audio model comparison

Eleven v4 Turbo vs Voxtral Mini TTS 3

Eleven v4 Turbo and Voxtral Mini TTS 3 are both current audio models, from ElevenLabs and Mistral AI. Voxtral Mini TTS 3 is 68% cheaper per character than Eleven v4 Turbo, $0.000013 vs $0.00004.

Lower price per character: Voxtral Mini TTS 3$0.000013 against $0.00004
Newer release: Voxtral Mini TTS 3Oct 2026 against Sep 2026

Data verified October 23, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-23

Eleven v4 Turbo and Voxtral Mini TTS 3, line by line

Prices in effect today, compared at the same tier wherever both list one. The better value in each row is highlighted.

Fact	Eleven v4 Turbo	Voxtral Mini TTS 3
Price
Price per character	$0.00004	$0.000013 (better)
Independent benchmarks
Artificial Analysis Speech Arena	1330 Elo (#1 of 11)	Not measured
Specs
Provider	ElevenLabs	Mistral AI
Release date	September 28, 2026	October 20, 2026
Access	API only	API only
Context window	Not reported	Not reported
Max output	Not reported	Not reported
Input	text	text
Output	audio	audio

No independent benchmark has scored both models yet. Each rank counts the current models scored on that benchmark.

Scores:Artificial Analysis · 2026-10-13

Charts

Against every current audio model

Where Eleven v4 Turbo and Voxtral Mini TTS 3 land among the current models of their task, on every independent benchmark, on price and on context.

Where each stands

Only Eleven v4 Turbo has a current Artificial Analysis Speech Arena score: #1 of 11. Each bar is the share of current models it beats.

Independent benchmarks

Artificial Analysis Speech Arena

Eleven v4 Turbo:#1of 11

1,330 Elo · ahead of 100%

Voxtral Mini TTS 3: Not scored

Price and context

Price per character

Eleven v4 Turbo:#3of 8

$0.00004 · cheaper than 57%

Voxtral Mini TTS 3:#1of 8

$0.000013 · cheaper than 100%

Scores fromArtificial Analysis · 2026-10-13

Cost

What each costs

Example workloads at each provider's listed rates, then every other rate either one lists. The cheaper figure in each row is highlighted.

The same work, priced

For 1M characters, Eleven v4 Turbo costs 3.1 times as much as Voxtral Mini TTS 3, at each provider's listed rates.

1M characters
Eleven v4 Turbo costs 3.1× as much
Eleven v4 Turbo
$40
Voxtral Mini TTS 3
$13

Workload or rate	Eleven v4 Turbo	Voxtral Mini TTS 3
Example workloads
1M characters	$40	$13 (better)

Verdict

When to choose each

Eleven v4 Turbo

Where it leads

No measured lead over Voxtral Mini TTS 3 in this data.

Best for

Realtime voice agents
Low-latency streaming speech

Watch out for

ElevenLabs' latency figures exclude application and network latency

Full Eleven v4 Turbo profile

Voxtral Mini TTS 3

Where it leads

Lower price per character, $0.000013 vs $0.00004

Best for

Multilingual voice agents and narration
Branded voices cloned from recorded samples

Watch out for

Language coverage is unclear: the launch post says 35+ languages and 50+ dialects, while the model page lists nine
Released as a public preview, and Mistral quality claims are not measured independently here

Full Voxtral Mini TTS 3 profile

From benchmark to production

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