HeyGen Voice Turbo Tops the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena
HeyGen Voice Turbo ranks first in the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena with an Elo of 1,202, surpassing the previous-generation HeyGen Voice at 1,196 and Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus at 1,185. The arena evaluates using the same set of 8 cloned voices (4 American, 4 British); HeyGen Voice Turbo ranks first among 46 models and ranks first in the Assistants and Entertainment categories. Its price is $4/1M characters, the lowest on the leaderboard, 7.5 times cheaper than the previous-generation HeyGen Voice at $30/1M characters.
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The leaderboard provides Elo and price comparisons for the same set of cloned voices, which can be used to assess the quality and cost trade-offs of speech models.
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HeyGen Voice Turbo takes the #1 spot on the Artificial Analysis Controlled Voice TTS Arena Leaderboard, with their previous model, HeyGen Voice, ranking #2
Just two weeks after reaching #1 with its previous model, @HeyGen has released HeyGen Voice Turbo, which now leads the leaderboard at $4/1M characters. Our Controlled Voice Arena evaluates models using the same 8 cloned voices (4 US, 4 UK), allowing listeners to compare speech quality across models independently of voice preference.
Key takeaways:
➤ Controlled Voice Arena: HeyGen Voice Turbo has an Elo of 1,202 across 1,663 appearances, ranking #1 of 46 models, ahead of HeyGen Voice at 1,196 and Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus at 1,185. It also ranks #1 in Assistants and Entertainment.
➤ Accents: HeyGen Voice Turbo ranks #1 in English (UK) with an Elo of 1,197 and #2 in English (US) at 1,204, behind only Qwen-Audio-3.1-TTS-Plus.
➤ Pronunciation Robustness: HeyGen Voice Turbo scores 87.8%, ranking #8 of 33 models, improving from HeyGen Voice's 83.2%. It also ranks #1 in Preserving Exact Sequences at 91.8%.
➤ Pricing: At $4/1M characters, HeyGen Voice Turbo is the lowest-priced model on the Controlled Voice Arena Leaderboard, compared to Simba 3.2 at $6.6/1M characters and Gemini 3.8 Flash-Lite TTS at $11/1M characters. It is also 7.5x cheaper than HeyGen Voice at $30/1M characters.
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