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Fastest Claude Sonnet 4.6 Inference Providers

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

Amazon Bedrock currently ranks first at 10.88 s via amazon-bedrock/global.

Provider options:
8
Ranked:
8
Metric:
Estimated response time

Fastest response endpoint ranking

Fastest Claude Sonnet 4.6 Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeEstimated response timeSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/global
Estimated response time10.88 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
10.88 s
Response starts
0.88 s
Output speed
50.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
1M
#2Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/us-east5
Estimated response time11.65 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
11.65 s
Response starts
1.44 s
Output speed
49.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3.3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$16.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
1M
#3Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/eu-west-1
Estimated response time12.19 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
12.19 s
Response starts
1.55 s
Output speed
47.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3.3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$16.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
1M
#4Provider / route
Anthropicanthropic/2
Estimated response time14.04 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
14.04 s
Response starts
1.22 s
Output speed
39.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.99%
Context
1M
#5Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/global
Estimated response time14.41 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
14.41 s
Response starts
1.26 s
Output speed
38.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
1M
#6Provider / route
Azureazure/us-east-2
Estimated response time15.41 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
15.41 s
Response starts
2.75 s
Output speed
39.5 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
1M
#7Provider / route
Anthropicanthropic
Estimated response time17.32 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
17.32 s
Response starts
1.19 s
Output speed
31.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.95%
Context
1M
#8Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/europe
Estimated response time22.17 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
22.17 s
Response starts
1.33 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$3.3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$16.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
1M

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Claude Sonnet 4.6 endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest Claude Sonnet 4.6 Inference Providers

8 of 8 Claude Sonnet 4.6 endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Amazon Bedrock leads at 10.88 s via amazon-bedrock/global. 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 Amazon Bedrock with the next option

Google Vertex currently ranks second at 11.65 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 Sonnet 4.6 has 8 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.