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Same-model provider benchmark

Cloudflare vs DeepInfra: LLM provider comparison

Compare Cloudflare and DeepInfra on 7 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Cloudflare

12 indexed models

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

DeepInfra

87 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
N/a
Model types
67 text, 15 embeddings, 5 speech

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

1.61× typical advantage

7 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$0.7824 / 1M

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

Most models available

87 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricCloudflareDeepInfra
Typical 500-token response11.79 s22.23 s
Typical response start0.49 s0.70 s
Typical output speed44.0 tok/s23.0 tok/s
Blended token price$1.1167 / 1M$0.7824 / 1M
Typical route uptime98.30%99.62%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

CloudflareDeepInfra
500-token response by shared model

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

Cloudflare has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 7 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

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

DeepInfra has the lower typical price ratio across 7 priced shared models.

Shared text models

7 exact models · newest first

ModelCloudflareDeepInfra
GLM 5.2Winner · Cloudflare

z-ai/glm-5.2

Cloudflare
Blended price
$2.4 / 1M
500-token response
10.35 s
Response starts
0.74 s
Output speed
52.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.85%
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
DeepInfra
Blended price
$1.62 / 1M
500-token response
42.37 s
Response starts
0.70 s
Output speed
12.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
1M
Route
deepinfra/fp4
Kimi K2.7 CodeWinner · Cloudflare

moonshotai/kimi-k2.7-code

Cloudflare
Blended price
$1.9667 / 1M
500-token response
9.91 s
Response starts
1.58 s
Output speed
60.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
DeepInfra
Blended price
$1.66 / 1M
500-token response
15.92 s
Response starts
0.77 s
Output speed
33.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
deepinfra/fp4
Kimi K2.6Winner · DeepInfra

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

Cloudflare
Blended price
$1.9667 / 1M
500-token response
12.42 s
Response starts
0.79 s
Output speed
43.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.90%
Context
262.1K
Route
cloudflare
DeepInfra
Blended price
$1.6667 / 1M
500-token response
12.84 s
Response starts
0.93 s
Output speed
42.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.94%
Context
262.1K
Route
deepinfra/fp4
Gemma 4 26B A4BWinner · Cloudflare

google/gemma-4-26b-a4b-it

Cloudflare
Blended price
$0.1667 / 1M
500-token response
9.58 s
Response starts
0.49 s
Output speed
55.0 tok/s
Route uptime
98.30%
Context
256K
Route
cloudflare
DeepInfra
Blended price
$0.16 / 1M
500-token response
22.23 s
Response starts
0.49 s
Output speed
23.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.62%
Context
262.1K
Route
deepinfra/fp8
GLM 4.7 FlashWinner · DeepInfra

z-ai/glm-4.7-flash

Cloudflare
Blended price
$0.1737 / 1M
500-token response
21.16 s
Response starts
0.32 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Route uptime
96.61%
Context
131.1K
Route
cloudflare
DeepInfra
Blended price
$0.1733 / 1M
500-token response
17.65 s
Response starts
0.41 s
Output speed
29.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.60%
Context
202.8K
Route
deepinfra/bf16
Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner · DeepInfra

meta-llama/llama-3.3-70b-instruct

Cloudflare
Blended price
$0.9463 / 1M
500-token response
11.79 s
Response starts
0.42 s
Output speed
44.0 tok/s
Route uptime
97.51%
Context
24K
Route
cloudflare/fp8
DeepInfra
Blended price
$0.1733 / 1M
500-token response
31.59 s
Response starts
0.34 s
Output speed
16.0 tok/s
Route uptime
98.39%
Context
131.1K
Route
deepinfra/turbo
Llama 3.1 8B InstructWinner · DeepInfra

meta-llama/llama-3.1-8b-instruct

Cloudflare
Blended price
$0.197 / 1M
500-token response
28.25 s
Response starts
0.47 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
32K
Route
cloudflare/fp8
DeepInfra
Blended price
$0.0233 / 1M
500-token response
34.28 s
Response starts
0.95 s
Output speed
15.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.70%
Context
131.1K
Route
deepinfra/fp8

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 DeepInfra analysis

How Cloudflare and DeepInfra compare for AI inference

Cloudflare and DeepInfra share 7 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, Kimi K2.6, Gemma 4 26B A4B, GLM 4.7 Flash. Cloudflare has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

7 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

7 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 12 indexed models and lists no published server regions; DeepInfra has 87 models and lists no regions. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.