Model reference · open weights
chatterbox is an open-weight audio or speech model from ResembleAI. chatterbox (BF16) weighs 10.7 GB; the smallest configuration that runs it is RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB.
Summary of the ResembleAI/chatterbox model card, 2026-10-01
What it is
| Released by | ResembleAI |
|---|---|
| Released | 2025-04-24 |
| VRAM | 10.7 GB for the weights |
What it runs on
| Card | One stream | Memory |
|---|---|---|
| RTX 3060 12 GB | does not fit | 11.6 GB |
| RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB | fits | 15.4 GB |
| RTX 3090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 4090 24 GB | fits | 23.4 GB |
| RTX 5090 32 GB | fits | 31.0 GB |
| L40S 48 GB | fits | 44.0 GB |
| A100 80 GB | fits | 78.2 GB |
| H100 80 GB | fits | 78.1 GB |
| RTX PRO 6000 Blackwell 96 GB | fits | 93.8 GB |
| DGX Spark (GB10) 128 GB unified | fits | 107 GB |
| H200 141 GB | fits | 138 GB |
| B200 180 GB | fits | 176 GB |
From the model card
Chatterbox Multilingual V3 is the latest general-purpose multilingual TTS model in the Chatterbox family. It keeps the same 0.5B model size while improving speaker similarity, reducing hallucinations, and producing more natural, conversational speech across languages.
V3 is designed for broad language coverage like V2, but with stronger stability and more expressive generation. It is the recommended multilingual model for users who want one voice cloning model that works across many languages. Try it in the Chatterbox Multilingual TTS V3 Space.
Alongside V3, we are releasing the Single Language Pack: dedicated finetunes for priority languages where tighter quality control, stronger language-specific behavior, and more specialized speech generation are valuable.
Choose the right Chatterbox model for your application.
| Model | Size | Languages | Key Features | Best For | Demo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chatterbox Multilingual V3 | 500M | 23+ | Improved speaker similarity, reduced hallucinations, more natural multilingual speech | Global applications, localization, cross-language voice cloning | Demo |
| Single Language Pack | 500M each | 6 dedicated finetunes | Language- and region-specific quality control | Priority languages and dialect-sensitive applications | Demos |
| Chatterbox | 500M | English | CFG and exaggeration tuning | General zero-shot TTS with creative controls | Demo |
09/04 🔥 Introducing Chatterbox Multilingual in 23 Languages!
We're excited to introduce Chatterbox and Chatterbox Multilingual, Resemble AI's production-grade open source TTS models. Chatterbox Multilingual supports Arabic, Danish, German, Greek, English, Spanish, Finnish, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Dutch, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish, Swahili, Turkish, Chinese out of the box. Licensed under MIT, Chatterbox has been benchmarked against leading closed-source systems like ElevenLabs, and is consistently preferred in side-by-side evaluations.
Whether you're working on memes, videos, games, or AI agents, Chatterbox brings your content to life. It's also the first open source TTS model to support emotion exaggeration control, a powerful feature that makes your voices stand out. Try it now on our Hugging Face Gradio app.
If you like the model but need to scale or tune it for higher accuracy, check out our competitively priced TTS service (link). It delivers reliable performance with ultra-low latency of sub 200ms—ideal for production use in agents, applications, or interactive media.
General Use (TTS and Voice Agents):
exaggeration=0.5, cfg=0.5) work well for most prompts.cfg to around 0.3 can improve pacing.Expressive or Dramatic Speech:
cfg values (e.g. ~0.3) and increase exaggeration to around 0.7 or higher.exaggeration tends to speed up speech; reducing cfg helps compensate with slower, more deliberate pacing.Note: Ensure that the reference clip matches the specified language tag. Otherwise, language transfer outputs may inherit the accent of the reference clip’s language. To mitigate this, set the CFG weight to 0.
pip install chatterbox-tts
import torchaudio as ta
from chatterbox.tts import ChatterboxTTS
model = ChatterboxTTS.from_pretrained(device="cuda")
text = "Ezreal and Jinx teamed up with Ahri, Yasuo, and Teemo to take down the enemy's Nexus in an epic late-game pentakill."
wav = model.generate(text)
ta.save("test-1.wav", wav, model.sr)
# If you want to synthesize with a different voice, specify the audio prompt
AUDIO_PROMPT_PATH="YOUR_FILE.wav"
wav = model.generate(text, audio_prompt_path=AUDIO_PROMPT_PATH)
ta.save("test-2.wav", wav, model.sr)
import torchaudio as ta
from chatterbox.mtl_tts import ChatterboxMultilingualTTS
multilingual_model = ChatterboxMultilingualTTS.from_pretrained(
device="cuda",
t3_model="v3",
)
# To use the legacy V2 multilingual checkpoint, omit t3_model or pass t3_model="v2".
french_text = "Bonjour, comment ça va? Ceci est le modèle de synthèse vocale multilingue Chatterbox, il prend en charge 23 langues."
wav_frenchQuoted from the model card on Hugging Face. The full card is behind the Hugging Face link above.
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