ElevenLabs Launches Eleven v4 and v4 Turbo, Topping TTS Arena and Pronunciation Benchmarks
ElevenLabs has released its next-generation text-to-speech models, Eleven v4 and the low-latency v4 Turbo, which the company describes as its fastest and most emotionally expressive release yet. Benchmarks from Artificial Analysis show Eleven v4 topping the Provider Voice TTS Arena with an Elo of 1,319 across 1,674 appearances, ahead of competitors like Cartesia; it also ranks first on a pronunciation robustness benchmark, with its Controlled Voice ranking also mentioned. Third-party user mati shared the evaluation on X, calling Eleven v4 "clearly number one" in the comparison.
Confirmed
- ElevenLabs officially launched two models: Eleven v4, focused on emotional expression, and v4 Turbo, built for low latency (@NevFlynn)
- First place in the Provider Voice Arena: Elo 1,319 over 1,674 appearances, leading Cartesia (@ArtificialAnlys)
- Topped the pronunciation robustness benchmark, with language support expanded to 90+ (@ArtificialAnlys)
- Priced at roughly 5x its Google competitor (@ArtificialAnlys)
Why it matters
- Eleven v4's dual first-place finishes in the arena and pronunciation benchmarks cement its lead in the TTS space
- But at around 5x the price of competitors, the performance-versus-cost trade-off becomes a key consideration for users choosing a provider
2026-09-28 ~ 2026-09-29 · 12 related posts
Primary sources
- [source] ElevenLabs launches v4 and v4 Turbo voice models, ranked #1 by Artificial Analysis — NevFlynn · 2026-09-28
- Eleven v4 Tops TTS Arena, Tops Pronunciation Benchmark at $80/1M Chars — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- Eleven v4 Sample Clips: Customer Service and Science Narration — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- ElevenLabs' Eleven v4 Takes #1 on TTS Arena Leaderboard, Now Supports 90+ Languages — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- Eleven v4 Tops New TTS Pronunciation Robustness Benchmark, Scoring Above 93% in Three Categories — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- Eleven v4 Generates 73.4 Chars/Sec and Costs $80 Per Million Characters — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- Full TTS Leaderboard: Eleven v4 Leads, Qwen TTS Fourth, Prices Vary 15x — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- [source] Eleven v4 tops TTS Arena at Elo 1,319 and record 91.7% pronunciation score — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- Eleven v4 tops Artificial Analysis TTS leaderboard at 1319 Elo, priced $80/1M chars vs Gemini Flash TTS at $16.5 — ArtificialAnlys · 2026-09-28
- Eleven v4 ranks clear #1 in third-party voice generation comparison — annbordetsky · 2026-09-28
- [source] ElevenLabs Employee Demos Upgraded Voice Clone Powered by Eleven v4 — lukeharries · 2026-09-29
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