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
1282-17/171,790Aug 2026$49.0 /1M chars
22-4
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS-2
1252-18/181,094Aug 2026$20.8 /1M chars
32-5
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus
1241-14/142,398Jul 2026$27.6 /1M chars
42-5
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
Simba 3.2
1240-14/142,383Jul 2026$10.0 /1M chars
53-7
VUI Labs logoVUI Labs
Luna TTS
1228-14/142,476Jun 2026$80.0 /1M chars
65-9
Inworld logoInworld
Realtime TTS-2 Flash - Research Preview
1222-15/151,661Aug 2026$10.4 /1M chars
75-10
BreezeBlue logoBreezeBlue
Breeze TTS 2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1215-17/171,218Aug 2026$34.0 /1M chars
86-10
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
v3 Conversational
1210-15/151,768Aug 2026$50.0 /1M chars
97-10
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS
1208-12/123,586Apr 2026$18.3 /1M chars
106-12
StepFun logoStepFun
StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)
1205-17/171,092Aug 2026$85.0 /1M chars
1111-12
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3.5
1193-12/123,134May 2026$49.0 /1M chars
1211-13
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)
1190-14/141,918Jul 2026$19.5 /1M chars
1312-15
Soniox logoSoniox
Soniox TTS Real-Time v2
1179-11/115,313Aug 2026$14.2 /1M chars
1413-15
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Eleven v3
1175-11/114,526Feb 2026$100.0 /1M chars
1513-15
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.8 HD
1171-11/114,623Feb 2026$100.0 /1M chars
1615-18
Murf AI logoMurf AI
Falcon 2
1158-15/151,570Jul 2026$10.0 /1M chars
1716-20
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.8 Turbo
1152-11/114,467Feb 2026$60.0 /1M chars
1816-21
Gradium logoGradium
Gradium TTS (Aug 2026)
1149-15/151,586Aug 2026$47.2 /1M chars
1917-24
async logoasync
Async Flash v1.5
1141-13/132,264May 2026$10.1 /1M chars
2017-24
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
Fish Audio S2.1 Pro
1141-13/132,207Jun 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2118-26
StepFun logoStepFun
Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026)
1138-12/122,340Feb 2026$40.0 /1M chars
2219-27
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.6 HD
1134-11/114,092Oct 2025$100.0 /1M chars
2319-29
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning V3.1 Pro TTS (Jun 2026)
1133-13/132,179Jun 2026$19.5 /1M chars
2419-29
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
Azure HD 2.5
1131-12/122,593Mar 2026$22.0 /1M chars
2521-29
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
Fish Audio S2 ProHugging FaceOpen Weights
1128-12/122,262Mar 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2622-29
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech 2.6 Turbo
1127-11/114,453Oct 2025$60.0 /1M chars
2721-30
SpaceXAI logoSpaceXAI
SpaceXAI TTS
1123-16/161,105Mar 2026$15.0 /1M chars
2823-30
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
Simba 3.0
1122-12/122,626Feb 2026$12.5 /1M chars
2923-30
async logoasync
Async Pro v1.0
1121-13/132,095May 2026$20.2 /1M chars
3028-32
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech-02-HD
1112-11/114,478Mar 2025$100.0 /1M chars
3130-34
OpenAI logoOpenAI
TTS-1 HD
1106-11/113,631Nov 2023$30.0 /1M chars
3230-35
StepFun logoStepFun
Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026)Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1104-13/132,031Feb 2026N/A
3331-36
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Turbo v2.5
1100-10/107,332Jul 2024$50.0 /1M chars
3431-36
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Multilingual v2
1099-10/107,815Aug 2023$100.0 /1M chars
3532-39
Resemble AI logoResemble AI
Chatterbox HD
1093-12/122,409—May 2025$40.0 /1M chars
3633-39
OpenAI logoOpenAI
TTS-1
1091-10/106,532Nov 2023$15.0 /1M chars
3735-44
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTS
1084-12/123,184Dec 2025$9.2 /1M chars
3835-45
Hithink logoHithink
Speech 2.6
1084-13/131,893Jul 2026N/A
3935-45
MiniMax logoMiniMax
Speech-02-Turbo
1082-11/113,952Mar 2025$60.0 /1M chars
4036-45
Google logoGoogle
Studio
1081-11/114,724Feb 2023$160.0 /1M chars
4136-45
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
OpenAudio S1
1080-11/114,607Jun 2025$15.0 /1M chars
4237-45
ElevenLabs logoElevenLabs
Flash v2.5
1080-11/116,005Dec 2024$50.0 /1M chars
4336-48
Mistral logoMistral
Voxtral TTSHugging FaceOpen Weights
1078-13/132,171Mar 2026$16.0 /1M chars
4437-51
Google logoGoogle
Journey
1075-13/132,279Dec 2023$160.0 /1M chars
4537-55
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya 2 Flash
1072-14/141,816Jul 2026N/A
4644-57
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic 3
1067-11/113,662Oct 2025$49.0 /1M chars
4743-58
OpenAI logoOpenAI
GPT-Realtime-2
1067-13/132,000May 2026$191.6 /1M chars
4844-58
MiniMax logoMiniMax
T2A-01-HD
1066-11/115,120Jan 2025$50.0 /1M chars
4944-58
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026)Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1065-13/132,023Feb 2026N/A
5045-58
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Generative
1063-11/113,925May 2024$30.0 /1M chars
5145-59
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
SIMBA 1.6
1062-12/122,316Oct 2024$10.0 /1M chars
5246-59
Kokoro logoKokoro
Kokoro 82M v1.0Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1060-11/115,569Jan 2025$0.7 /1M chars
5345-60
Xiaomi logoXiaomi
MiMo-V2.5-TTS
1059-13/131,999-N/A
5445-60
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya 2 Global
1059-14/141,733Jul 2026N/A
5546-60
Rime logoRime
Coda
1058-12/122,225May 2026$50.0 /1M chars
5646-60
Google logoGoogle
Chirp 3: HD
1057-11/113,527Mar 2025$30.0 /1M chars
5746-60
Hume AI logoHume AI
Octave 2
1056-12/123,178Oct 2025$87.5 /1M chars
5846-61
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Flash TTS (Dec 2025)
1056-12/122,952Dec 2025$9.2 /1M chars
5946-69
Fish Audio logoFish Audio
OpenAudio S1 Mini
1050-19/191,777Jun 2025$15.0 /1M chars
6053-64
async logoasync
Async Flash v1.0
1048-11/114,169Jul 2025$10.1 /1M chars
6156-68
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Long-Form
1044-13/131,978Nov 2023$100.0 /1M chars
6259-69
Maya Research logoMaya Research
Maya1Hugging FaceOpen Weights
1043-12/123,409Jun 2025N/A
6359-71
Cartesia logoCartesia
Sonic English (Oct 2024)
1040-12/123,519Oct 2024$49.0 /1M chars
6459-71
Boson AI logoBoson AI
Higgs Audio V3 TTSHugging FaceOpen Weights
1038-13/132,017Jun 2026$15.0 /1M chars
6561-72
SpeechifyAI logoSpeechifyAI
SIMBA 1.0
1034-11/115,076Jun 2024$10.0 /1M chars
6661-72
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
MAI-Voice-1
