Provider Voice Arena LeaderboardArtificial Analysis

Compare Text to Speech (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
1276-17/171,760Aug 2026$49.0 /1M chars
22-5
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS-2
1245-18/181,076Aug 2026$20.8 /1M chars
32-5
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
Simba 3.2
1237-14/142,317Jul 2026$10.0 /1M chars
42-5
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus
1237-14/142,318Jul 2026$27.6 /1M chars
53-5
VUI Labs logoVUI Labs
Luna TTS
1230-14/142,445Jun 2026$80.0 /1M chars
66-10
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS-2 Flash - Research Preview
1214-16/161,620Aug 2026$10.4 /1M chars
76-10
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS
1205-12/123,442Apr 2026$18.3 /1M chars
86-11
BreezeBlue logoBreezeBlue
Breeze TTS 2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1205-17/171,230Aug 2026$34.0 /1M chars
96-12
StepFun logoStepFun
StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)
1202-17/171,084Aug 2026$85.0 /1M chars
106-12
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
v3 Conversational
1201-16/161,709Aug 2026$50.0 /1M chars
1110-12
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3.5
1189-12/123,043May 2026$49.0 /1M chars
1211-15
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)
1185-15/151,860Jul 2026$19.5 /1M chars
1312-15
Soniox logoSoniox
Soniox TTS Real-Time v2
1177-12/125,179Aug 2026$14.2 /1M chars
1413-16
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.8 HD
1170-11/114,455Feb 2026$100.0 /1M chars
1513-16
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Eleven v3
1170-11/114,370Feb 2026$100.0 /1M chars
1614-18
Murf AI logoMurf AI
Falcon 2
1161-15/151,564Jul 2026$10.0 /1M chars
1716-19
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.8 Turbo
1152-11/114,339Feb 2026$60.0 /1M chars
1816-21
Gradium logoGradium
Gradium TTS (Aug 2026)
1147-15/151,548Aug 2026$47.2 /1M chars
1917-25
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
Fish Audio S2.1 Pro
1142-13/132,140Jun 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2018-26
StepFun logoStepFun
Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026)
1138-13/132,262Feb 2026$40.0 /1M chars
2118-27
async logoasync
Async Flash v1.5
1135-13/132,174May 2026$10.1 /1M chars
2219-28
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.6 HD
1131-11/113,976Oct 2025$100.0 /1M chars
2319-28
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
Fish Audio S2 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
1131-13/132,242Mar 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2419-28
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
Azure HD 2.5
1131-12/122,535Mar 2026$22.0 /1M chars
2519-28
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning V3.1 Pro TTS (Jun 2026)
1130-13/132,143Jun 2026$19.5 /1M chars
2620-30
SpaceXAI logoSpaceXAI
SpaceXAI TTS
1126-16/161,115Mar 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2722-30
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.6 Turbo
1123-11/114,356Oct 2025$60.0 /1M chars
2822-30
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
Simba 3.0
1121-12/122,559Feb 2026$12.5 /1M chars
2926-31
async logoasync
Async Pro v1.0
1113-13/132,071May 2026$20.2 /1M chars
3027-31
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech-02-HD
1113-11/114,362Mar 2025$100.0 /1M chars
3129-33
OpenAI logoOpenAI
TTS-1 HD
1106-12/123,547Nov 2023$30.0 /1M chars
3231-37
StepFun logoStepFun
Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026)Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1098-13/132,003Feb 2026N/A
3331-35
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Turbo v2.5
1096-10/106,969Jul 2024$50.0 /1M chars
3432-37
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Multilingual v2
1094-10/107,445Aug 2023$100.0 /1M chars
3532-42
OpenAI logoOpenAI
TTS-1
1089-11/116,148Nov 2023$15.0 /1M chars
3632-44
Resemble AI logoResemble AI
Chatterbox HD
1086-13/132,355—May 2025$40.0 /1M chars
3732-44
Hithink logoHithink
Speech 2.6
1086-13/131,899Jul 2026N/A
3834-44
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech-02-Turbo
1083-12/123,853Mar 2025$60.0 /1M chars
3935-44
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Flash v2.5
1082-11/115,776Dec 2024$50.0 /1M chars
4034-44
Mistral logoMistral
Voxtral TTSHugging FaceOpen Weights
1081-13/132,154Mar 2026$16.0 /1M chars
4135-44
Google logoGoogle
Studio
1080-11/114,502Feb 2023$160.0 /1M chars
4235-46
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTS
1079-12/123,173Dec 2025$9.2 /1M chars
4335-46
Google logoGoogle
Journey
1078-13/132,227Dec 2023$160.0 /1M chars
4436-46
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
OpenAudio S1
1077-11/114,502Jun 2025$15.0 /1M chars
4539-55
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya 2 Flash
1068-14/141,808Jul 2026N/A
4641-55
OpenAI logoOpenAI
GPT-Realtime-2
1068-13/132,006May 2026$191.6 /1M chars
4745-56
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3
1064-11/113,569Oct 2025$49.0 /1M chars
4845-56
MiniMax logoMiniMax
T2A-01-HD
1063-11/115,004Jan 2025$50.0 /1M chars
4945-57
Kokoro logoKokoro
Kokoro 82M v1.0Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1061-11/115,397Jan 2025$0.7 /1M chars
5045-58
