Speech Arena Elo 1,121 on Artificial Analysis, latency not measured; ranked 50th (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index.
Benchmark summary: 8.6/100, ranked 50th (tied) of 112 in the TTS for Voice Agents 2026 index (Listed). Strongest criterion: voice quality, 7.7 of 20 points.
MiniMax Speech 2.6 Turbo is a proprietary text-to-speech (TTS) API from MiniMax, measured by two independent benchmarks: Artificial Analysis and Speko.
Overall score
8.6 /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 Turbo ranks 50th of 112 in the 2026 text-to-speech (TTS) API benchmark, with a score of 8.6/100.
Neither Coval nor Speko measures MiniMax Speech 2.6 Turbo'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 Turbo has an Elo of 1,121 (±11, 95% confidence) from 4,227 blind comparisons, 29th highest of the 92 models Artificial Analysis rates. Speko rates its naturalness at 1,408 Elo from blind A/B votes (38th highest of the 41 models Speko rates).
Artificial Analysis lists MiniMax Speech 2.6 Turbo at $60 per 1M characters (62nd lowest of the 78 models Artificial Analysis lists a price for). Speko lists a cost of about $60 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 (1,119, then 1,121): the score uses the average, 1,120. The value shown is the latest.
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