Speech Arena Elo 1,128 on Artificial Analysis, latency not measured; ranked 44th (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.
Benchmark summary: 9.7/100, ranked 44th (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: voice quality, 9.4 of 20 points.
MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from MiniMax, measured by two independent benchmarks: Artificial Analysis and Speko.
Overall score
9.7 /100
Data checked on September 30, 2026
Updated after each benchmark capture
Every point comes from a public benchmark: sources · methodology
MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD ranks 44th of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 9.7/100.
Neither Coval nor Speko measures MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD'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), MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD has an Elo of 1,128 (±11, 95% confidence) from 3,911 blind comparisons, 27th highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates. Speko rates its naturalness at 1,450 Elo from blind A/B votes (32nd highest of the 41 models Speko rates).
Artificial Analysis lists MiniMax Speech 2.6 HD 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.
Tested in Japanese, Chinese, Korean 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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