Who has the fastest Llama 4 inference?

Groq serves Llama 4 at 750 tokens/sec. Fastest inference · LPU hardware. For latency-sensitive workloads this is usually the right pick even if not the cheapest.

Is the output quality identical across all providers hosting Llama 4?

The weights are identical · Llama Community License. Differences come from quantization (some providers use int8 or fp8 for speed), context window caps, and provider-added safety filters.

What are cheaper alternative models to Llama 4?

See our substitute finder for models within 10% performance at lower price.

Arbitrage · Llama 46 providers · $0.030 → $0.220 · 86% spread

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Meta's flagship open-weight model · runs on six major inference providers with 10x price spread.

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Groq

$0.030/M

Fastest inference · LPU hardware

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Groq

750 tok/s

Fastest inference · LPU hardware

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vs Replicate at $0.220/M input. For 100M tokens/mo, that is $19/mo saved by routing to Groq.

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Provider	In $/M	Out $/M	Context	Speed	Free	Region
GroqWinner	$0.030	$0.050	128K	750 t/s		US
Fireworks AI	$0.050	$0.100	1.0M	180 t/s		US
Together AI	$0.090	$0.090	128K	120 t/s		US
OpenRouter	$0.100	$0.150	128K	110 t/s		Global
D DeepInfra	$0.180	$0.180	128K	90 t/s	—	US
Replicate	$0.220	$0.300	128K	80 t/s	—	US

Notes: Groq · Fastest inference · LPU hardware ; Fireworks AI · Serverless · batch 50% off ; Together AI · Flat pricing · $5 free credit ; OpenRouter · Meta-router · fall-through pricing ; DeepInfra · OpenAI-compatible · no free tier ; Replicate · Pay per second · cold starts

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Groq at $0.030/M input and $0.050/M output. That is 86% cheaper than Replicate. Fastest inference · LPU hardware.

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