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Eleven v4 vs Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS

Compared only on public benchmark results, across the 1 task where both are listed: Eleven v4 is a tier higher in 1 of 1 shared task.

Eleven v4

ElevenLabs' flagship text-to-speech model line for expressive narration and dialogue, with voice cloning.

Vendor
ElevenLabs
Weights
Closed: API and apps only
Released
28 Sep 2026
API price
$80 per 1M characters (Artificial Analysis normalised price for Eleven v4 (USD per 1M characters).)
License
proprietary
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Alternatives to Eleven v4

Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS

Google's Flash-tier Gemini text-to-speech model, served through the Gemini API.

Vendor
Google
Weights
Closed: API and apps only
Released
23 Sep 2026
API price
$16 per 1M characters (Artificial Analysis normalised price for Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS (USD per 1M characters).)
License
proprietary
Last verified
18 Oct 2026

Alternatives to Gemini 3.8 Flash TTS

Task by task

TaskEleven v4Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSHigher tier
Text to speech
Models
S1,328 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) · CloudA1,278 on Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices) · CloudEleven v4

A tier spans a range of scores, and small gaps on a leaderboard are often within its margin of error, so only a different tier counts as ahead. How we rank.

Same benchmark, both results

BenchmarkEleven v4Gemini 3.8 Flash TTSSnapshot
Artificial Analysis Speech Arena: Text to Speech (provider voices)
Elo from blind pairwise listener votes, each model using its own provider voices (all categories, US and UK accents), higher is better
1,3281,27818 Oct 2026