Fastest LLM APIs (real-world speed ranking)

As of 2026-09-19, the top model is kimi-for-coding-highspeed (250 tok/s). See the full ranking below — click a model for details or run your own test.

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  1. 🥇
    kimi-for-coding-highspeedapi.kimi.com
    TTFT 1.31s · peak 467 · 6 runs
    250 tok/s
  2. 🥈
    deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash-freeapi.orcarouter.ai
    TTFT 1.70s · peak 1688 · 2 runs
    175 tok/s
  3. 🥉
    kimi-for-codingapi.kimi.com
    TTFT 1.73s · peak 900 · 136 runs
    171 tok/s
  4. 4
    step-3.7-flashapi.stepfun.com
    TTFT 1.99s · peak 2067 · 69 runs
    170 tok/s
  5. 5
    DeepSeek V4.1 Flashapi.deepseek.com
    TTFT 0.34s · peak 191 · 2 runs
    152 tok/s
  6. 6
    z-ai/glm-5.3-flash-freeapi.orcarouter.ai
    TTFT 1.51s · peak 856 · 2 runs
    142 tok/s
  7. 7
    deepseek-v4-flashapi.deepseek.com
    TTFT 1.11s · peak 638 · 115 runs
    141 tok/s
  8. 8
    agnes-2.5-flashapi.agnes-ai.cn
    TTFT 1.13s · peak 351 · 11 runs
    125 tok/s
  9. 9
    tencent/hy3-freeapi.orcarouter.ai
    TTFT 1.32s · peak 150 · 2 runs
    125 tok/s
  10. 10
    deepseek-chatapi.deepseek.com
    TTFT 0.57s · peak 113 · 1 runs
    105 tok/s
  11. 11
    glm-5.3open.bigmodel.cn
    TTFT 1.15s · peak 1165 · 2 runs
    105 tok/s
  12. 12
    orcarouter/freeapi.orcarouter.ai
    TTFT 1.53s · peak 1294 · 3 runs
    101 tok/s
  13. 13
    MiniMax-M3api.minimaxi.com
    TTFT 1.52s · peak 395 · 6 runs
    100 tok/s
  14. 14
    deepseek-v4-proapi.deepseek.com
    TTFT 1.69s · peak 396 · 76 runs
    85 tok/s
  15. 15
    glm-5.3-flashopen.bigmodel.cn
    TTFT 0.96s · peak 477 · 4 runs
    83 tok/s
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