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Inworld TTS 1.5 Max currently leads the Text to Speech Arena with an Elo score of 1231.
The top Text to Speech models by Elo rating are: 1. Inworld TTS 1.5 Max (Elo 1231), 2. Eleven v3 (Elo 1197), 3. Inworld TTS 1.5 Mini (Elo 1183), 4. Inworld TTS 1 Max (Elo 1181), 5. Speech 2.8 HD (Elo 1174). Rankings are based on blind user votes in the Speech Arena.
Models are ranked using an Elo rating system derived from user votes in blind comparisons in the Speech Arena. Users listen to pairs of speech samples generated from the same text and choose which sounds more natural. Higher Elo scores indicate a model produces speech preferred more often by listeners. Vote in the Speech Arena
Kokoro 82M v1.0 is the most affordable at $0.65 per 1M characters with an Elo score of 1071. Other affordable options include StyleTTS 2 at $2.82 per 1M characters.
Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026) is the highest-ranked open weights model on the Text to Speech Leaderboard with an Elo score of 1101. There are 12 open weights models out of 64 total.
The top open weights Text to Speech models are: 1. Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026) (Elo 1101), 2. Kokoro 82M v1.0 (Elo 1071), 3. Maya1 (Elo 1062).
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