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AI model rankingsSpeechSonic 3.5

Sonic 3.5

Cartesia

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#21 of 100 for text to speech Updated Oct 31, 2026, 06:59 PM UTC

At a glance

How Sonic 3.5 compares with the other 99 text to speech models.

  • Strong choice. Ranked #21 of 100, 142 Elo points behind #1 and ahead of 80% of models.

  • Close race with 11 models. Its score range overlaps with Realtime TTS-2 Flash, v3 Conversational, StepAudio 2.5 TTS and 8 more, so you may not notice a difference.

  • Usually wins. Against a typical model it gets picked in about 65% of blind votes.

Model details

Made by
Cartesia
Category
Speech
Released
–
Best Cartesia model
Sonic 3.6
Win rate vs all
63%
Companies ranked
43

Rank

#21

of 100 models

Elo rating

1,194

142 behind #1

typical 1,086

± range

±11

how certain the score is

Votes

–

blind comparisons

Where it ranks

This model next to its closest competitors. Click another bar to open that model.

Head-to-head chances

How often people would pick this model over another in a blind vote, based on the Elo scores.

  • vs Eleven v4 Turbo · #1 overall31%
  • VLvs Luna TTS · The model just above (#20)48%
  • vs Fish Audio S2.1 Pro · The model just below (#22)51%
  • vs Gemini 2.5 Flash Lite TTS · A typical model (the median)65%

Nearby in the ranking

  • Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS

    Google

    1,212

    Elo

    #19

    rank

  • VL

    Luna TTS

    VUI Labs

    1,205

    Elo

    #20

    rank

  • Sonic 3.5

    Cartesia

    1,194

    Elo

    #21

    rank

  • Fish Audio S2.1 Pro

    Fish AudioOct 2026

    1,188

    Elo

    #22

    rank

  • Eleven v3

    ElevenLabs

    1,188

    Elo

    #23

    rank

More from Cartesia

  • Sonic 3.6

    Cartesia

    1,296

    Elo

    #4

    rank

  • Sonic 3

    Cartesia

    1,056

    Elo

    #64

    rank

Questions people ask

Is Sonic 3.5 the best text to speech model?
Not quite: it's #21 of 100. The leader is Eleven v4 Turbo by ElevenLabs, 142 Elo points ahead. People would still pick Sonic 3.5 over it in about 31% of blind votes.
How is this ranking made?
People are shown two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the one they like more. The votes are turned into an Elo score, the same system used to rank chess players.
Who makes Sonic 3.5?
Cartesia (cartesia.ai). They have 3 models in this ranking.
What are alternatives to Sonic 3.5?
Gemini 3.1 Flash TTS (Google), Luna TTS (VUI Labs), Fish Audio S2.1 Pro (Fish Audio), Eleven v3 (ElevenLabs) are ranked closest to it. The best model from another company is Eleven v4 Turbo by ElevenLabs.

People see two results for the same prompt without knowing which model made them, and vote for the better one. Gaps under about 20 Elo points are hard to notice in practice.

Benchmark data from Artificial Analysis, an independent benchmarking company. Rankings refresh every few hours.