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Generative
1061-12/123,795May 2024$30.0 /1M chars
5145-58
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026)Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1060-13/132,002Feb 2026N/A
5245-58
Rime logoRime
Coda
1060-13/132,210May 2026$50.0 /1M chars
5345-61
Xiaomi logoXiaomi
MiMo-V2.5-TTS
1057-13/131,970-N/A
5445-61
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
SIMBA 1.6
1056-12/122,313Oct 2024$10.0 /1M chars
5547-61
Hume AI logoHume AI
Octave 2
1055-12/123,085Oct 2025$87.5 /1M chars
5647-61
Google logoGoogle
Chirp 3: HD
1054-12/123,448Mar 2025$30.0 /1M chars
5747-62
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya 2 Global
1052-14/141,731Jul 2026N/A
5849-62
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS (Dec 2025)
1050-12/122,894Dec 2025$9.2 /1M chars
5954-64
async logoasync
Async Flash v1.0
1046-11/114,092Jul 2025$10.1 /1M chars
6047-70
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
OpenAudio S1 Mini
1045-20/201,723Jun 2025$15.0 /1M chars
6153-67
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Long-Form
1045-13/131,940Nov 2023$100.0 /1M chars
6257-69
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya1Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1040-12/123,302Jun 2025N/A
6358-70
Bland AI logoBland AI
Bland Speech v3
1038-13/132,304Aug 2026$40.0 /1M chars
6459-71
Boson AI logoBoson AI
Higgs Audio V3 TTSHugging FaceOpen Weights
1036-13/131,993Jun 2026$15.0 /1M chars
6559-73
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
MAI-Voice-1
1034-13/132,241Apr 2026N/A
6662-71
MiniMax logoMiniMax
T2A-01-Turbo
1034-11/115,065Jan 2025$30.0 /1M chars
6762-72
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
SIMBA 1.0
1033-11/114,994Jun 2024$10.0 /1M chars
6859-73
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
Azure Neural
1029-19/191,186Sept 2018$15.0 /1M chars
6963-73
Hume AI logoHume AI
Octave TTS
1029-11/114,847Feb 2025$87.5 /1M chars
7063-73
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Pro (Dec 2025)
1028-12/122,506Dec 2025$18.3 /1M chars
7164-74
Xiaomi logoXiaomi
MiMo-V2-TTS
1023-14/141,772Mar 2026N/A
7265-74
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning v3.1
1022-13/132,222Mar 2026$25.0 /1M chars
7368-73
Resemble AI logoResemble AI
ChatterboxGitHubOpen Weights
1021-11/114,757May 2025$25.0 /1M chars
7471-76
Krafton logoKrafton
Raon SpeechLM
1010-14/142,009Apr 2026N/A
7574-76
Rime logoRime
Arcana v3
1005-13/132,258Feb 2026$50.0 /1M chars
7676
Zyphra logoZyphra
Zonos-v0.1GitHubOpen Weights
10000/04,955Feb 2025$20.0 /1M chars
7777-78
Murf AI logoMurf AI
Murf Speech Gen 2
978-11/115,191Jul 2024$100.0 /1M chars
7877-79
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
VibeVoice 7BHugging FaceOpen Weights
970-13/132,165Aug 2025N/A
7977-80
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
VibeVoice 1.5B
965-14/142,154Aug 2025N/A
8079-82
OpenVoice logoOpenVoice
OpenVoice v2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
953-13/133,030—Apr 2024$8.3 /1M chars
8180-83
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie Multilingual
945-14/142,063Apr 2025N/A
8280-83
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen3 TTS Flash
942-14/142,160Sept 2025$10.0 /1M chars
8381-85
Neuphonic logoNeuphonic
Neuphonic TTS
935-14/142,424Oct 2024$20.8 /1M chars
8483-87
KugelAudio logoKugelAudio
Kugel 3
928-13/134,060Jun 2026N/A
8583-87
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen3 TTS
926-13/132,918Jan 2026$20.0 /1M chars
8684-88
Coqui logoCoqui
XTTS v2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
919-15/152,591—Nov 2023$40.4 /1M chars
8785-88
Google logoGoogle
WaveNet
916-12/126,356Sept 2016$4.0 /1M chars
8886-90
Rime logoRime
Mist V2
905-14/142,966Mar 2025$31.1 /1M chars
8988-92
StyleTTS logoStyleTTS
StyleTTS 2GitHubOpen Weights
894-15/152,480—Jun 2023$2.8 /1M chars
9089-92
Google logoGoogle
Neural2
893-12/126,594Jun 2022$16.0 /1M chars
9189-92
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Neural
890-14/142,823Jul 2019$16.0 /1M chars
9289-93
Google logoGoogle
Standard
882-12/126,664Aug 2018$4.0 /1M chars
9392-93
Noiz logoNoiz
Noiz TTS
872-15/151,964Nov 2025N/A
9494-95
MetaVoice logoMetaVoice
MetaVoice v1GitHubOpen Weights
835-18/181,382—Feb 2024N/A
9594-95
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Standard
824-15/153,383Nov 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 1276.

The top Text to Speech models by Elo rating are: 1. Sonic 3.6 (Elo 1276), 2. Realtime TTS-2 (Elo 1245), 3. Simba 3.2 (Elo 1237), 4. Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus (Elo 1237), and 5. Luna TTS (Elo 1230). 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 1061. Other affordable options include StyleTTS 2 at $2.82 per 1M characters.

Breeze TTS 2 is the highest-ranked open weights model on the Text to Speech Leaderboard with an Elo score of 1205. There are 15 open weights models out of 95 total.

The top 5 open weights Text to Speech models are: 1. Breeze TTS 2 (Elo 1205), 2. Fish Audio S2 Pro (Elo 1131), 3. Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026) (Elo 1098), 4. Voxtral TTS (Elo 1081), and 5. Kokoro 82M v1.0 (Elo 1061).

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