Eleven v4 Turbo tops TTS leaderboard, 14% faster than v4 at half the price
ArtificialAnlys · x · 2026-10-06
Artificial Analysis has released its Provider Voice TTS leaderboard and Speech Arena rankings.
- Eleven v4 Turbo takes the top spot with an Elo of 1334, generating 96 characters per second at $40/1M characters — versus Eleven v4's Elo 1321, 84 chars/sec and $80/1M, meaning the new model is 14% faster at half the price.
- Rounding out the top five: Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus (1292), Sonic 3.6 (1278), and Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS (1275).
- Notable value picks include Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS ($16.5/1M) and Simba 3.2 ($6.6/1M, Elo 1242).
- Rankings are based on community votes in the Speech Arena, with sample clips browsable via Speech Explorer.
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