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1492 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Text-to-speech arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated September 8, 2026

Best voice
Sonic 3.6Cartesia1,282Score
Best open model
Breeze TTS 2BreezeBlue1,215Score
Best from China
Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-PlusAlibaba1,241Score
Top three by Score
1Sonic 3.6Cartesia1,282
2Realtime TTS-2Inworld1,252
Top three open models
1Breeze TTS 2BreezeBlue · #7 overall1,215
2Fish Audio S2 ProFish Audio · #25 overall1,128
3Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026)StepFun · #32 overall1,104
This week's changes
GPT-6 Astra (max)Intelligence · #2New
MAI-Image-2.6Image · #2New
Realtime TTS-2Speech · #2New
Muse Spark 1.3 (max)Intelligence · #5New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Sonic 3.6ClosedCartesia1,282±17
2NewRealtime TTS-2ClosedInworld1,252±18
3▼ 1Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-PlusClosedAlibaba1,241±14
4▼ 1Simba 3.2ClosedSpeechifyAI1,240±14
5▼ 1Luna TTSClosedVUI Labs1,228±14
6NewRealtime TTS-2 Flash - Research PreviewClosedInworld1,222±15
7Newv3 ConversationalClosedElevenLabs1,210±15
8▼ 3Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSClosedGoogle1,208±12
9▼ 3StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)ClosedStepFun1,205±17
10▼ 3Sonic 3.5ClosedCartesia1,193±12
11▼ 2Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)ClosedSmallest.ai1,190±14
12NewSoniox TTS Real-Time v2ClosedSoniox1,179±11
13▼ 2Eleven v3ClosedElevenLabs1,175±11
14▼ 2Speech 2.8 HDClosedMiniMax1,171±11
15▼ 2Falcon 2ClosedMurf AI1,158±15
16▼ 2Speech 2.8 TurboClosedMiniMax1,152±11
17▲ 16Gradium TTS (Aug 2026)ClosedGradium1,149±15
18▼ 2Async Flash v1.5ClosedAsync1,141±13
19▼ 2Fish Audio S2.1 ProClosedFish Audio1,141±13
20▼ 2Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026)ClosedStepFun1,138±12
21▼ 2Speech 2.6 HDClosedMiniMax1,134±11
22▼ 2Lightning V3.1 Pro TTS (Jun 2026)ClosedSmallest.ai1,133±13
23▼ 1Azure HD 2.5ClosedMicrosoft1,131±12
24—Speech 2.6 TurboClosedMiniMax1,127±11
25▲ 1SpaceXAI TTSClosedSpaceXAI1,123±16
26▼ 1Simba 3.0ClosedSpeechifyAI1,122±12
27▼ 4Async Pro v1.0ClosedAsync1,121±13
28▼ 1Speech-02-HDClosedMiniMax1,112±11
29▼ 1TTS-1 HDClosedOpenAI1,106±11
30▼ 1Turbo v2.5ClosedElevenLabs1,100±10
31▼ 1Multilingual v2ClosedElevenLabs1,099±10
32▼ 1Chatterbox HDClosedResemble AI1,093±12
33▼ 1TTS-1ClosedOpenAI1,091±10
34—Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTSClosedGoogle1,084±12
35▲ 3Speech 2.6ClosedHithink1,084±13
36▼ 1Speech-02-TurboClosedMiniMax1,082±11
37—StudioClosedGoogle1,081±11
38▲ 1OpenAudio S1ClosedFish Audio1,080±11
39▼ 3Flash v2.5ClosedElevenLabs1,080±11
40▲ 4JourneyClosedGoogle1,075±13
41▲ 2Maya 2 FlashClosedMaya Research1,072±14
42▼ 1Sonic 3ClosedCartesia1,067±11
43▼ 3GPT-Realtime-2ClosedOpenAI1,067±13
44▲ 1T2A-01-HDClosedMiniMax1,066±11
45▲ 2Polly GenerativeClosedAmazon1,063±11
46—SIMBA 1.6ClosedSpeechifyAI1,062±12
47▲ 6Maya 2 GlobalClosedMaya Research1,059±14
47▲ 1MiMo-V2.5-TTSClosedXiaomi1,059±13
49▲ 1CodaClosedRime1,058±12
50▲ 1Chirp 3: HDClosedGoogle1,057±11

Intelligence over time

Each maker's best model at the time on the Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index, by the month it was released.

Gained most · Anthropic +57.2Highest now · Anthropic 64.6Gap between highest and lowest 18.1 ptsTime range Nov 2025 – Nov 2026
64.6Anthropic60.0Google56.9OpenAI50.1Meta46.5Kimi

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Open or closed follows the license Arena gives; prices and Artificial Analysis intelligence show only where model names match, otherwise “—”.