Speech Arena LeaderboardArtificial Analysis

Compare TTS models using each provider's own native voices.

Range
Creator
Model
Elo
95% CI
Samples
Arena Voices
Released
API Pricing 1
11
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3.6
1,282-18/181,570Aug 2026$49.0 /1M chars
22-3
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
Simba 3.2
1,239-15/152,002Jul 2026$10.0 /1M chars
32-3
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus
1,237-15/152,002Jul 2026$27.6 /1M chars
44-5
VUI Labs logoVUI Labs
Luna TTS
1,219-14/142,063Jun 2026$80.0 /1M chars
54-7
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS
1,212-12/123,340Apr 2026$18.3 /1M chars
64-9
StepFun logoStepFun
StepAudio 2.5 TTS
1,205-15/151,729Jun 2026$85.0 /1M chars
75-9
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3.5
1,202-13/132,817May 2026$49.0 /1M chars
86-10
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS 1.5 Max
1,199-13/132,475Jan 2026$26.0 /1M chars
96-10
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)
1,195-15/151,602Jul 2026$19.5 /1M chars
108-12
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS-2 - Research Preview
1,187-13/132,573May 2026$20.8 /1M chars
1110-12
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Eleven v3
1,177-12/124,246Feb 2026$100.0 /1M chars
1211-12
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.8 HD
1,175-11/114,390Feb 2026$100.0 /1M chars
1313-18
Murf AI logoMurf AI
Falcon 2
1,157-16/161,286Jul 2026$10.0 /1M chars
1413-18
Gradium logoGradium
Gradium TTS Beta
1,157-15/151,286Jul 2026$47.2 /1M chars
1513-17
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.8 Turbo
1,153-11/114,265Feb 2026$60.0 /1M chars
1613-18
async logoasync
Async Flash v1.5
1,153-13/131,984May 2026$10.1 /1M chars
1715-22
StepFun logoStepFun
Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026)
1,143-13/132,128Feb 2026$40.0 /1M chars
1815-22
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
Fish Audio S2.1 Pro
1,142-13/131,946Jun 2026$15.0 /1M chars
1917-24
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning V3.1 Pro TTS (Jun 2026)
1,138-13/131,928Jun 2026$19.5 /1M chars
2017-24
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.6 HD
1,138-12/123,925Oct 2025$100.0 /1M chars
2117-26
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS 1.5 Mini
1,134-12/122,910Jan 2026$10.4 /1M chars
2217-26
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
Azure HD 2.5
1,131-12/122,391Mar 2026$22.0 /1M chars
2319-26
async logoasync
Async Pro v1.0
1,128-13/131,849May 2026$20.2 /1M chars
2419-26
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.6 Turbo
1,127-11/114,297Oct 2025$60.0 /1M chars
2521-28
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
Fish Audio S2 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,124-13/132,034Mar 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2621-28
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
Simba 3.0
1,123-12/122,406Feb 2026$12.5 /1M chars
2723-32
SpaceXAI logoSpaceXAI
SpaceXAI TTS
1,113-17/17885Mar 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2825-32
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech-02-HD
1,113-12/124,316Mar 2025$100.0 /1M chars
2926-32
StepFun logoStepFun
Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026)Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1,110-13/131,855Feb 2026N/A
3027-33
OpenAI logoOpenAI
TTS-1 HD
1,107-12/123,489Nov 2023$30.0 /1M chars
3127-35
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Turbo v2.5
1,103-10/107,237Jul 2024$50.0 /1M chars
3229-35
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Multilingual v2
1,103-10/107,678Aug 2023$100.0 /1M chars
