Speech Arena Elo 1,063 on Artificial Analysis, latency not measured; ranked 61st (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.
Benchmark summary: 7.1/100, ranked 61st (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: price, 2.5 of 5 points.
Kokoro 82M v1.0 is an open-weights text-to-speech (TTS) API from Kokoro, measured by one independent benchmark, Artificial Analysis.
Overall score
7.1 /100
Data checked on September 30, 2026
Updated after each benchmark capture
Every point comes from a public benchmark: sources · methodology
Kokoro 82M v1.0 ranks 61st of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 7.1/100.
Neither Coval nor Speko measures Kokoro 82M v1.0'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), Kokoro 82M v1.0 has an Elo of 1,063 (±11, 95% confidence) from 5,263 blind comparisons, 49th highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates.
Artificial Analysis lists Kokoro 82M v1.0 at $0.7 per 1M characters (the lowest of the 78 models Artificial Analysis lists a price for).
Artificial Analysis changed its Speech Arena Elo between the captures of September 30, 2026 and October 1, 2026 without a new measurement date (1,064, then 1,063): the score uses the average, 1,063.5. The value shown is the latest.
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