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1022 models · 5 boards · 2 sources

Text-to-speech arena · Anonymous head-to-head votes · Updated October 19, 2026

Best voice
Eleven v4 TurboElevenLabs1,332Score
Best open model
Fish Audio Drama 3 PreviewFish Audio1,247Score
Best from China
Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusAlibaba1,297Score
Top three by Score
1Eleven v4 TurboElevenLabs1,332
2Eleven v4ElevenLabs1,329
Top three open models
1Fish Audio Drama 3 PreviewFish Audio · #9 overall1,247
2Breeze TTS 2BreezeBlue · #11 overall1,222
3Ming-3.0-ttsAnt Group · #18 overall1,188
This week's changes
HeyGen Video 1Video · #3New
Kimi K3.1 ProIntelligence · #4New
Gemini 4 Carbon (High)Coding · #4New
GPT-6.1 Terra (Max)Coding · #13New
MiniMax-M3.1-FlashIntelligence · #18New
RankChangeModelScore95% interval
1—Eleven v4 TurboClosedElevenLabs1,332±17
2—Eleven v4ClosedElevenLabs1,329±16
3—Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-PlusClosedAlibaba1,297±16
4—Sonic 3.6ClosedCartesia1,291±14
5—Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSClosedGoogle1,280±14
6—Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-PlusClosedAlibaba1,264±14
7—Realtime TTS-2ClosedInworld1,262±15
8—Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTSClosedGoogle1,252±14
9—Fish Audio Drama 3 PreviewOpenFish Audio1,247±15
10—Simba 3.2ClosedSpeechifyAI1,245±12
11—Breeze TTS 2OpenBreezeBlue1,222±14
12—StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)ClosedStepFun1,217±14
13—Realtime TTS-2 FlashClosedInworld1,217±13
14—Luna TTSClosedVUI Labs1,213±12
15—Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSClosedGoogle1,212±11
16—v3 ConversationalClosedElevenLabs1,212±13
17—Sonic 3.5ClosedCartesia1,191±11
18—Ming-3.0-ttsOpenAnt Group1,188±14
19—Fish Audio S2.1 Pro (Oct 2026)ClosedFish Audio1,187±14
20—Eleven v3ClosedElevenLabs1,182±11
21—Soniox TTS Real-Time v2ClosedSoniox1,179±11
22—Gradium TTS (Sep 2026)ClosedGradium · 1 more variant1,175±13
23—Speech 2.8 HDClosedMiniMax1,174±11
24—Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)ClosedSmallest.ai1,168±12
25—Speech 2.8 TurboClosedMiniMax1,155±11
26—Falcon 2ClosedMurf AI1,153±13
27—SpaceXAI TTSClosedSpaceXAI1,149±13
28—Azure HD 2.5ClosedMicrosoft1,140±12
29—Async Flash v1.5ClosedAsync1,139±12
30—Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026)ClosedStepFun1,135±12
31—Speech 2.6 HDClosedMiniMax1,129±11
32—Async Pro v1.0ClosedAsync1,127±12
33—Simba 3.0ClosedSpeechifyAI1,121±11
34—Speech 2.6 TurboClosedMiniMax1,121±11
35—Fish Audio S2 ProOpenFish Audio1,113±12
36—Speech-02-HDClosedMiniMax1,111±11
37—Chatterbox HDClosedResemble AI1,109±12
38—TTS-1 HDClosedOpenAI1,102±11
39—Step Audio EditX (Mar 2026)OpenStepFun1,099±12
40—Turbo v2.5ClosedElevenLabs1,098±10
41—Speech 2.6ClosedHithink1,096±12
42—Multilingual v2ClosedElevenLabs1,096±10
43—Speech-02-TurboClosedMiniMax1,091±11
44—Voxtral TTSOpenMistral1,091±12
45—TTS-1ClosedOpenAI1,089±10
46—Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTSClosedGoogle1,086±11
47—OpenAudio S1ClosedFish Audio1,085±11
48—StudioClosedGoogle1,077±11
49—Flash v2.5ClosedElevenLabs1,077±11
50—JourneyClosedGoogle1,077±12

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 “—”.