Which is faster, Gradium TTS or Alibaba Qwen3 TTS?

Speed: not compared, because a benchmark in this index does not publish it for both models.

Which is rated higher by listeners, Gradium TTS or Alibaba Qwen3 TTS?

Listener rating: Gradium TTS comes out ahead (Elo 1,174 against 929; scores within each other's 95% intervals are a tie).

Which is cheaper, Gradium TTS or Alibaba Qwen3 TTS?

Price: Alibaba Qwen3 TTS comes out ahead ($36 to $57.8 against $13.8 per million characters, lowest list price).

Why is this model always on the left?

Gradium TTS is the reference model of this site's comparison pages: it is set against every other listed model. The editor chose it; it is not chosen by rank.

Comparison · read on October 27, 2026

Gradium TTS vs Alibaba Qwen3 TTS

Two text-to-speech (TTS) models side by side, from four public benchmarks. Speed comes first, then listener rating and price; the three are never added into a score.

Measure	Gradium TTS	Alibaba Qwen3 TTS
Provider	Gradium	Alibaba (Qwen)
Speed tier	Headroom	Not timed
P95 time to first audio	104.3 ms	Not timed
Median time to first audio	53.7 ms	Not timed
Listener Elo	1,174	929
Price per 1M characters	$36 to $57.8	$13.8
Access	Proprietary	Proprietary
Rank in the full ranking	2	79
Rank by use case	Customer service 1, Voice agents 2, Assistants 1, Entertainment 1, Knowledge sharing 1	Customer service 64, Assistants 64, Entertainment 64, Knowledge sharing 66

Which should you choose?

Speed: not compared, because a benchmark in this index does not publish it for both models.
Listener rating: Gradium TTS comes out ahead (Elo 1,174 against 929; scores within each other's 95% intervals are a tie).
Price: Alibaba Qwen3 TTS comes out ahead ($36 to $57.8 against $13.8 per million characters, lowest list price).

Where a model is not timed or not rated, nothing is estimated. See each model page for its sources: Gradium TTS and Alibaba Qwen3 TTS.

Frequently asked questions

Which is faster, Gradium TTS or Alibaba Qwen3 TTS?: Speed: not compared, because a benchmark in this index does not publish it for both models.
Which is rated higher by listeners, Gradium TTS or Alibaba Qwen3 TTS?: Listener rating: Gradium TTS comes out ahead (Elo 1,174 against 929; scores within each other's 95% intervals are a tie).
Which is cheaper, Gradium TTS or Alibaba Qwen3 TTS?: Price: Alibaba Qwen3 TTS comes out ahead ($36 to $57.8 against $13.8 per million characters, lowest list price).
Why is this model always on the left?: Gradium TTS is the reference model of this site's comparison pages: it is set against every other listed model. The editor chose it; it is not chosen by rank.