Published: 10/8/2026
Source: Artificial Analysis — AA-Music-Vocal v1.1 Leaderboard
Suno v6 ranks first in both the vocal and instrumental editions of Artificial Analysis’s new AA-Music v1.1 benchmark, while Suno v6-mini places second on both leaderboards.
The vocal leaderboard gives Suno v6 an Elo-style score of 1142, followed by v6-mini at 1116 and Mureka V9.5 at 1103. On the instrumental leaderboard, Suno v6 scores 1140, v6-mini scores 1109 and four competing models form a statistically tight group behind them.
Artificial Analysis derives its ratings from blind, pairwise preferences collected from a recruited human panel. Reviewers compare tracks generated from the same prompt without seeing the model names. The methodology also normalizes audio delivery so differences in loudness do not dominate the voting.
Why it matters: The results give AI music creators a more structured comparison than isolated demos or social-media reactions. They measure listener preference under one testing method—not copyright compliance, editing controls, consistency across every genre or whether a model is the best fit for a particular artist.