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Same-model provider benchmark

Phala vs Weights & Biases: LLM provider comparison

Compare Phala and Weights & Biases on 8 exact shared text models. ProviderBench keeps speed, price, and catalog coverage separate so naturally faster model catalogs cannot distort the result.

Phala

18 indexed models

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

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

2.55× typical advantage

8 exact models with complete recent speed data

Lowest token cost

$0.8825 / 1M

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

Most models available

19 models

Complete catalog coverage across all indexed modalities

Shared-model benchmark summary

MetricPhalaWeights & Biases
Typical 500-token response16.36 s6.17 s
Typical response start1.50 s0.41 s
Typical output speed35.0 tok/s85.0 tok/s
Blended token price$0.91 / 1M$0.8825 / 1M
Typical route uptime99.71%99.79%

Visual comparison

Price and performance charts

PhalaWeights & Biases
500-token response by shared model

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

Weights & Biases has the lower typical same-model response ratio across 8 measured models.

Blended token price by shared model

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

Weights & Biases has the lower typical price ratio across 8 priced shared models.

Shared text models

8 exact models · newest first

ModelPhalaWeights & Biases
GLM 5.2Winner · Weights & Biases

z-ai/glm-5.2

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
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$2.3933 / 1M
500-token response
4.48 s
Response starts
0.58 s
Output speed
128.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.89%
Context
262.1K
Route
wandb/fp4
Qwen3.6 27BWinner · Weights & Biases

qwen/qwen3.6-27b

Phala
Blended price
$1.1133 / 1M
500-token response
39.31 s
Response starts
0.85 s
Output speed
13.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.71%
Context
262.1K
Route
phala
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$1.6 / 1M
500-token response
17.53 s
Response starts
0.29 s
Output speed
29.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
wandb/fp8
Kimi K2.6Winner · Weights & Biases

moonshotai/kimi-k2.6

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
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$1.9667 / 1M
500-token response
4.30 s
Response starts
0.45 s
Output speed
130.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
wandb/fp4
Gemma 4 31BWinner · Weights & Biases

google/gemma-4-31b-it

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
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.1967 / 1M
500-token response
17.81 s
Response starts
0.57 s
Output speed
29.0 tok/s
Route uptime
99.79%
Context
262.1K
Route
wandb/bf16
MiniMax M2.5Winner · Weights & Biases

minimax/minimax-m2.5

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
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.6 / 1M
500-token response
6.40 s
Response starts
0.38 s
Output speed
83.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
196.6K
Route
wandb/fp8
gpt-oss-120bWinner · Weights & Biases

openai/gpt-oss-120b

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
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
gpt-oss-20bWinner · Weights & Biases

openai/gpt-oss-20b

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
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 30B A3B Instruct 2507Winner · Weights & Biases

qwen/qwen3-30b-a3b-instruct-2507

Phala
Blended price
$0.2833 / 1M
500-token response
7.74 s
Response starts
0.99 s
Output speed
74.0 tok/s
Route uptime
N/a
Context
262.1K
Route
phala
Weights & Biases
Blended price
$0.1667 / 1M
500-token response
5.93 s
Response starts
0.18 s
Output speed
87.0 tok/s
Route uptime
100.00%
Context
262.1K
Route
wandb/bf16

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.

Phala vs Weights & Biases analysis

How Phala and Weights & Biases compare for AI inference

Phala and Weights & Biases share 8 indexed text models, including GLM 5.2, Qwen3.6 27B, Kimi K2.6, Gemma 4 31B, MiniMax M2.5. Weights & Biases has the stronger typical response-time result on the directly measured set.

Same-model speed evidence

8 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

8 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

Phala has 18 indexed models and lists no published server regions; Weights & Biases has 19 models and lists 1 region. Verify data residency, privacy terms, limits, and production latency directly before choosing.