CoreWeave vs Wafer: 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

WWafer

1.69× typical advantage

3 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

WWafer

$1.9111 / 1M

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

Most models available

CCoreWeave

20 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Metric	CCoreWeave☆☆☆☆☆(0)	WWafer☆☆☆☆☆(0)
Speed	CoreWeave19.86 s	Wafer14.75 s
TTFT	CoreWeave1.13 s	Wafer4.95 s
TPS	CoreWeave27.0 tok/s	Wafer53.0 tok/s
Uptime	CoreWeave99.37%	Wafer100.00%
Blended	CoreWeave$2.0111 / 1M	Wafer$1.9111 / 1M

Model	CCoreWeave☆☆☆☆☆(0)	WWafer☆☆☆☆☆(0)
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · Wafer	CoreWeave Speed— Worst comparable value 19.86 s TTFT— Best comparable value 1.35 s TPS— Worst comparable value 27.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.62% Context 262.1K Route coreweave/fp4 Blended— Best comparable value $1.3133 / 1M	Wafer Speed— Best comparable value 9.16 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 2.41 s TPS— Best comparable value 74.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 100.00% Context 1M Route wafer/fp4 Blended— Worst comparable value $2.4 / 1M
D DeepSeek V4 ProWinner · Wafer	CoreWeave Speed— Worst comparable value 24.94 s TTFT— Best comparable value 1.13 s TPS— Worst comparable value 21.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 97.76% Context 1M Route coreweave/fp8 Blended— Worst comparable value $2.32 / 1M	Wafer Speed— Best comparable value 14.75 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 4.95 s TPS— Best comparable value 51.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 99.28% Context 1M Route wafer/fp4 Blended— Best comparable value $1.6 / 1M
ZA GLM 5.1Winner · CoreWeave	CoreWeave Speed— Best comparable value 4.42 s TTFT— Best comparable value 0.51 s TPS— Best comparable value 128.0 tok/s Uptime— Worst comparable value 99.37% Context 202.8K Route coreweave/fp8 Blended— Worst comparable value $2.4 / 1M	Wafer Speed— Worst comparable value 15.15 s TTFT— Worst comparable value 5.71 s TPS— Worst comparable value 53.0 tok/s Uptime— Best comparable value 100.00% Context 202.8K Route wafer/fp4 Blended— Best comparable value $1.7333 / 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 Jul 25, 2026, 6:19 PM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.