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Same-model provider benchmark

Cloudflare vs CoreWeave: LLM provider comparison

Compare Cloudflare and CoreWeave on 6 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Cloudflare

13 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
N/a
Model types
13 text

CoreWeave

20 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
United States
Model types
20 text

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

1.49× typical advantage

6 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$1.2394 / 1M

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

Most models available

20 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricCloudflare(0)CoreWeave(0)
SpeedCloudflare14.27 sCoreWeave12.31 s
TTFTCloudflare0.88 sCoreWeave0.47 s
TPSCloudflare37.5 tok/sCoreWeave52.5 tok/s
UptimeCloudflare100.00%CoreWeave99.98%
BlendedCloudflare$1.2772 / 1MCoreWeave$1.2394 / 1M
Green value Better comparable resultRed value Worse comparable result

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

CloudflareCoreWeave
500-token response by shared model

Estimated seconds using recent median response-start and output-speed data. Lower is better.

CoreWeave has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 6 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

USD per 1 million tokens using a 1,000-input/500-output mix. Lower is better.

CoreWeave has the lower typical price ratio across 6 priced shared models.

Shared text models

6 exact models · newest first

ModelCloudflare(0)CoreWeave(0)
GLM 5.2Winner · Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Speed— Best comparable value
7.64 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
1.39 s
TPS— Best comparable value
80.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
Blended— Worst comparable value
$2.4 / 1M
CoreWeave
Speed— Worst comparable value
20.46 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.94 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
27.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.96%
Context
262.1K
Route
coreweave/fp4
Blended— Best comparable value
$2.3933 / 1M
Kimi K2.7 CodeWinner · CoreWeave
Cloudflare
Speed— Worst comparable value
11.82 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
1.18 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
47.0 tok/s
Uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
Blended— Worst comparable value
$1.9667 / 1M
CoreWeave
Speed— Best comparable value
7.35 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.68 s
TPS— Best comparable value
75.0 tok/s
Uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
coreweave/int4
Blended— Best comparable value
$1.96 / 1M
DeepSeek V4 FlashWinner · Cloudflare
Cloudflare
Speed— Best comparable value
15.15 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
0.87 s
TPS— Best comparable value
35.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
384K
Route
cloudflare
Blended
$0.1867 / 1M
CoreWeave
Speed— Worst comparable value
17.27 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.60 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
30.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.85%
Context
1M
Route
coreweave/fp8
Blended
$0.1867 / 1M
Kimi K2.6Winner · CoreWeave
Cloudflare
Speed— Worst comparable value
13.39 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
0.89 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
40.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
Blended
$1.9667 / 1M
CoreWeave
Speed— Best comparable value
3.30 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.34 s
TPS— Best comparable value
169.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.89%
Context
262.1K
Route
coreweave/fp4
Blended
$1.9667 / 1M
Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner · CoreWeave
Cloudflare
Speed— Worst comparable value
24.53 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
0.72 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
21.0 tok/s
Uptime— Worst comparable value
99.27%
Context
24K
Route
cloudflare/fp8
Blended— Worst comparable value
$0.9463 / 1M
CoreWeave
Speed— Best comparable value
18.01 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.15 s
TPS— Best comparable value
28.0 tok/s
Uptime— Best comparable value
100.00%
Context
128K
Route
coreweave/fp16
Blended— Best comparable value
$0.71 / 1M
Llama 3.1 8B InstructWinner · CoreWeave
Cloudflare
Speed— Worst comparable value
33.80 s
TTFT— Worst comparable value
0.46 s
TPS— Worst comparable value
15.0 tok/s
Uptime
100.00%
Context
32K
Route
cloudflare/fp8
Blended— Best comparable value
$0.197 / 1M
CoreWeave
Speed— Best comparable value
4.63 s
TTFT— Best comparable value
0.17 s
TPS— Best comparable value
112.0 tok/s
Uptime
100.00%
Context
128K
Route
coreweave/bf16
Blended— Worst comparable value
$0.22 / 1M

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 . Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.

Cloudflare vs CoreWeave analysis

How Cloudflare and CoreWeave compare for AI inference

Cloudflare and CoreWeave share 6 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Kimi K2.6, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct. CoreWeave has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

6 shared models currently have complete response-start and output-speed measurements on both providers. The speed comparison uses per-model ratios before taking the median, so naturally faster model catalogs do not improve the result.

Token pricing on one workload

6 shared models have complete input and output prices on both providers. Prices use the same 1,000-input/500-output-token mix and are normalized to one million tokens for readability.

Catalog and deployment differences

Cloudflare has 13 indexed models and lists no published server regions; CoreWeave has 20 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.