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Qwen3 TTS Flash

Alibaba’s low-latency TTS tier for high-volume, real-time voice pipelines.

#29released Oct 2, 2026·Proprietary·Not disclosed
textaudio32K ctx
Intelligence
88.1 #29
AAQI 88.0
Output Speed
230 t/s
ITL 4.3 ms/tok
Blended price (3:1)
$0.006 /1M
In $0.005/M · Out $0.01/M
Context
32K
≈ 80 A4 pages · max out 8,192

Quality Domain Radar

6-Axis Frontier Evaluation vs Category Average & Flagship

Qwen3 TTS Flash
Claude Mythos Preview (#1)
Average (68)
Coding (15)Mathematics (15)Hard Science (GPQA) (25)Agentic & Tool Use (45)Knowledge (MMLU) (42)Vision / Multimodal (82)

Radar axes are approximated from category scores where direct benchmark measurements are missing — see Methodology.

Strengths & Trade-offs

Where it wins

  • ~80ms TTFT for live conversational turns
  • Lowest cost-per-character in the premium tier
  • Strong APAC language quality

Trade-offs to watch

  • Thinner emotional range than Eleven v3
  • Proprietary — no self-hosting
  • Fewer voice-customization controls

Killer Use Cases

High-volume voice bots
Cheap real-time speech at call-center scale.
APAC voice products
Native-quality zh/ja/ko synthesis.
Notification TTS
Mass short-message voice generation.

Developer Quickstart & API

Set DASHSCOPE_API_KEY first — get an API key
curl https://dashscope-intl.aliyuncs.com/compatible-mode/v1/chat/completions \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $DASHSCOPE_API_KEY" \
  -H "content-type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "model": "qwen3-tts-flash",
    "messages": [{"role": "user", "content": "Refactor this function for O(n) time and explain the change."}]
  }'

Official Resources & Links

API deployment

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Throughput, TTFT and cache pricing across Groq, Cerebras, Together, DeepInfra, Fireworks, Bedrock and Azure.

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Scores by Source

Head-to-head Live Matchups

Live Specs & Architecture

Under the hood
Qwen3 TTS Flash — low-latency speech tier
  • Flash serving tier — ~80ms streaming TTFT
  • 230× realtime-factor synthesis
  • Multi-language coverage tuned for APAC locales
  • Cheapest premium TTS per million characters
Release date
Oct 2, 2026
Architecture
Qwen3 TTS Flash — low-latency speech tier
Parameters
Not disclosed
License
Proprietary
Context Window
32,000 tokens
Max Output
8,192 tokens
Modalities
text + audio
Cache Pricing
read $0.002 · write $0.006 /1M
Reasoning
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Input Price
$0.005/M
Output Price
$0.01/M
Output Speed
230 t/s
Time to First Token
—
Data Updated
Oct 22, 2026

Estimated monthly bill

Estimated monthly spend
$0.00
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Cite & embed

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@misc{llmpodium2026qwen3ttsflash,
  title = {Benchmark Analysis and Intelligence Evaluation of Qwen3 TTS Flash},
  author = {LLMPodium Research},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://llmpodium.com/models/qwen3-tts-flash}
}

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