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Speech Arena Elo 915 on Artificial Analysis, latency not measured; ranked 93rd (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.

Benchmark summary: 3.3/100, ranked 93rd (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: price, 2.4 of 5 points.

Google WaveNet is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from Google, measured by one independent benchmark, Artificial Analysis.

Overall score

3.3 /100

93 rd of 112

Score breakdown

  • Real-time speed 0 /60
  • Voice quality 0.9 /20
  • Accuracy 0 /15
  • Price 2.4 /5

Data checked on September 30, 2026

Updated after each benchmark capture

Every point comes from a public benchmark: sources · methodology

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Google WaveNet ranks 93rd of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 3.3/100.

Real-time latency

Neither Coval nor Speko measures Google WaveNet's latency, so it scores 0 of 60 on real-time speed and does not appear in the real-time ranking.

Accuracy (word error rate)

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.

Voice quality

In the Artificial Analysis Speech Arena (capture of October 1, 2026), Google WaveNet has an Elo of 915 (±12, 95% confidence) from 6,229 blind comparisons, 83rd highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates.

Price

Artificial Analysis lists Google WaveNet at $4 per 1M characters (3rd lowest of the 78 models Artificial Analysis lists a price for).

Scoring note

Artificial Analysis changed its Speech Arena Elo between the captures of September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 without a new measurement date (916, then 915): the score uses the average, 915.5. The value shown is the latest.

Benchmark measurements

Artificial Analysis Speech Arena

Speech Arena Elo (blind listener preference)
915
Elo 95% interval (±)
12
Arena rank
83
Arena rank range
83-85
Arena appearances
6,229
Voices tested
8
Price per 1M characters
4 USD
Released
Sept 2016
Artificial Analysis model
WaveNet
Artificial Analysis leaderboard
artificialanalysis.ai

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