
Availability
Whether you can obtain the model and run it on your own hardware, which is what decides if any of the graphics-card figures on this page apply.
- Weights
- Closed — provider access only
- Model access
- API access
- Training code
- Unreleased
How it is classified
Labels the source dataset applies when tracking notable models, and how confident it is in the entry.
- Likely above 10²³ FLOP
- Yes
- Record confidence
- Confident
Sources
Where this record came from and when it was last checked.
- Reference
- Introducing Amazon Nova Sonic: Human-like voice conversations for generative AI applications
- Last updated
- 28 November 2025
What the numbers mean
Background
Amazon Nova Sonic was published by Amazon, in United States of America, in April 2025. It comes out of industry.
It works in Speech, and is recorded as doing speech-to-text, Speech recognition (ASR), Speech synthesis, Speech-to-speech, Audio question answering.
This is a closed model: the trained values stayed with whoever produced them, and there is no local version to run.
Answers
Amazon Nova Sonic — common questions
What GPU do I need to run Amazon Nova Sonic?
None. Amazon Nova Sonic is a closed model — its weights were never published, so it cannot be downloaded or run on your own hardware at any price. It is reachable only through its provider.
Is Amazon Nova Sonic open source?
No. Amazon Nova Sonic has not had its weights published, so it exists only as a service controlled by its owner.
How many parameters does Amazon Nova Sonic have?
No parameter count has been published for Amazon Nova Sonic, which is why no memory or speed figure appears on this page.
Who created Amazon Nova Sonic?
Amazon Nova Sonic was published by Amazon, based in United States of America, categorised as industry.
When was Amazon Nova Sonic released?
Amazon Nova Sonic was published in April 2025.
What is Amazon Nova Sonic used for?
Amazon Nova Sonic works in Speech, and is recorded as handling speech-to-text, Speech recognition (ASR), Speech synthesis, Speech-to-speech, Audio question answering. Models frequently carry more than one of each, and the tags describe purpose rather than capability limits.
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