472 ms P50 time-to-first-audio on Speko; ranked 49th of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.
Benchmark summary: 9/100, ranked 49th of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: price, 4.3 of 5 points.
Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Flash is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from Alibaba (Qwen), measured by two independent benchmarks: Artificial Analysis and Speko.
Overall score
9 /100
Data checked on September 30, 2026
Updated after each benchmark capture
Every point comes from a public benchmark: sources · methodology
Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Flash ranks 49th of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 9/100.
Speko measures a P50 TTFA of 472 ms from US East (n=30), dated July 3, 2026: 24th lowest of the 29 models Speko measures.
Speko rates its pronunciation robustness on numbers, dates and currency at 0.15 on a 0-to-1 scale (26th highest of the 28 models Speko rates).
In the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena (capture of October 1, 2026), Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Flash has an Elo of 943 (±14, 95% confidence) from 2,116 blind comparisons, 79th highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates. Speko rates its naturalness at 1,310 Elo from blind A/B votes (41st highest of the 41 models Speko rates).
Artificial Analysis lists Alibaba Qwen3 TTS Flash at $11 per 1M characters (15th lowest of the 78 models Artificial Analysis lists a price for). Speko lists a cost of about $10 per 1M characters.
Artificial Analysis changed its Speech Arena Elo between the captures of September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 without a new measurement date (944, then 943): the score uses the average, 943.5. The value shown is the latest. Speko changed its pronunciation robustness between the captures of September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 without a new measurement date (0.5, then 0.15): the score uses the average, 0.325. The value shown is the latest.
Tested in Spanish, German and French by Artificial Analysis or Speko. A language missing here was not tested, which does not mean it is unsupported.
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