Controlled Voice Arena LeaderboardArtificial Analysis
Compare TTS models using the same 8 cloned voices (4 US, 4 UK).
Range | Creator | Model | Elo | 95% CI | Samples | Released | API Pricing 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  Cartesia | Sonic 3.5 | 1,105 | -16/16 | 2,276 | May 2026 | $49.0 /1M chars |
| 2 | 2-5 |  ElevenLabs | Eleven v3 | 1,063 | -15/15 | 2,172 | Feb 2026 | $100.0 /1M chars |
| 3 | 2-7 |  Inworld | Realtime TTS 1.5 Max | 1,059 | -17/17 | 1,584 | Jan 2026 | $26.0 /1M chars |
| 4 | 2-6 |  StepFun | StepAudio 2.5 TTS | 1,059 | -16/16 | 1,537 | Apr 2026 | $85.0 /1M chars |
| 5 | 2-7 | Inworld | Realtime TTS-2 - Research Preview | 1,052 | -16/16 | 1,558 | May 2026 | $20.8 /1M chars |
| 6 | 2-7 |  SpaceXAI | SpaceXAI TTS | 1,047 | -16/16 | 1,626 | Mar 2026 | $15.0 /1M chars |
| 7 | 5-8 |  MiniMax | Speech 2.8 HD | 1,043 | -15/15 | 2,173 | Feb 2026 | $100.0 /1M chars |
| 8 | 7-12 |  SpeechifyAI | Simba 3.0 | 1,030 | -16/16 | 1,597 | Feb 2026 | $12.5 /1M chars |
| 9 | 8-13 | MiniMax | Speech 2.8 Turbo | 1,028 | -15/15 | 2,181 | Feb 2026 | $60.0 /1M chars |
| 10 | 8-13 |  Fish Audio | Fish Audio S2 Pro  Open Weights | 1,023 | -15/15 | 2,438 | Mar 2026 | $15.0 /1M chars |
| 11 | 8-14 |  Mistral | Voxtral TTS Open Weights | 1,019 | -16/16 | 1,628 | Mar 2026 | $16.0 /1M chars |
| 12 | 8-16 |  Soniox | Soniox TTS Real-Time v1 | 1,015 | -15/15 | 2,006 | Jul 2026 | $14.2 /1M chars |
| 13 | 9-17 | ElevenLabs | Multilingual v2 | 1,013 | -15/15 | 2,112 | Aug 2023 | $100.0 /1M chars |
| 14 | 11-18 | Fish Audio | Fish Audio S2.1 Pro | 1,005 | -16/16 | 1,623 | Jun 2026 | $15.0 /1M chars |
| 15 | 12-18 | Fish Audio | OpenAudio S1 Mini | 1,002 | -15/15 | 1,878 | Jun 2025 | $15.0 /1M chars |
| 16 | 16 | Fish Audio | OpenAudio S1 | 1,000 | 0/0 | 3,243 | Jun 2025 | $15.0 /1M chars |
| 17 | 12-18 | Inworld | Realtime TTS 1.5 Mini | 999 | -17/17 | 1,592 | Jan 2026 | $10.4 /1M chars |
| 18 | 14-18 | Fish Audio | Fish Audio S1 | 995 | -14/14 | 2,447 | Oct 2025 | $15.0 /1M chars |
| 19 | 19-22 | ElevenLabs | Turbo v2.5 | 976 | -15/15 | 1,995 | Jul 2024 | $50.0 /1M chars |
| 20 | 19-22 | ElevenLabs | Flash v2.5 | 975 | -15/15 | 2,127 | Dec 2024 | $50.0 /1M chars |
| 21 | 19-22 |  Smallest.ai | Lightning V3.1 Pro TTS (Jun 2026) | 973 | -16/16 | 1,653 | Jun 2026 | $19.5 /1M chars |
| 22 | 19-22 |  Boson AI | Higgs Audio V3 TTS Open Weights | 963 | -17/17 | 1,272 | Jun 2026 | N/A |
| 23 | 23-25 | Cartesia | Sonic 3 | 939 | -15/15 | 2,189 | Oct 2025 | $49.0 /1M chars |
| 24 | 23-26 |  Noiz | Noiz TTS | 932 | -18/18 | 1,105 | Nov 2025 | N/A |
| 25 | 23-27 |  Resemble AI | Chatterbox  Open Weights | 927 | -15/15 | 2,170 | May 2025 | $25.0 /1M chars |
| 26 | 24-27 |  Microsoft | VibeVoice 7B Open Weights | 923 | -15/15 | 2,146 | Aug 2025 | N/A |
| 27 | 25-27 |  LMNT | LMNT | 913 | -15/15 | 1,990 | Dec 2023 | $49.0 /1M chars |
| 28 | 28 | Smallest.ai | Lightning v3.1 | 848 | -16/16 | 2,197 | Mar 2026 | $25.0 /1M chars |
| 29 | 29 |  Coqui | XTTS v2 Open Weights | 815 | -16/16 | 2,317 | Nov 2023 | $40.4 /1M chars |
| 30 | 30 |  OpenVoice | OpenVoice v2 Open Weights | 797 | -17/17 | 2,138 | Apr 2024 | $8.3 /1M chars |
1 API Pricing reflects the cost to generate 1M characters on the model creator's API with the model's default settings