NovitaAI vs Phala: 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

NNovitaAI

1.30× typical advantage

15 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

NNovitaAI

$0.949 / 1M

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

Most models available

NNovitaAI

66 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

Model	NovitaAI	Phala
ZA GLM 5.2Winner · NovitaAI z-ai/glm-5.2	NovitaAI Blended price $1.6536 / 1M 500-token response 23.05 s Response starts 3.05 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.45% Context 1M Route novita/fp8	Phala Blended price $2.4 / 1M 500-token response 16.81 s Response starts 2.10 s Output speed 34.0 tok/s Route uptime 86.82% Context 1M Route phala
M Kimi K2.6Winner · NovitaAI moonshotai/kimi-k2.6	NovitaAI Blended price $1.6667 / 1M 500-token response 20.24 s Response starts 3.00 s Output speed 29.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.89% Context 262.1K Route novita	Phala Blended price $2.26 / 1M 500-token response 27.84 s Response starts 2.84 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 262.1K Route phala
ZA GLM 5.1Winner · NovitaAI z-ai/glm-5.1	NovitaAI Blended price $2.3867 / 1M 500-token response 22.62 s Response starts 2.62 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime 67.25% Context 204.8K Route novita/fp8	Phala Blended price $2.2067 / 1M 500-token response 38.16 s Response starts 22.53 s Output speed 32.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 202.8K Route phala
G Gemma 4 31BWinner · NovitaAI google/gemma-4-31b-it	NovitaAI Blended price $0.2267 / 1M 500-token response 34.37 s Response starts 1.04 s Output speed 15.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.00% Context 262.1K Route novita/bf16	Phala Blended price $0.2533 / 1M 500-token response 53.66 s Response starts 3.66 s Output speed 10.0 tok/s Route uptime 52.78% Context 262.1K Route phala
Q Qwen3.5-27BWinner · Phala qwen/qwen3.5-27b	NovitaAI Blended price $1 / 1M 500-token response 31.16 s Response starts 3.39 s Output speed 18.0 tok/s Route uptime 100.00% Context 262.1K Route novita/bf16	Phala Blended price $1 / 1M 500-token response 18.65 s Response starts 1.99 s Output speed 30.0 tok/s Route uptime 97.83% Context 262.1K Route phala
Q Qwen3.5 397B A17BWinner · NovitaAI qwen/qwen3.5-397b-a17b	NovitaAI Blended price $1.6 / 1M 500-token response 12.11 s Response starts 2.30 s Output speed 51.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.35% Context 262.1K Route novita	Phala Blended price $1.5333 / 1M 500-token response 28.75 s Response starts 3.75 s Output speed 20.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.36% Context 262.1K Route phala
M MiniMax M2.5Winner · Phala minimax/minimax-m2.5	NovitaAI Blended price $0.6 / 1M 500-token response 56.73 s Response starts 1.17 s Output speed 9.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 204.8K Route novita/fp8	Phala Blended price $0.5933 / 1M 500-token response 15.91 s Response starts 2.02 s Output speed 36.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 196.6K Route phala
ZA GLM 5Winner · Phala z-ai/glm-5	NovitaAI Blended price $1.7333 / 1M 500-token response 48.77 s Response starts 7.11 s Output speed 12.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.97% Context 202.8K Route novita/fp8	Phala Blended price $1.9667 / 1M 500-token response 22.96 s Response starts 2.96 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 202.8K Route phala
M Kimi K2.5Winner · NovitaAI moonshotai/kimi-k2.5	NovitaAI Blended price $1.33 / 1M 500-token response 21.94 s Response starts 4.70 s Output speed 29.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.56% Context 262.1K Route novita	Phala Blended price $1.4 / 1M 500-token response 21.68 s Response starts 1.68 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime 89.90% Context 262.1K Route phala
ZA GLM 4.7Winner · NovitaAI z-ai/glm-4.7	NovitaAI Blended price $1.02 / 1M 500-token response 33.56 s Response starts 2.31 s Output speed 16.0 tok/s Route uptime 84.86% Context 204.8K Route novita/fp8	Phala Blended price $1.6667 / 1M 500-token response 21.70 s Response starts 1.70 s Output speed 25.0 tok/s Route uptime N/a Context 131.1K Route phala
D DeepSeek V3.2Winner · NovitaAI deepseek/deepseek-v3.2	NovitaAI Blended price $0.3127 / 1M 500-token response 23.97 s Response starts 1.25 s Output speed 22.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.97% Context 163.8K Route novita/fp8	Phala Blended price $1 / 1M 500-token response 66.48 s Response starts 3.98 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.54% Context 163.8K Route phala
Q Qwen3 VL 30B A3B InstructWinner · Phala qwen/qwen3-vl-30b-a3b-instruct	NovitaAI Blended price $0.3667 / 1M 500-token response 63.36 s Response starts 0.86 s Output speed 8.0 tok/s Route uptime 94.38% Context 131.1K Route novita/bf16	Phala Blended price $0.3667 / 1M 500-token response 21.98 s Response starts 1.15 s Output speed 24.0 tok/s Route uptime 90.96% Context 128K Route phala
O gpt-oss-120bWinner · NovitaAI openai/gpt-oss-120b	NovitaAI Blended price $0.1167 / 1M 500-token response 9.33 s Response starts 0.71 s Output speed 58.0 tok/s Route uptime 98.36% Context 131.1K Route novita/fp4	Phala Blended price $0.3 / 1M 500-token response 12.10 s Response starts 0.74 s Output speed 44.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.76% Context 131.1K Route phala
O gpt-oss-20bWinner · NovitaAI openai/gpt-oss-20b	NovitaAI Blended price $0.0767 / 1M 500-token response 4.79 s Response starts 0.37 s Output speed 113.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.98% Context 131.1K Route novita/fp4	Phala Blended price $0.0767 / 1M 500-token response 9.39 s Response starts 0.62 s Output speed 57.0 tok/s Route uptime 99.78% Context 131.1K Route phala
G Gemma 3 27BWinner · NovitaAI google/gemma-3-27b-it	NovitaAI Blended price $0.146 / 1M 500-token response 32.31 s Response starts 1.06 s Output speed 16.0 tok/s Route uptime 78.65% Context 98.3K Route novita/bf16	Phala Blended price $0.2533 / 1M 500-token response 73.29 s Response starts 1.86 s Output speed 7.0 tok/s Route uptime 44.04% Context 262.1K Route phala

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 16, 2026, 8:19 AM UTC. Values use one deterministic route per provider and model; missing measurements remain visible as N/a.