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Speech 2.8 vs Eleven v3
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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MiniMax's studio-grade speech model with 332 voices, emotion control, voice cloning, and a 50,000-character input limit.
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ElevenLabs' most expressive voice model with rich emotional and tonal range.
Learn more about Eleven v3 →Overview
Creator
MiniMax
ElevenLabs
Available on
ReplicateRunware
Replicate
Model ID
minimax/speech-2.8
elevenlabs/v3
Specs
Pricing
$0.10 / 1k chars
$0.10 / 1k chars
Type
Text-to-speech
Text-to-speech
Languages
Multilingual
Multilingual
Voice controls
Speed, Emotion
Speed, Stability, Similarity
Output formats
MP3, WAV, FLAC, PCM
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Voices
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44 to choose from
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.
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0:00 / 0:10
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.
No sample yet
0:00 / 0:08
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.
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0:00 / 0:13
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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