Breeze TTS 2 tops open-weights TTS arena, beating Fish Audio by 90 Elo
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-08-26
Breeze TTS 2 from BreezeBlue (50 languages, text-prompt voice generation, streaming; weights open on Hugging Face) is now the #1 open-weights TTS model in the Artificial Analysis Provider Voices Speech Arena with an Elo of 1,215, leading Fish Audio S2 Pro (1,125) by 90 points and ranking #6 overall out of 100+ models.
- Controlled Voices: #3 among open weights (Elo 1,002), tied with Fish Audio S2 Pro and 8 Elo behind Mistral's Voxtral TTS (1,010)
- Speed: 45 chars/sec vs 102 chars/sec for Fish Audio S2 Pro
- Price: $34/1M chars on the hosted endpoint vs $15/1M for Fish Audio; both can be self-hosted
Related event: Breeze TTS 2 Tops Open-Weight TTS Leaderboard, License Draws Criticism(5 posts)→
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