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Same-model provider benchmark

Google Vertex vs Venice: LLM provider comparison

Compare Google Vertex and Venice on 5 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Google Vertex

49 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
europe-west1 · Belgiumeurope-west4 · NetherlandsGlobalus-central1 · United Statesus-east5 · United Statesus-south1 · United Statesus-west2 · United States
Model types
36 text, 6 image, 3 video, 2 embeddings, 1 speech, 1 transcription

Venice

29 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
United States
Model types
29 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

1.03× typical advantage

4 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$0.5867 / 1M

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

Most models available

49 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricGoogle VertexVenice
Typical 500-token response25.25 s17.69 s
Typical response start0.54 s0.82 s
Typical output speed20.3 tok/s30.5 tok/s
Blended token price$0.7107 / 1M$0.5867 / 1M
Typical route uptime99.96%99.62%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Google VertexVenice
500-token response by shared model

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

Venice has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 4 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

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

Venice has the lower typical price ratio across 5 priced shared models.

Shared text models

5 exact models · newest first

ModelGoogle VertexVenice
Gemma 4 26B A4BWinner · Venice

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

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.3 / 1M
500-token response
24.23 s
Response starts
0.42 s
Output speed
21.0 tok/s
Route uptime
97.94%
Context
262.1K
Route
google-vertex/global
Venice
Blended price
$0.22 / 1M
500-token response
19.60 s
Response starts
1.08 s
Output speed
27.0 tok/s
Route uptime
97.85%
Context
256K
Route
venice/bf16
GLM 4.7Winner · Google Vertex

z-ai/glm-4.7

Google Vertex
Blended price
$1.1333 / 1M
500-token response
4.55 s
Response starts
0.45 s
Output speed
122.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.97%
Context
200K
Route
google-vertex
Venice
Blended price
$1.25 / 1M
500-token response
15.78 s
Response starts
1.08 s
Output speed
34.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
198K
Route
venice/fp4

deepseek/deepseek-v3.2

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.9333 / 1M
500-token response
N/a
Response starts
N/a
Output speed
N/a
Route uptime
N/a
Context
163.8K
Route
google-vertex
Venice
Blended price
$0.38 / 1M
500-token response
84.24 s
Response starts
0.90 s
Output speed
6.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.40%
Context
160K
Route
venice
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BWinner · Venice

qwen/qwen3-coder

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.7467 / 1M
500-token response
91.58 s
Response starts
14.66 s
Output speed
6.5 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
google-vertex/us-south1
Venice
Blended price
$0.7333 / 1M
500-token response
6.23 s
Response starts
0.45 s
Output speed
86.5 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
256K
Route
venice/fp8

qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.44 / 1M
500-token response
26.28 s
Response starts
0.63 s
Output speed
19.5 tok/s
Route uptime
99.96%
Context
262.1K
Route
google-vertex/us-south1
Venice
Blended price
$0.35 / 1M
500-token response
31.81 s
Response starts
0.56 s
Output speed
16.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.62%
Context
128K
Route
venice/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.

Google Vertex vs Venice analysis

How Google Vertex and Venice compare for AI inference

Google Vertex and Venice share 5 indexed text models, including Gemma 4 26B A4B, GLM 4.7, DeepSeek V3.2, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, Qwen3 235B A22B Instruct 2507. Venice has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

4 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

5 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

Google Vertex has 49 indexed models and lists 7 published server regions; Venice has 29 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.