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Fastest First-Token Claude Fable 5 Inference Providers

Ranks providers by how quickly the first generated token appears. Providers without enough recent data remain visible after ranked rows.

Google Vertex currently ranks first at 1.17 s via google-vertex/europe.

Provider options:
6
Ranked:
5
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token Claude Fable 5 Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/europe
Time to first token1.17 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
251.17 s
Response starts
1.17 s
Output speed
2.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$11 / 1M tokens
Output price
$55 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
1M
#2Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/global
Time to first token3.67 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
13.28 s
Response starts
3.67 s
Output speed
52.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$10 / 1M tokens
Output price
$50 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
1M
#3Provider / route
Anthropicanthropic
Time to first token5.60 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
17.51 s
Response starts
5.60 s
Output speed
42.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$10 / 1M tokens
Output price
$50 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
84.20%
Context
1M
#4Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/claude-on-aws
Time to first token6.38 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
19.53 s
Response starts
6.38 s
Output speed
38.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$10 / 1M tokens
Output price
$50 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.12%
Context
1M
#5Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/us
Time to first token7.81 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
20.80 s
Response starts
7.81 s
Output speed
38.5 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$10 / 1M tokens
Output price
$50 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
1M
Provider / route
Azureazure
Time to first tokenInsufficient recent dataSpeed measurements
500-token response
Insufficient recent data
Response starts
Insufficient recent data
Output speed
Insufficient recent data
Endpoint details
Input price
$10 / 1M tokens
Output price
$50 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
1M

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Claude Fable 5 endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token Claude Fable 5 Inference Providers

5 of 6 Claude Fable 5 endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Google Vertex leads at 1.17 s via google-vertex/europe. The table keeps unranked routes visible so missing measurements do not look like missing provider availability.

How response-start time is ranked

The first-token ranking orders endpoints by the recent median time before output begins. This is useful for interactive applications, but it should be read alongside throughput because the first provider to start is not always the first to finish a long answer.

Compare Google Vertex with the next option

Google Vertex currently ranks second at 3.67 s. Compare that gap with input and output price, response-start time, output speed, 30-minute uptime, context length, and the exact route before deciding whether first place is meaningful for your workload.

Use the route, not only the provider name

Claude Fable 5 has 6 published provider options, and performance data is matched to each exact OpenRouter routing tag. Different quantization, context, regional deployment, or provider configuration can change price and behavior even when the underlying model name is identical.