This New AI Music Model Is Already Better Than Suno—We Put ACE to the Test

ACE Music v1, from ACE Studio, has topped a listener-preference benchmark for AI-generated vocal music, narrowly beating Suno v6. The result suggests a new contender in AI songwriting, though the small lead and overlapping confidence intervals mean it does not establish that ACE is better for every use.

The benchmark gave ACE 1,160 Elo points to Suno’s 1,144, while Suno remains first for instrumental music. In hands-on tests, ACE made more coherent songs in mainstream styles, with natural-sounding vocals and cleaner endings; Suno performed better in some challenging genres, including metal. ACE also offers tools to develop and edit song structures, melodies and scores, but its flagship model is closed-source and available only through its website.