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Fastest First-Token GLM 5 Turbo Inference Providers

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

Z.ai currently ranks first at 3.06 s via z-ai.

Provider options:
1
Ranked:
1
Metric:
Time to first token

Fastest first token endpoint ranking

Fastest First-Token GLM 5 Turbo Inference Providers
RankProvider / routeTime to first tokenSpeed measurementsEndpoint details
#1Provider / route
Z.aiz-ai
Time to first token3.06 sSpeed measurements
500-token response
20.92 s
Response starts
3.06 s
Output speed
28.0 tok/s
Endpoint details
Input price
$1.2 / 1M tokens
Output price
$4 / 1M tokens
Uptime (30 min)
100.00%
Context
202.8K

Endpoint data fetched .

GLM 5 Turbo endpoint guide

How to interpret the Fastest First-Token GLM 5 Turbo Inference Providers

1 of 1 GLM 5 Turbo endpoint currently have the published data required for this ranking. Z.ai leads at 3.06 s via z-ai. 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 Z.ai with the next option

Only 1 route currently qualifies, so the rank alone provides limited choice. Review every visible endpoint for price, speed, uptime, context length, and route-specific configuration.

Use the route, not only the provider name

GLM 5 Turbo has 1 published provider option, 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.