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Fastest First-Token Claude Opus 4.5 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 1.15 s via google-vertex/global.

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

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token Claude Opus 4.5 Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/global
Time to first token1.15 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
12.77 s
Response starts
1.15 s
Output speed
43.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.52%
Context
200K
#2Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/eu-west-1
Time to first token1.23 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
9.70 s
Response starts
1.23 s
Output speed
59.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$5.5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$27.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K
#3Provider / route
Anthropicanthropic
Time to first token1.39 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
20.62 s
Response starts
1.39 s
Output speed
26.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.68%
Context
200K
#4Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock
Time to first token1.47 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
14.63 s
Response starts
1.47 s
Output speed
38.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.92%
Context
200K
#5Provider / route
Anthropicanthropic/2
Time to first token5.86 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
19.37 s
Response starts
5.86 s
Output speed
37.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K
#6Provider / route
Azureazure/us-east-2
Time to first token6.14 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
18.64 s
Response starts
6.14 s
Output speed
40.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$5 / 1M tokens
Output price
$25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
200K

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Claude Opus 4.5 endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token Claude Opus 4.5 Inference Providers

6 of 6 Claude Opus 4.5 endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Google Vertex leads at 1.15 s via google-vertex/global. 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

Amazon Bedrock currently ranks second at 1.23 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 4.5 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.