Ambient vs Fireworks: LLM provider comparison

At a glance

Metric winners

There is no overall score. Each winner answers one specific question using only directly comparable data.

Fastest on shared models

FFireworks

2.11× typical advantage

3 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

FFireworks

$1.5178 / 1M

3 exact models using a 1K-input/500-output mix

Most models available

FFireworks

8 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Metric	AAmbient☆☆☆☆☆(0)	FFireworks☆☆☆☆☆(0)
Speed	Ambient9.10 s	Fireworks6.90 s
TTFT	Ambient0.54 s	Fireworks0.95 s
TPS	Ambient58.0 tok/s	Fireworks84.0 tok/s
Price	Ambient$1.6333 / 1M	Fireworks$1.5178 / 1M
Uptime	Ambient99.78%	Fireworks99.59%

Model	AAmbient☆☆☆☆☆(0)	FFireworks☆☆☆☆☆(0)
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · Ambient	Ambient Price— Best comparable value $2.1667 / 1M Speed— Best comparable value 7.58 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.54 s TPS— Best comparable value 71.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 99.78% Context 101.4K Route ambient/fp8	Fireworks Price— Worst comparable value $2.4 / 1M Speed— Worst comparable value 14.37 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 1.55 s TPS— Worst comparable value 39.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.59% Context 1M Route fireworks
M Kimi K2.7 CodeWinner · Fireworks	Ambient Price— Worst comparable value $2.1333 / 1M Speed— Worst comparable value 9.10 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.48 s TPS— Worst comparable value 58.0 tok/s Uptime 100.00% Context 262.1K Route ambient/int4	Fireworks Price— Best comparable value $1.9667 / 1M Speed— Best comparable value 4.31 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 0.76 s TPS— Best comparable value 141.0 tok/s Uptime 100.00% Context 262.1K Route fireworks
D DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · Fireworks	Ambient Price— Worst comparable value $0.6 / 1M Speed— Worst comparable value 42.52 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.85 s TPS— Worst comparable value 12.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 98.98% Context 1M Route ambient/fp4	Fireworks Price— Best comparable value $0.1867 / 1M Speed— Best comparable value 6.90 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 0.95 s TPS— Best comparable value 84.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 98.34% Context 1M Route fireworks

A per-model winner combines blended price and estimated 500-token response time with equal proportional weight. Ties and rows missing either measurement receive no badge. Comparison data calculated Jul 18, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.