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NovitaAI vs SambaNova: LLM provider comparison

Compare NovitaAI and SambaNova on 6 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

NovitaAI

66 indexed models

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

SambaNova

6 indexed models

Headquarters
United States
Server regions
N/a
Model types
6 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

SambaNova

1.82× typical advantage

6 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

NovitaAI

$0.3221 / 1M

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

Most models available

NovitaAI

66 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricNovitaAISambaNova
Typical 500-token response19.73 s9.41 s
Typical response start1.14 s2.35 s
Typical output speed28.0 tok/s78.0 tok/s
Blended token price$0.3221 / 1M$1.2133 / 1M
Typical route uptime98.36%96.92%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

NovitaAISambaNova
500-token response by shared model

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

SambaNova has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 6 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

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

NovitaAI has the lower typical price ratio across 6 priced shared models.

Shared text models

6 exact models · newest first

ModelNovitaAISambaNova
Gemma 4 31BWinner · SambaNova

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
SambaNova
Blended price
$0.6367 / 1M
500-token response
8.65 s
Response starts
3.33 s
Output speed
94.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.88%
Context
131.1K
Route
sambanova
MiniMax M2.7Winner · NovitaAI

minimax/minimax-m2.7

NovitaAI
Blended price
$0.54 / 1M
500-token response
14.46 s
Response starts
1.64 s
Output speed
39.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.29%
Context
204.8K
Route
novita/fp8
SambaNova
Blended price
$1.2 / 1M
500-token response
10.16 s
Response starts
2.10 s
Output speed
62.0 tok/s
Route uptime
91.21%
Context
196.6K
Route
sambanova
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
SambaNova
Blended price
$3.5 / 1M
500-token response
28.00 s
Response starts
4.19 s
Output speed
21.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
32.8K
Route
sambanova
DeepSeek V3.1Winner · SambaNova

deepseek/deepseek-chat-v3.1

NovitaAI
Blended price
$0.5133 / 1M
500-token response
26.70 s
Response starts
1.70 s
Output speed
20.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
131.1K
Route
novita/fp8
SambaNova
Blended price
$0.9333 / 1M
500-token response
12.05 s
Response starts
1.18 s
Output speed
46.0 tok/s
Route uptime
92.37%
Context
131.1K
Route
sambanova/fp8
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
SambaNova
Blended price
$0.41 / 1M
500-token response
7.41 s
Response starts
2.60 s
Output speed
104.0 tok/s
Route uptime
96.92%
Context
131.1K
Route
sambanova
Llama 3.3 70B InstructWinner · SambaNova

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

NovitaAI
Blended price
$0.2233 / 1M
500-token response
15.48 s
Response starts
0.78 s
Output speed
34.0 tok/s
Route uptime
90.47%
Context
6K
Route
novita/bf16
SambaNova
Blended price
$0.6 / 1M
500-token response
5.44 s
Response starts
0.44 s
Output speed
100.0 tok/s
Route uptime
98.03%
Context
16K
Route
sambanova-turbo

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.

NovitaAI vs SambaNova analysis

How NovitaAI and SambaNova compare for AI inference

NovitaAI and SambaNova share 6 indexed text models, including Gemma 4 31B, MiniMax M2.7, DeepSeek V3.2, DeepSeek V3.1, gpt-oss-120b. SambaNova has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

6 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

6 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

NovitaAI has 66 indexed models and lists no published server regions; SambaNova has 6 models and lists no regions. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.

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