LIVE
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
BODYBUILDER$-1000000.00 5.4%
GLM-4-LONG$0.00 14.1%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.30 20.0%
GEMINI-2.0-FLA$0.40 6.6%
-CF$0.00 9.7%
DEEPSEEK-V4-FL$0.28 26.3%
LLAMA-4-MAVERI$0.60 11.9%
GROK-4-FAST$0.50 6.0%
QWEN-PLUS$0.78 0.6%
MINIMAX-M2.1$0.95 2.6%
MINIMAX-M2$1.00 2.9%
MINIMAX-01$1.10 8.0%
GPT-4.1-MINI$1.60 13.7%
GROK-4-1-FAST-$0.50 8.9%
GPT-4.1-MINI-2$1.60 31.8%
XAI$0.00 4.5%
MINIMAX-M2.7$0.00 9.9%
QWEN3.5-FLASH-$0.26 31.0%
GPT-4.1-NANO$0.40 13.0%
GEMINI-2.5-FLA$0.40 0.8%
DEEPSEEK-AI$0.00 27.0%
GROK-4.1-FAST$0.50 16.4%
MINIMAX-M3$1.20 6.1%
GOOGLE$1.50 3.4%
AUTO$0.00 9.7%
GOOGLE$0.00 27.8%
MINIMAX-M2.7$1.20 7.2%
GOOGLE$0.00 0.6%
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sonic-turbo

Cartesia
Efficiency score
88/100
25.0%
Input price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
Context window
1K
Throughput
147tok/s
Availability
97.8%
Cost / task
$0.000

Capabilities

Accepts (input)
Text
Produces (output)
Audio

7-day heat trend

25.0%

Pricing breakdown

Input price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Output price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K
Blended price
$0.00/ 1M tokens
$0.0000 / 1K

Typical 3:1 output-to-input mix, per 1M tokens

Estimated monthly cost by workload

Chat assistant
$0.00/ mo
1K in · 400 out · 10K req/day
RAG / long context
$0.00/ mo
8K in · 600 out · 5K req/day
Agent / tool use
$0.00/ mo
3K in · 1.5K out · 8K req/day
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Market position

  • Cheaper than 43% of tracked models
  • Faster than 48% of tracked models
  • Efficiency rank: #902 of 1105

Best suited for

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

About sonic-turbo

Sonic Turbo is Cartesia's low-latency speech generation model for realtime or interactive voice workloads.

sonic-turbo is a Text model from Cartesia (US). HotON.ai tracks it at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens, with a 1K-token context window, ~147 tokens/sec throughput and 97.8% availability. Its composite efficiency score is 88/100 at an estimated $0.000 per successful task.

Frequently asked questions

How much does sonic-turbo cost per 1M tokens?+

sonic-turbo is tracked at $0.00 per 1M input tokens and $0.00 per 1M output tokens. A typical 3:1 output-to-input workload blends to roughly $0.00 per 1M tokens. Figures are illustrative demo data.

What is sonic-turbo best for?+

General-purpose text generation, chat, summarization and content workloads where broad capability and low cost matter most.

How fast is sonic-turbo?+

sonic-turbo delivers about 147 tokens/sec with 97.8% tracked availability, suitable for latency-sensitive, real-time applications.

Is sonic-turbo cheaper than other AI models?+

Within the HotON.ai tracked set, sonic-turbo is cheaper than 43% of models on input price and ranks #902 of 1105 by overall efficiency.

Pricing is real (via the TestKey catalog, updated daily). Quality (Arena Elo) is real where the model is ranked on LMArena. Speed, availability and efficiency are modeled estimates.