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Fastest First-Token Llama 4 Maverick Inference Providers

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

DigitalOcean currently ranks first at 0.34 s via digitalocean.

Provider options:
5
Ranked:
5
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token Llama 4 Maverick Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
DigitalOceandigitalocean
Time to first token0.34 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
25.34 s
Response starts
0.34 s
Output speed
20.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.87 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.96%
Context
128K
#2Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/base
Time to first token0.34 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
19.57 s
Response starts
0.34 s
Output speed
26.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.8 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.88%
Context
1M
#3Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/us-east5
Time to first token0.43 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
12.62 s
Response starts
0.43 s
Output speed
41.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.35 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.97%
Context
524.3K
#4Provider / route
Parasailparasail/fp8
Time to first token0.43 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
10.05 s
Response starts
0.43 s
Output speed
52.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.35 / 1M tokens
Output price
$1 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.97%
Context
524.3K
#5Provider / route
NovitaAInovita/fp8
Time to first token0.51 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
23.23 s
Response starts
0.51 s
Output speed
22.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.27 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.85 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.91%
Context
1M

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Llama 4 Maverick endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token Llama 4 Maverick Inference Providers

5 of 5 Llama 4 Maverick endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. DigitalOcean leads at 0.34 s via digitalocean. 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 DigitalOcean with the next option

DeepInfra currently ranks second at 0.34 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 4 Maverick has 5 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.