Artificial Analysis Speech Arena what it measures, how it is scored and who leads it

Name: Artificial Analysis Speech Arena
Creator: Artificial Analysis

Speech · Artificial Analysis · Arena rating

Scores from Artificial Analysis Speech Arena, published Sep 26, 2026

Rank	Model	Arena rating
1	Sonic 3.6Cartesia · as “Sonic 3.6”	1,277
2	Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSGoogle · as “Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS”	1,268
3	Qwen Audio 3.0 TTS PlusAlibaba · as “Qwen-Audio-3.0-TTS-Plus”	1,259
4	Realtime TTS 2Inworld · as “Realtime TTS-2”	1,244
5	Gemini 3.8 Flash Lite TTSGoogle · as “Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS”	1,240
6	Simba 3.2Speechifyai · as “Simba 3.2”	1,238
7	Luna TTSVui Labs · as “Luna TTS”	1,232
8	Realtime TTS 2 FlashInworld · as “Realtime TTS-2 Flash”	1,212
9	Breeze TTS 2Breezeblue · as “Breeze TTS 2”	1,206
10	Gemini 3.1 Flash TTSGoogle · as “Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS”	1,202
11	Stepaudio 2.5 TTSStepFun · as “StepAudio 2.5 TTS (Aug 2026)”	1,200
12	V3 ConversationalElevenLabs · as “v3 Conversational”	1,197
13	Sonic 3.5Cartesia · as “Sonic 3.5”	1,185
14	Soniox TTS Real Time V2Soniox · as “Soniox TTS Real-Time v2”	1,174
15	Lightning V3.1 ProSmallest Ai · as “Lightning V3.1 Pro (Jul 2026)”	1,172
16	Speech 2.8 HdMiniMax · as “Speech 2.8 HD”	1,172
17	Eleven V3ElevenLabs · as “Eleven v3”	1,168
18	Falcon 2Murf Ai · as “Falcon 2”	1,157
19	Speech 2.8 TurboMiniMax · as “Speech 2.8 Turbo”	1,152
20	Gradium TTSGradium · as “Gradium TTS (Aug 2026)”	1,150
21	Fish Audio S2.1 ProFish Audio · as “Fish Audio S2.1 Pro”	1,139
22	Step TTS 2StepFun · as “Step TTS 2 (Mar 2026)”	1,134
23	Async Flash V1.5Async · as “Async Flash v1.5”	1,131
24	Spacexai TTSSpaceXAI · as “SpaceXAI TTS”	1,130
25	Speech 2.6 HdMiniMax · as “Speech 2.6 HD”	1,130

Task: Read text aloud in a voice people prefer.
Dataset: Blind votes between two voices reading the same text.
Method: Pairwise preference votes turned into an Elo-style rating.
Metric: Arena rating
Organization: Artificial Analysis
Official leaderboard: artificialanalysis.ai/text-to-speech/leaderboard/provider-voice

Sources: each benchmark's paper (arXiv) and its official site or leaderboard. Scores are the boards captured here every day, exactly as published.