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Blind listener preferences published by Carnegie Mellon University’s Music Arena. Vocal and instrumental results are separate populations.
15 entries · Music Arena score · Higher is better
Source publication: 2026-07-31. Retrieved 2026-11-05.
Source: Carnegie Mellon University · Music Arena · MIT.
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| Significance rank | Model / evaluated variant | Music Arena score | 95% confidence interval | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lyria 3 ProGoogle DeepMind | 1,394 | 1,336 – 1,452 | 241 |
| 1 | Stable Audio 3 (Medium)Stability AI | 1,333 | 1,295 – 1,371 | 444 |
| 3 | Riffusion FUZZ v1.0Producer.ai | 1,225 | 1,159 – 1,291 | 220 |
| 3 | Sonauto v2.2Sonauto | 1,150 | 1,109 – 1,191 | 469 |
| 3 | Riffusion FUZZ v1.1Producer.ai | 1,119 | 1,076 – 1,162 | 452 |
| 5 | ElevenLabs Music v1ElevenLabs | 1,055 | 1,015 – 1,095 | 330 |
| 5 | Lyria 3 ClipGoogle DeepMind | 1,003 | 929 – 1,077 | 85 |
| 6 | Sonauto v3 PreviewSonauto | 950 | 855 – 1,045 | 41 |
| 7 | Magenta RealTime (Large)Google DeepMind | 911 | 885 – 937 | 829 |
| 7 | ACE-Step 1.5 Turbo (1.7B)ACE Studio / StepFun | 894 | 839 – 949 | 176 |
| 9 | Stable Audio OpenStability AI | 842 | 812 – 872 | 694 |
| 9 | MusicGen MediumMeta | 838 | 807 – 869 | 569 |
| 9 | Magenta RealTime 2 (Base)Google DeepMind | 809 | 740 – 878 | 200 |
| 11 | MusicGen SmallMeta | 794 | 759 – 829 | 463 |
| 15 | Stable Audio Open SmallStability AI | 682 | 638 – 726 | 435 |
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