ElevenLabs Eleven v4 Turbo
ElevenLabs Eleven v4 Turbo is a text-to-speech (TTS) API from ElevenLabs, measured by one independent benchmark, Speko.
515.2 ms P50 time-to-first-audio on Coval; ranked 32nd of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.
Benchmark summary: 18.5/100, ranked 32nd of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: accuracy, 3.4 of 15 points.
Google Chirp 3: HD is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from Google, measured by two independent benchmarks: Artificial Analysis and Coval.
Overall score
18.5 /100
Data checked on September 30, 2026
Updated after each benchmark capture
Every point comes from a public benchmark: sources · methodology
Google Chirp 3: HD ranks 32nd of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 18.5/100.
On Coval's 30-day window ending October 1, 2026 (11,855 runs), Google Chirp 3: HD has a P50 (median) time-to-first-audio (TTFA) of 515.2 ms, 27th lowest of the 31 models Coval measures. Its P99, the slowest 1% of turns, is 1,282.2 ms (27th lowest of the 31 models Coval measures). Latency consistency: a standard deviation of 225.8 ms (22nd lowest of the 31 models Coval measures). Mean time to first byte (TTFB) is 189.6 ms.
Coval measures an accuracy (word error rate) of 5% over 11,835 samples on the same window, 17th lowest of the 31 models Coval measures.
In the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena (capture of October 1, 2026), Google Chirp 3: HD has an Elo of 1,053 (±12, 95% confidence) from 3,296 blind comparisons, 56th highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates.
Artificial Analysis lists Google Chirp 3: HD at $30 per 1M characters (43rd lowest of the 78 models Artificial Analysis lists a price for).
Tested in Japanese, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Thai by Artificial Analysis or Speko. A language missing here was not tested, which does not mean it is unsupported.
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