3330-38
Gradium logoGradium
Gradium TTS
1,096-13/131,782Jun 2026$47.2 /1M chars
3430-38
Resemble AI logoResemble AI
Chatterbox HD
1,095-13/132,278—May 2025$40.0 /1M chars
3531-38
OpenAI logoOpenAI
TTS-1
1,094-11/116,420Nov 2023$15.0 /1M chars
3633-42
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTS
1,088-12/123,099Dec 2025$9.2 /1M chars
3733-42
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech-02-Turbo
1,085-12/123,841Mar 2025$60.0 /1M chars
3834-42
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Flash v2.5
1,084-11/115,900Dec 2024$50.0 /1M chars
3936-44
Google logoGoogle
Studio
1,081-11/114,606Feb 2023$160.0 /1M chars
4035-46
Mistral logoMistral
Voxtral TTSHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,081-13/132,060Mar 2026$16.0 /1M chars
4137-47
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
OpenAudio S1
1,077-11/114,555Jun 2025$15.0 /1M chars
4236-51
Hithink logoHithink
Speech 2.6
1,076-14/141,720Jul 2026N/A
4338-52
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3
1,072-12/123,574Oct 2025$49.0 /1M chars
4439-53
OpenAI logoOpenAI
GPT-Realtime-2
1,070-13/131,822May 2026$191.6 /1M chars
4539-56
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya 2 Flash
1,069-14/141,693Jul 2026N/A
4640-56
Google logoGoogle
Journey
1,068-13/132,199Dec 2023$160.0 /1M chars
4741-56
MiniMax logoMiniMax
T2A-01-HD
1,066-11/115,068Jan 2025$50.0 /1M chars
4841-57
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026)Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1,066-13/131,935Feb 2026N/A
4941-57
Bland AI logoBland AI
Bland Speech v3
1,065-13/132,427Aug 2026$40.0 /1M chars
5042-57
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Generative
1,064-12/123,876May 2024$30.0 /1M chars
5141-57
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
SIMBA 1.6
1,064-13/132,258Oct 2024$10.0 /1M chars
5243-60
Xiaomi logoXiaomi
MiMo-V2.5-TTS
1,060-13/131,910-N/A
5345-60
Kokoro logoKokoro
Kokoro 82M v1.0Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1,059-11/115,532Jan 2025$0.7 /1M chars
5446-61
Google logoGoogle
Chirp 3: HD
1,057-12/123,458Mar 2025$30.0 /1M chars
5546-61
Hume AI logoHume AI
Octave 2
1,057-12/123,105Oct 2025$87.5 /1M chars
5646-61
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS (Dec 2025)
1,056-12/122,893Dec 2025$9.2 /1M chars
5748-64
Rime logoRime
Coda
1,053-13/132,099May 2026$50.0 /1M chars
5852-63
async logoasync
Async Flash v1.0
1,051-11/114,092Jul 2025$10.1 /1M chars
5949-66
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya 2 Global
1,050-15/151,638Jul 2026N/A
6045-69
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
OpenAudio S1 Mini
1,050-20/201,777Jun 2025$15.0 /1M chars
6153-66
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya1Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1,047-12/123,398Jun 2025N/A
6257-67
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic English (Oct 2024)
1,043-12/123,461Oct 2024$49.0 /1M chars
6357-70
Boson AI logoBoson AI
Higgs Audio V3 TTSHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,041-14/141,909Jun 2026N/A
6458-70
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Pro (Dec 2025)
1,040-12/122,501Dec 2025$18.3 /1M chars
6558-70
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Long-Form
1,039-13/131,933Nov 2023$100.0 /1M chars
6661-70
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
SIMBA 1.0
1,037-11/115,046Jun 2024$10.0 /1M chars
6762-71
MiniMax logoMiniMax
T2A-01-Turbo
1,033-11/115,182Jan 2025$30.0 /1M chars
6862-73
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
MAI-Voice-1
1,031-13/132,193Apr 2026N/A
6961-73
