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Fastest Models
Lowest-latency models for real-time and high-throughput workloads.
Overview
Lowest-latency models for real-time and high-throughput workloads.
How this ranking is produced
44 models in the ModelRefs catalogue carry qualifying benchmark evidence for this category. The ten highest-scoring are listed below.
Scores below are a heuristic over the benchmark evidence ModelRefs holds for each model, not a guarantee of real-world performance. A model ranks only where it has qualifying benchmark results, so a capable model with thin evidence can rank low or be absent. Each entry states the benchmarks behind its score — read those before acting on the order.
Ranked models
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#1 GPT-5
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#2 GPT-5 Mini
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#3 Claude Opus 4
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#4 Llama 4 Scout
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#5 DeepSeek R1
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#6 Mistral Large 2
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#7 Command R+
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#8 o3
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#9 o4 Mini
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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#10 Text Embedding 3 Large
Score 50 out of 100. Estimated speed based on —.
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