Best Audio Generation Models
Model rankings updated based on real usage data.
Models are ranked by total prompt and completion tokens processed through the OpenRouter API over the trailing 7 days. Showing the top 4 models. Rankings measure usage on OpenRouter and reflect adoption, not model quality or benchmark performance.
Audio generation models create audio output from text or other prompts, powering use cases like music generation, sound design, voice-enabled assistants, and multimodal applications that respond with audio. This collection highlights some of the best audio generation models available on OpenRouter, making it easier to compare quality, pricing, and latency across providers through a single API.
Top Audio Generation Models on OpenRouter
Google: Lyria 3 Pro Preview
284M tokens
Full-length songs are priced at $0.08 per song. Lyria 3 is Google's family of music generation models, available through the Gemini API. With Lyria 3, you can generate high-quality, 48kHz stereo audio from text prompts or from images. These models deliver structural coherence, including vocals, timed lyrics, and full instrumental arrangements. Lyria 3 Pro can generate full-length songs with verses, choruses, bridges.
OpenAI: GPT Audio Mini
278M tokens
A cost-efficient version of GPT Audio. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Input is priced at $0.60 per million tokens and output is priced at $2.40 per million tokens.
OpenAI: GPT Audio
76.6M tokens
The gpt-audio model is OpenAI's first generally available audio model. The new snapshot features an upgraded decoder for more natural sounding voices and maintains better voice consistency. Audio is priced at $32 per million input tokens and $64 per million output tokens.
Google: Lyria 3 Clip Preview
26.7M tokens
30 second duration clips are priced at $0.04 per clip. Lyria 3 is Google's family of music generation models, available through the Gemini API. With Lyria 3, you can generate high-quality, 48kHz stereo audio from text prompts or from images. These models deliver structural coherence, including vocals, timed lyrics, and full instrumental arrangements. Lyria 3 Clip can generate short clips, loops, previews.