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Fastest First-Token gpt-oss-20b Inference Providers

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

Together currently ranks first at 0.27 s via together.

Provider options:
13
Ranked:
12
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token gpt-oss-20b Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Togethertogether
Time to first token0.27 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
5.05 s
Response starts
0.27 s
Output speed
104.5 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.05 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.2 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
131.1K
#2Provider / route
Time to first token0.28 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
3.48 s
Response starts
0.28 s
Output speed
156.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.03 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.13 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.63%
Context
131.1K
#3Provider / route
Groqgroq
Time to first token0.30 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
1.21 s
Response starts
0.30 s
Output speed
547.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.075 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.3 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.91%
Context
131.1K
#4Provider / route
Fireworksfireworks
Time to first token0.33 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
4.30 s
Response starts
0.33 s
Output speed
126.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.07 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.3 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
99.06%
Context
131.1K
#5Provider / route
Parasailparasail/fp4
Time to first token0.47 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
5.58 s
Response starts
0.47 s
Output speed
98.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.04 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.2 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
96.17%
Context
131.1K
#6Provider / route
NovitaAInovita/fp4
Time to first token0.57 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
19.09 s
Response starts
0.57 s
Output speed
27.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.04 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
131.1K
#7Provider / route
Phalaphala
Time to first token0.62 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
9.55 s
Response starts
0.62 s
Output speed
56.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.04 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
131.1K
#8Provider / route
DeepInfradeepinfra/bf16
Time to first token0.76 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
5.43 s
Response starts
0.76 s
Output speed
107.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.03 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.14 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
131.1K
#9Provider / route
DekaLLMdekallm/bf16
Time to first token0.91 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
30.32 s
Response starts
0.91 s
Output speed
17.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.029 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.14 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
96.95%
Context
131.1K
#10Provider / route
SiliconFlowsiliconflow/fp8
Time to first token1.35 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
46.81 s
Response starts
1.35 s
Output speed
11.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.04 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.18 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
131.1K
#11Provider / route
Google Vertexgoogle-vertex/us-central1
Time to first token3.31 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
6.78 s
Response starts
3.31 s
Output speed
144.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.07 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.25 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
61.56%
Context
131.1K
#12Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock
Time to first token7.69 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
16.02 s
Response starts
7.69 s
Output speed
60.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.07 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
97.07%
Context
131.1K
Provider / route
Amazon Bedrockamazon-bedrock/eu-west-1
Time to first tokenInsufficient recent dataSpeed measurements
500-token response
Insufficient recent data
Response starts
Insufficient recent data
Output speed
Insufficient recent data
Endpoint details
Input price
$0.07 / 1M tokens
Output price
$0.15 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
Insufficient recent data
Context
131.1K

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gpt-oss-20b endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token gpt-oss-20b Inference Providers

12 of 13 gpt-oss-20b endpoints currently have the published data required for this ranking. Together leads at 0.27 s via together. 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 Together with the next option

Weights & Biases currently ranks second at 0.28 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

gpt-oss-20b has 13 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.