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Eleven v3 vs Speech 2.8
Specs, pricing, and capabilities side by side — plus outputs generated from identical prompts, so the only variable between the columns is the model.
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ElevenLabs' most expressive voice model with rich emotional and tonal range.
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MiniMax's studio-grade speech model with 332 voices, emotion control, voice cloning, and a 50,000-character input limit.
Learn more about Speech 2.8 →Overview
Creator
ElevenLabs
MiniMax
Available on
Replicate
ReplicateRunware
Model ID
elevenlabs/v3
minimax/speech-2.8
Specs
Pricing
$0.10 / 1k chars
$0.10 / 1k chars
Type
Text-to-speech
Text-to-speech
Voices
44 to choose from
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Languages
Multilingual
Multilingual
Voice controls
Speed, Stability, Similarity
Speed, Emotion
Output formats
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MP3, WAV, FLAC, PCM
Samples
NarrationBaseline naturalness and pacing
PromptThe last train had already left, but she decided to walk anyway. The city was quieter than she remembered, and for the first time in weeks, she wasn't in a hurry.
0:00 / 0:10
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ExpressiveEmotion, emphasis, and pauses
PromptWait — you're telling me it actually worked? After all that? I can't believe it. Honestly, I thought we'd lost the whole thing.
0:00 / 0:08
No sample yet
Numbers and jargonDecimals, percentages, version numbers
PromptThe API returned 3,481 results in 0.42 seconds, a 12 percent improvement over version 2.5. Latency at the 99th percentile dropped from 840 milliseconds to 610.
0:00 / 0:13
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Every sample is the model’s first result for the shared scene prompt — no cherry-picking — generated via Replicate or Runware. Hover a copy icon to read the full prompt.
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