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Fastest Claude Opus 4.1 Inference Providers

Ranks providers by estimated time to return 500 tokens, combining the wait for the first token with output speed.

Anthropic currently ranks first at 22.74 s via anthropic.

Provider options:
4
Ranked:
2
Metric:
Estimated response time

Fastest response endpoint ranking

Fastest Claude Opus 4.1 Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeEstimated response timeSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Anthropicanthropic
Estimated response time22.74 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
22.74 s
Response starts
1.90 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$75 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K
#2Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock
Estimated response time53.62 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
53.62 s
Response starts
3.62 s
Output speed
10.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$75 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K
Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/global
Estimated response timeInsufficient recent dataSpeed measurements
500-token response
Insufficient recent data
Response starts
Insufficient recent data
Output speed
Insufficient recent data
Endpoint details
Input price
$15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$75 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K
Provider / route
Azureazure/us-east-2
Estimated response timeInsufficient recent dataSpeed measurements
500-token response
Insufficient recent data
Response starts
Insufficient recent data
Output speed
Insufficient recent data
Endpoint details
Input price
$15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$75 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K

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Claude Opus 4.1 endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest Claude Opus 4.1 Inference Providers

2 of 4 Claude Opus 4.1 endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Anthropic leads at 22.74 s via anthropic. The table keeps unranked routes visible so missing measurements do not look like missing provider availability.

How complete response time is ranked

The fastest ranking estimates a 500-token answer by adding the recent median first-token wait to 500 divided by median output throughput. It represents an example complete response, not a guarantee for every prompt or request size.

Compare Anthropic with the next option

Amazon Bedrock currently ranks second at 53.62 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 Opus 4.1 has 4 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.