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Voxtral Mini TTS 3 benchmarks, pricing and specs
Voxtral Mini TTS 3 is a Mistral AI model released on October 20, 2026 that takes text input and produces audio. It costs $0.000013 per character.
- Per character
- $0.000013Listed today
Data verified October 23, 2026 · Dataset 2026-10-23
Specs
Key facts
- Provider
- Mistral AI
- Model family
- Voxtral
- Release date
- October 20, 2026
- Status
- Current
- Access
- API only
- API model id
- voxtral-mini-tts-3-0
- Context window
- Not reported
- Max output
- Not reported
- Input
- text
- Output
- audio
- Task families
- audio
- Declared capabilities
- text to speech
Charts
Against every current audio model
Where Voxtral Mini TTS 3 lands among the current models of its task, on every independent benchmark, on price and on context.
Where it stands
0 of 8 list a lower price per character. Each bar is the share of current models it beats.
Price and context
Price per character
#1of 8
$0.000013 · cheaper than 100%
Benchmarks
Independent benchmark results
Scores come from independent evaluators that ran the model themselves, pinned to a dated snapshot. Rank is among current models in the same snapshot. Mistral AI's own launch figures are listed under strengths with the publisher named, because they are not measured the same way.
No independent benchmark has published a result for Voxtral Mini TTS 3 yet. It is still compared below on price, context and capabilities.
Fit
Strengths, cautions and best uses
- Strengths
- Text-to-speech for batch and real-time use, with zero-shot and professional voice cloning
- Mistral reports about 90 ms to the first audio when streaming
- Priced at $13 per 1M characters
- Cautions
- 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
- Best for
- Multilingual voice agents and narration
- Branded voices cloned from recorded samples
From benchmark to production
Building on Voxtral Mini TTS 3?
Public scores rarely hold on your own data. We test it against the alternatives on your real tasks, then build the agent or pipeline around the model that wins.
Alternatives
Alternatives to Voxtral Mini TTS 3
The closest current audio models by price. The cheapest model that scores as well or better is listed first; failing that, the cheapest one within 3% of the benchmark's scale.
On score and price
Voxtral Mini TTS 3 beside the 4 alternatives listed below, on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena and on price per character.
Artificial Analysis Speech Arena
Measured October 13, 2026, higher is better
- Voxtral Mini TTS 3
- Not scored
- TTS-1
- 1,090
- Eleven Flash v2.5
- 1,078
- Eleven v4 Turbo
- 1,330
- Sonic 3.6
- 1,286
Price per character
Listed today, lower is better
- Voxtral Mini TTS 3
- $0.000013
- TTS-1
- $0.000015
- Eleven Flash v2.5
- $0.00004
- Eleven v4 Turbo
- $0.00004
- Sonic 3.6
- $0.000065
TTS-1
- 15% more per character, $0.000015 vs $0.000013
- From OpenAI
Eleven Flash v2.5
- 3.1x the price per character, $0.00004 vs $0.000013
- From ElevenLabs
Eleven v4 Turbo
- 3.1x the price per character, $0.00004 vs $0.000013
- From ElevenLabs
Sonic 3.6
- 5.0x the price per character, $0.000065 vs $0.000013
- From Cartesia
Further reading
More on Voxtral Mini TTS 3
Compare Voxtral Mini TTS 3 with
- Voxtral Mini TTS 3 vs Eleven Flash v2.5
- Voxtral Mini TTS 3 vs Eleven v4 Turbo
- Voxtral Mini TTS 3 vs Sonic 3.6
- Voxtral Mini TTS 3 vs TTS-1
Other Voxtral models
FAQ
Voxtral Mini TTS 3 FAQ
How much does Voxtral Mini TTS 3 cost?
Voxtral Mini TTS 3 costs $0.000013 per character at the standard tier. It is the cheapest of 8 current audio models priced per character. Source: Mistral AI, verified October 23, 2026.
Is Voxtral Mini TTS 3 open source or API only?
Voxtral Mini TTS 3 is available through Mistral AI's API only; its weights are not published.
What are the best alternatives to Voxtral Mini TTS 3?
The closest current alternatives by price and measured performance are TTS-1 (15% more per character, $0.000015 vs $0.000013), Eleven Flash v2.5 (3.1x the price per character, $0.00004 vs $0.000013), Eleven v4 Turbo (3.1x the price per character, $0.00004 vs $0.000013) and Sonic 3.6 (5.0x the price per character, $0.000065 vs $0.000013).
Sources
Sources
- Voxtral 3 · Mistral AI · official · verified October 23, 2026
- Voxtral TTS 3 · Mistral AI · official · verified October 23, 2026
Cite this page
Van Data Team. "Voxtral Mini TTS 3 Benchmarks, Pricing and Specs." AI Model Benchmark Dataset 2026-10-23. https://vandatateam.com/ai-model-benchmarks/voxtral-mini-tts-3
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Production evaluation
Deciding whether Voxtral Mini TTS 3 fits your workload?
Public benchmarks narrow the shortlist. We test the finalists on your own tasks, data and cost limits, then build the routing and review controls to run the winner in production.
- Evaluation cases and acceptance thresholds tied to real work
- Model routing, fallbacks and cost controls