LLM API Comparison & Cost·NOVEMBER 5, 2026
Fastest LLM APIs: 13,000 Tokens/Sec Benchmarked
OpenAI GPT-5 Nano hits 13,060.9 tokens per second (t/s). This model is 100 times faster than the median speed of 130.1 t/s found in this 16 model benchmark. Grok 4.20 reaches 1,634.2 t/s, but flagship models like GPT-6 Astra crawl at 53.6 t/s to prioritize reasoning. Throughput…
