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Fastest First-Token DeepSeek V3.1 Inference Providers

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

Weights & Biases currently ranks first at 0.37 s via wandb/fp8.

Provider options:
8
Ranked:
8
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token DeepSeek V3.1 Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Time to first token0.37 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
11.00 s
Response starts
0.37 s
Output speed
47.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.55 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.65 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
161K
#2Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/us-west2
Time to first token0.65 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
3.96 s
Response starts
0.65 s
Output speed
151.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.6 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.7 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.40%
Context
163.8K
#3Provider / route
SambaNovasambanova/fp8
Time to first token0.77 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
10.21 s
Response starts
0.77 s
Output speed
53.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.65 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.22%
Context
131.1K
#4Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp4
Time to first token1.04 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
56.59 s
Response starts
1.04 s
Output speed
9.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.12%
Context
163.8K
#5Provider / route
AtlasCloudatlas-cloud/fp8
Time to first token1.46 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
126.46 s
Response starts
1.46 s
Output speed
4.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.3 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.95 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.87%
Context
131.1K
#6Provider / route
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8
Time to first token1.62 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
29.40 s
Response starts
1.62 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.27 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
97.45%
Context
163.8K
#7Provider / route
NovitaAInovita/fp8
Time to first token1.73 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
29.51 s
Response starts
1.73 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.27 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
131.1K
#8Provider / route
MARAmara
Time to first token2.41 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
13.17 s
Response starts
2.41 s
Output speed
46.5 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.6 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.7 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
91.50%
Context
131.1K

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DeepSeek V3.1 endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token DeepSeek V3.1 Inference Providers

8 of 8 DeepSeek V3.1 endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Weights & Biases leads at 0.37 s via wandb/fp8. 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 Weights & Biases with the next option

Google Vertex currently ranks second at 0.65 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

DeepSeek V3.1 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.