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
Azure Neural
1,031-19/191,226Sept 2018$15.0 /1M chars
7064-72
Hume AI logoHume AI
Octave TTS
1,029-11/114,934Feb 2025$87.5 /1M chars
7166-73
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning v3.1
1,024-13/132,259Mar 2026$25.0 /1M chars
7268-73
Resemble AI logoResemble AI
ChatterboxGitHubOpen Weights
1,021-11/114,845May 2025$25.0 /1M chars
7368-74
Xiaomi logoXiaomi
MiMo-V2-TTS
1,018-14/141,797Mar 2026N/A
7473-76
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie-Multilingual 357MHugging FaceOpen Weights
1,007-12/123,835Jan 2026N/A
7574-76
Rime logoRime
Arcana v3
1,003-13/132,301Feb 2026$50.0 /1M chars
7676
Zyphra logoZyphra
Zonos-v0.1GitHubOpen Weights
1,0000/05,089Feb 2025$20.0 /1M chars
7777-79
Murf AI logoMurf AI
Murf Speech Gen 2
983-11/115,351Jul 2024$100.0 /1M chars
7877-80
LMNT logoLMNT
LMNT
975-12/124,123Dec 2023$49.0 /1M chars
7977-80
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
VibeVoice 1.5B
972-14/142,183Aug 2025N/A
8078-81
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
VibeVoice 7BHugging FaceOpen Weights
963-14/142,169Aug 2025N/A
8180-82
OpenVoice logoOpenVoice
OpenVoice v2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
955-13/133,151—Apr 2024$8.3 /1M chars
8281-84
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie Multilingual
944-14/142,071Apr 2025N/A
8382-84
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen3 TTS Flash
939-14/142,186Sept 2025$10.0 /1M chars
8482-85
Neuphonic logoNeuphonic
Neuphonic TTS
937-14/142,416Oct 2024$20.8 /1M chars
8584-87
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen3 TTS
924-13/132,920-N/A
8685-87
Coqui logoCoqui
XTTS v2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
920-15/152,686—Nov 2023$40.4 /1M chars
8786-87
Google logoGoogle
WaveNet
911-12/126,724Sept 2016$16.0 /1M chars
8887-91
Rime logoRime
Mist V2
897-15/152,951Mar 2025$31.1 /1M chars
8988-92
StyleTTS logoStyleTTS
StyleTTS 2GitHubOpen Weights
893-15/152,560—Jun 2023$2.8 /1M chars
9088-92
Google logoGoogle
Neural2
890-12/126,935Jun 2022$16.0 /1M chars
9188-92
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Neural
888-14/142,877Jul 2019$16.0 /1M chars
9290-92
Google logoGoogle
Standard
880-12/127,001Aug 2018$4.0 /1M chars
9392-93
Noiz logoNoiz
Noiz TTS
865-16/161,829Nov 2025N/A
9494
MetaVoice logoMetaVoice
MetaVoice v1GitHubOpen Weights
844-18/181,418—Feb 2024N/A
9595
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Standard
816-16/163,562Nov 2016$4.0 /1M chars

1 API Pricing reflects the cost to generate 1M characters on the model creator's API with the model's default settings

Frequently Asked Questions

Sonic 3.6 currently leads the Text to Speech Arena with an Elo score of 1282.

The top Text to Speech models by Elo rating are: 1. Sonic 3.6 (Elo 1282), 2. Simba 3.2 (Elo 1239), 3. Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus (Elo 1237), 4. Luna TTS (Elo 1219), and 5. Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (Elo 1212). 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 1059. Other affordable options include StyleTTS 2 at $2.82 per 1M characters.

Fish Audio S2 Pro is the highest-ranked open weights model on the Text to Speech Leaderboard with an Elo score of 1124. There are 15 open weights models out of 95 total.

The top 5 open weights Text to Speech models are: 1. Fish Audio S2 Pro (Elo 1124), 2. Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026) (Elo 1110), 3. Voxtral TTS (Elo 1081), 4. Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026) (Elo 1066), and 5. Kokoro 82M v1.0 (Elo 1059).

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