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Same-model provider benchmark

Google Vertex vs Weights & Biases: LLM provider comparison

Compare Google Vertex and Weights & Biases 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

Weights & Biases

19 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
United States
Model types
19 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

1.36× typical advantage

4 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$0.5487 / 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 VertexWeights & Biases
Typical 500-token response6.67 s10.17 s
Typical response start0.81 s0.37 s
Typical output speed79.0 tok/s51.0 tok/s
Blended token price$0.5487 / 1M$0.586 / 1M
Typical route uptime99.89%100.00%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

Google VertexWeights & Biases
500-token response by shared model

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

Google Vertex 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.

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

Shared text models

5 exact models · newest first

ModelGoogle VertexWeights & Biases
DeepSeek V3.1Winner · Google Vertex

deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.9667 / 1M
500-token response
6.51 s
Response starts
1.19 s
Output speed
94.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.89%
Context
163.8K
Route
google-vertex/us-west2
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.9167 / 1M
500-token response
10.15 s
Response starts
0.34 s
Output speed
51.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
161K
Route
wandb/fp8
gpt-oss-120bWinner · Weights & Biases

openai/gpt-oss-120b

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.18 / 1M
500-token response
6.83 s
Response starts
0.42 s
Output speed
78.0 tok/s
Route uptime
95.91%
Context
131.1K
Route
google-vertex/global
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.0733 / 1M
500-token response
16.33 s
Response starts
1.18 s
Output speed
33.0 tok/s
Route uptime
29.94%
Context
131.1K
Route
wandb/fp4

openai/gpt-oss-20b

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.13 / 1M
500-token response
N/a
Response starts
N/a
Output speed
N/a
Route uptime
N/a
Context
131.1K
Route
google-vertex/us-central1
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.0633 / 1M
500-token response
3.58 s
Response starts
0.27 s
Output speed
151.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.67%
Context
131.1K
Route
wandb/fp4
Qwen3 Coder 480B A35BWinner · Weights & Biases

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
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$1.1667 / 1M
500-token response
10.19 s
Response starts
0.39 s
Output speed
51.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
wandb/bf16
Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner · Google Vertex

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

Google Vertex
Blended price
$0.72 / 1M
500-token response
6.50 s
Response starts
0.25 s
Output speed
80.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
128K
Route
google-vertex
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.71 / 1M
500-token response
7.82 s
Response starts
0.24 s
Output speed
66.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
128K
Route
wandb/fp16

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 Weights & Biases analysis

How Google Vertex and Weights & Biases compare for AI inference

Google Vertex and Weights & Biases share 5 indexed text models, including DeepSeek V3.1, gpt-oss-120b, gpt-oss-20b, Qwen3 Coder 480B A35B, Llama 3.3 70B Instruct. Google Vertex 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; Weights & Biases has 19 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.