Kyutai Pocket TTS released
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Kyutai Pocket TTS
Released January 2026 — see all recent releases
Decision reading
Kyutai Pocket TTS is tracked, but not publicly ranked yet. The profile exposes 0 sourced benchmark rows and leaves unsupported fields blank until a published record exists.
Data as of September 10, 2026 · How the score is built
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Voice benchmark evidence
Pocket TTS project notes is an owner-defined voice evaluation. Its result stays separate from BenchLM's weighted text-model ranking.
Parameters
100M
CPU speed
~6x real time on MacBook Air M4
Time to first audio
~200 ms
Provider snapshot · Kyutai · 2026-01-15
Spec sheet
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- API model ID
- Not publishedKyutai model documentation
- Context window
- N/A
- Maximum output
- Not sourced yet
- Knowledge cutoff
- Not sourced yet
- Input modalities
- Not sourced yet
- Output modalities
- Not sourced yet
- Parameters
- Not sourced yet
- Availability
- Released in January 2026 under an open license (weights on Hugging Face as kyutai/pocket-tts, MIT-licensed code) with English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, voice cloning, and training code released August 25, 2026. The exact January release day is not stated on Kyutai’s pages.
- Cloud regions
- Not tracked yet
- Lifecycle
- Established
- API capabilities
- Tool calling, structured outputs, and batch support are not tracked yet
- Prompt caching
- Not documented in the pricing recordKyutai model documentation
- Self-host
- Open weights available; hardware estimate not sourced
- Rate limits
- Not tracked yet
Deployment options
Self-host and provider-specific paths stay separate from benchmark evidence so operating constraints are visible before a score becomes the whole decision.
Published weights are available, but BenchLM does not yet have a sourced parameter and VRAM profile for this exact model. Hardware cost estimates stay unavailable until that sizing record is complete.
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January 2026 · you are here
Kyutai Pocket TTSNot publicly ranked · Price not listed
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How to read this profile
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We track Kyutai Pocket TTS, but no weighted text-model benchmark result is published on the site yet. This page shows the metadata and separate protocol evidence we can verify now; a BenchLM score will appear only if compatible public evaluations land.
Kyutai Pocket TTS is a open weight model with a N/A context window. No explicit reasoning mode is documented in this profile.
Released in January 2026 under an open license (weights on Hugging Face as kyutai/pocket-tts, MIT-licensed code) with English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian, voice cloning, and training code released August 25, 2026. The exact January release day is not stated on Kyutai’s pages.
Kyutai Pocket TTS is a display-only 100M-parameter CPU text-to-speech model. Voice results remain separate from BenchLM’s weighted text-model ranking.
The profile has no source-displayable benchmark row yet.
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Frequently asked questions
How does Kyutai Pocket TTS perform overall in AI benchmarks?
Kyutai Pocket TTS does not have any source-displayable benchmark rows yet, so this profile does not assign a public score or rank. Documented specifications remain visible, while score-led charts and claims stay unavailable until a published evaluation can be attached to the exact model.
Is Kyutai Pocket TTS open source?
Kyutai Pocket TTS is an open-weight model from Kyutai. Its weights can be downloaded for local or hosted deployment, subject to the published license. Open weight does not automatically mean open source: training data and training code may remain private, and commercial restrictions can still apply.
Does Kyutai Pocket TTS have full benchmark coverage on BenchLM?
No. Kyutai Pocket TTS currently has 0 source-displayable rows across 434 tracked benchmark slots. The profile exposes published, non-generated evidence and leaves missing categories blank until an exact evaluation is available. Coverage describes how much was measured; it is not a penalty added to an individual benchmark result.
What is the context window size of Kyutai Pocket TTS?
Kyutai Pocket TTS has a reported context window of N/A in the exact-model catalog record. The value stays visible, but the profile marks its source link as unavailable instead of presenting it as directly documented. Maximum output length remains separate because providers often publish a different limit.
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