Lyria 3.5 vs Stable Audio 3 Medium
Why this pair: Hosted and open-weight music generation models from Google DeepMind and Stability AI
Benchmark Performance
Available Benchmarks
Technical Differences
Side-by-Side Facts
| Field | Lyria 3.5 | stable-audio-3-medium |
|---|---|---|
| Developer | Google DeepMind | Stability AI |
| Family | Lyria | Stable Audio 3 Medium |
| Model | Lyria 3.5 | stable-audio-3-medium |
| Version | Lyria 3.5 | stable-audio-3-medium |
| Lifecycle | active | active |
| Released | 2026-07-29 | 2026-05-20 |
| Knowledge cutoff | Unknown | Unknown |
| Input modalities | Text, Image | Text |
| Output modalities | Text, Audio | Audio |
| Context window | 1,049K | Unknown |
| Total parameters | Unknown | 2.3B |
| Active parameters | Unknown | Unknown |
| License | Unknown | other |
| Open weights | No | Yes |
| API available | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hostable | No | Yes |
| Provider access | Google AI (Standard), Google Gemini (Standard) | Hugging Face (Standard) |
| Capabilities | generation, image-to-music, lyrics, music-generation, synthid, vocals | generation |
13 comparable fields · 11 material differences · Editorially curated pair passes the primary-source comparison gate
Lyria 3.5 Capabilities
Stable Audio 3 Medium Capabilities
Internal Comparison Graph
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Primary Evidence
Sources and Freshness
Questions
Lyria 3.5 vs Stable Audio 3 Medium FAQs
Is Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium better for coding?+
This comparison does not currently contain a protocol-matched coding benchmark for both Lyria 3.5 and Stable Audio 3 Medium, so Model Markets cannot name a coding leader from pricing, context size, or capability labels alone.
Which is cheaper, Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium?+
Neither model has a directly sourced input price in this comparison. Neither model has a directly sourced output price in this comparison.
Which has a larger context window, Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium?+
Neither model has a larger sourced context window in this comparison. Lyria 3.5 is 1,049K and Stable Audio 3 Medium is —.
Which performs better in benchmarks, Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium?+
There is no overall benchmark winner: At least two independently verified, protocol-matched benchmarks are required for an overall winner.
Can Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium be self-hosted?+
Stable Audio 3 Medium is the only model in this pair currently marked as self-hostable. Lyria 3.5 is not marked open weight; Stable Audio 3 Medium is open weight.
Can Lyria 3.5 and Stable Audio 3 Medium understand images?+
Lyria 3.5 is documented with image input; Stable Audio 3 Medium is not documented with image input. This reflects supported input modalities, not vision quality.
Which can generate longer answers, Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium?+
Neither has a larger sourced maximum output. Lyria 3.5 is 66K and Stable Audio 3 Medium is —.
Do Lyria 3.5 and Stable Audio 3 Medium support reasoning and tool use?+
Lyria 3.5: image input. Stable Audio 3 Medium: none of these features are definitively sourced. Feature support does not establish relative quality.
Which is available from more inference providers, Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium?+
Lyria 3.5 has 2 sourced provider routes; Stable Audio 3 Medium has 1, so Lyria 3.5 has broader tracked availability.
Which offers better value, Lyria 3.5 or Stable Audio 3 Medium?+
There is no universal value winner. Compare the input and output prices above with the matched benchmark result for your workload: cheaper tokens can be offset by different quality, token usage, latency, or provider availability.