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Fastest First-Token Llama 3.3 70B Instruct 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 0.26 s via wandb/fp16.

Provider options:
12
Ranked:
12
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Time to first token0.26 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
9.52 s
Response starts
0.26 s
Output speed
54.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.71 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.71 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.96%
Context
128K
#2Provider / route
Groqgroq
Time to first token0.31 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
3.76 s
Response starts
0.31 s
Output speed
145.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.59 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.79 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.51%
Context
131.1K
#3Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex
Time to first token0.32 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
10.53 s
Response starts
0.32 s
Output speed
49.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.72 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.72 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
128K
#4Provider / route
Nebiusnebius/fp8
Time to first token0.36 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
20.36 s
Response starts
0.36 s
Output speed
25.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
86.28%
Context
131.1K
#5Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/turbo
Time to first token0.41 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
71.84 s
Response starts
0.41 s
Output speed
7.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.1 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.32 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
97.76%
Context
131.1K
#6Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/us-central1
Time to first token0.42 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
31.67 s
Response starts
0.42 s
Output speed
16.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.72 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.72 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
94.69%
Context
128K
#7Provider / route
AkashMLakashml/fp8
Time to first token0.45 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
18.97 s
Response starts
0.45 s
Output speed
27.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.85%
Context
131.1K
#8Provider / route
Parasailparasail/fp8
Time to first token0.47 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
11.59 s
Response starts
0.47 s
Output speed
45.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.22 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.5 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.83%
Context
131.1K
#9Provider / route
Cloudflarecloudflare/fp8
Time to first token0.48 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
17.72 s
Response starts
0.48 s
Output speed
29.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.293 / 1M tokens
Output price
$2.25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
89.96%
Context
24K
#10Provider / route
SambaNovasambanova-turbo
Time to first token0.53 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
10.06 s
Response starts
0.53 s
Output speed
52.5 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.45 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.9 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
96.14%
Context
16K
#11Provider / route
NovitaAInovita/bf16
Time to first token0.68 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
100.67 s
Response starts
0.68 s
Output speed
5.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.135 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
97.76%
Context
6K
#12Provider / route
Togethertogether/fp8
Time to first token0.82 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
21.65 s
Response starts
0.82 s
Output speed
24.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$1.04 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.04 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.33%
Context
131.1K

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Llama 3.3 70B Instruct endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Inference Providers

12 of 12 Llama 3.3 70B Instruct endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Weights & Biases leads at 0.26 s via wandb/fp16. 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

Groq 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

Llama 3.3 70B Instruct has 12 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.