1034-12/122,261Apr 2026N/A
6761-74
Bland AI logoBland AI
Bland Speech v3
1034-13/132,309Aug 2026$40.0 /1M chars
6862-72
MiniMax logoMiniMax
T2A-01-Turbo
1033-11/115,236Jan 2025$30.0 /1M chars
6962-74
Google logoGoogle
Gemini 2.5 Pro (Dec 2025)
1031-12/122,545Dec 2025$18.3 /1M chars
7063-74
Hume AI logoHume AI
Octave TTS
1029-11/114,937Feb 2025$87.5 /1M chars
7161-74
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
Azure Neural
1029-19/191,232Sept 2018$15.0 /1M chars
7265-74
Xiaomi logoXiaomi
MiMo-V2-TTS
1024-13/131,828Mar 2026N/A
7369-74
Resemble AI logoResemble AI
ChatterboxGitHubOpen Weights
1021-11/114,873May 2025$25.0 /1M chars
7468-74
Smallest.ai logoSmallest.ai
Lightning v3.1
1021-12/122,270Mar 2026$25.0 /1M chars
7573-77
Krafton logoKrafton
Raon SpeechLM
1009-13/132,065Apr 2026N/A
7675-77
Rime logoRime
Arcana v3
1005-13/132,327Feb 2026$50.0 /1M chars
7777
Zyphra logoZyphra
Zonos-v0.1GitHubOpen Weights
10000/05,113Feb 2025$20.0 /1M chars
7878-79
Murf AI logoMurf AI
Murf Speech Gen 2
981-11/115,342Jul 2024$100.0 /1M chars
7978-81
LMNT logoLMNT
LMNT
975-12/124,156Dec 2023$49.0 /1M chars
8078-81
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
VibeVoice 7BHugging FaceOpen Weights
969-13/132,213Aug 2025N/A
8179-82
Microsoft logoMicrosoft
VibeVoice 1.5B
966-13/132,230Aug 2025N/A
8281-84
OpenVoice logoOpenVoice
OpenVoice v2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
955-13/133,206—Apr 2024$8.3 /1M chars
8382-85
NVIDIA logoNVIDIA
Magpie Multilingual
946-14/142,088Apr 2025N/A
8482-85
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen3 TTS Flash
945-14/142,218Sept 2025$10.0 /1M chars
8583-87
Neuphonic logoNeuphonic
Neuphonic TTS
937-13/132,434Oct 2024$20.8 /1M chars
8685-89
KugelAudio logoKugelAudio
Kugel 3
926-13/134,193Jun 2026N/A
8785-89
Alibaba logoAlibaba
Qwen3 TTS
926-13/132,934Jan 2026$20.0 /1M chars
8886-89
Coqui logoCoqui
XTTS v2Hugging FaceOpen Weights
922-14/142,749—Nov 2023$40.4 /1M chars
8986-89
Google logoGoogle
WaveNet
915-12/126,738Sept 2016$4.0 /1M chars
9089-93
Rime logoRime
Mist V2
901-14/142,992Mar 2025$31.1 /1M chars
9190-94
StyleTTS logoStyleTTS
StyleTTS 2GitHubOpen Weights
893-15/152,616—Jun 2023$2.8 /1M chars
9290-94
Google logoGoogle
Neural2
891-12/126,971Jun 2022$16.0 /1M chars
9390-94
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Neural
889-14/142,885Jul 2019$16.0 /1M chars
9491-94
Google logoGoogle
Standard
882-12/127,031Aug 2018$4.0 /1M chars
9594-95
Noiz logoNoiz
Noiz TTS
869-15/151,938Nov 2025N/A
9696-97
MetaVoice logoMetaVoice
MetaVoice v1GitHubOpen Weights
840-17/171,446—Feb 2024N/A
9796-97
Amazon logoAmazon
Polly Standard
825-15/153,575Nov 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. Realtime TTS-2 (Elo 1252), 3. Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus (Elo 1241), 4. Simba 3.2 (Elo 1240), and 5. Luna TTS (Elo 1228). 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 1060. 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 1215. There are 15 open weights models out of 97 total.

The top 5 open weights Text to Speech models are: 1. Breeze TTS 2 (Elo 1215), 2. Fish Audio S2 Pro (Elo 1128), 3. Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026) (Elo 1104), 4. Voxtral TTS (Elo 1078), and 5. Magpie-Multilingual 357M (Feb 2026) (Elo 1065).

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