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Fastest First-Token Gemma 4 26B A4B 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 0.25 s via google-vertex/global.

Provider options:
10
Ranked:
10
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token Gemma 4 26B A4B Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/global
Time to first token0.25 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
9.87 s
Response starts
0.25 s
Output speed
52.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.6 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
98.19%
Context
262.1K
#2Provider / route
Cloudflarecloudflare
Time to first token0.31 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
8.93 s
Response starts
0.31 s
Output speed
58.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.1 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.3 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.37%
Context
256K
#3Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/fp8
Time to first token0.54 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
16.16 s
Response starts
0.54 s
Output speed
32.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.07 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.34 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.95%
Context
262.1K
#4Provider / route
Waferwafer/fp8
Time to first token0.63 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
6.80 s
Response starts
0.63 s
Output speed
81.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#5Provider / route
Parasailparasail/bf16
Time to first token0.73 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
28.51 s
Response starts
0.73 s
Output speed
18.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.52%
Context
262.1K
#6Provider / route
DekaLLMdekallm/bf16
Time to first token0.94 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
13.13 s
Response starts
0.94 s
Output speed
41.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.06 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.33 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
98.52%
Context
262.1K
#7Provider / route
Venicevenice/bf16
Time to first token1.25 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
34.58 s
Response starts
1.25 s
Output speed
15.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.04%
Context
256K
#8Provider / route
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8
Time to first token1.53 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
22.36 s
Response starts
1.53 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.12 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#9Provider / route
NovitaAInovita/bf16
Time to first token1.98 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
18.11 s
Response starts
1.98 s
Output speed
31.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
262.1K
#10Provider / route
NextBitnextbit/bf16
Time to first token3.73 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
39.44 s
Response starts
3.73 s
Output speed
14.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.12 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.35 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
98.18%
Context
262.1K

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Gemma 4 26B A4B endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token Gemma 4 26B A4B Inference Providers

10 of 10 Gemma 4 26B A4B endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Google Vertex leads at 0.25 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

Cloudflare currently ranks second at 0.31 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

Gemma 4 26B A4B has 10 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.