MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo
MiniMax Speech 2.8 Turbo is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from MiniMax, measured by two independent benchmarks: Artificial Analysis and Speko.
Speech Arena Elo 1,092 on Artificial Analysis, latency not measured; ranked 46th (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.
Benchmark summary: 9.3/100, ranked 46th (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: voice quality, 9 of 20 points.
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from ElevenLabs, measured by two independent benchmarks: Artificial Analysis and Speko.
Overall score
9.3 /100
Data checked on September 30, 2026
Updated after each benchmark capture
Every point comes from a public benchmark: sources · methodology
ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 ranks 46th of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 9.3/100.
Neither Coval nor Speko measures ElevenLabs Multilingual v2's latency, so it scores 0 of 60 on real-time speed and does not appear in the real-time ranking.
No accuracy measurement: Coval does not measure its word error rate and Speko does not rate its pronunciation robustness, so accuracy counts 0 of 15.
In the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena (capture of October 1, 2026), ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 has an Elo of 1,092 (±10, 95% confidence) from 7,234 blind comparisons, 37th highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates. Speko rates its naturalness at 1,472 Elo from blind A/B votes (29th highest of the 41 models Speko rates).
Artificial Analysis lists ElevenLabs Multilingual v2 at $100 per 1M characters (69th lowest of the 78 models Artificial Analysis lists a price for). Speko lists a cost of about $100 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 (1,093, then 1,092): the score uses the average, 1,092.5. The value shown is the latest.
Tested in Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese, Arabic and Hindi by Artificial Analysis or Speko. A language missing here was not tested, which does not mean it is unsupported.
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