Routebench

CDN benchmark across Cloudflare, Fastly, and CloudFront. Same bytes from each, every provider on its own apex with co-located DNS, real-user measurement from browsers.

DNSresolve

TCPconnect

TLShandshake

WAITserver + 1 RTT

DLbody transfer

cold = fresh TLS handshake. warm = reused connection, so DNS/TCP/TLS are 0 by definition. Successful fetches without browser Resource Timing are excluded from latency p50/p95/p99 and sample counts. TTFB = DNS + TCP + TLS + WAIT · TOTAL = TTFB + DL. Each row is a (provider, protocol) pair; bars end at that row's real p50 of total_ms, stripes show proportionally where the time goes. Bars scale to the slowest row in the ranking. "fastest" marks the lowest p50. p95 / p99 live in the detail table behind the toggles.

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1p.gif 43 B 2,498,109 probes · 96.8% ok · newest 5M probes

Cloudflare Fastly CloudFront close race <5% insufficient data 69 countries colored · floor: ≥500 warm probes per provider (totalled across both files) · p50 shown per file · 15 close race <5%

cold fresh TLS handshake

Fastly h3

103.1 ms306,025

Cloudflare h3

139 ms413,558

CloudFront h3

171.1 ms423,611

Fastly h2

259 ms207,381

Cloudflare h2

260 ms104,178

CloudFront h2

331.8 ms92,915

1,559,146 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,143,194 · h2 404,474 · 11,478 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	26.8	0.7	30	23	0.8	101.5	103.1
	p95	232.3	3.1	150	144.3	5.1	511.4	515.8
	p99	650.7	6.1	357.9	409.3	20.8	1383.3	1384
Cloudflare h3	p50	20.4	1	35	52.7	0.6	137.1	139
	p95	197.8	3	167.1	217.2	6	592.4	595.8
	p99	504.2	6.7	362.7	545.1	17.4	1437.4	1496.5
CloudFront h3	p50	39.7	1	45.5	44	0.6	170.1	171.1
	p95	260	3	215.6	300	4.6	756	761.1
	p99	613.9	6.5	394.9	554.1	19	1488.8	1515
Fastly h2	p50	2	23	42	29	0	258	259
	p95	192.2	197.6	301.1	213.7	4	1158.9	1161.9
	p99	561.4	518.8	730.8	578.5	13	2617.5	2644.7
Cloudflare h2	p50	32.7	26	54.5	56	0.9	257	260
	p95	303.8	406	419.1	283	7	1331.4	1346.4
	p99	937.1	1116.6	1219.9	930.2	57.8	3485.2	3516.6
CloudFront h2	p50	45	29	82	48	0.7	329.2	331.8
	p95	347.6	407.4	627.6	315.2	4.8	1493.6	1501.9
	p99	1040	976	1560.1	762.8	20.5	3645.8	3646.4

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

22.8 ms115,271

Fastly h2

28 ms139,115

CloudFront h3

32 ms205,307

Cloudflare h3

36 ms197,587

Cloudflare h2

46.3 ms67,352

CloudFront h2

65 ms53,955

785,956 warm probes · 31% of file · h3 518,165 · h2 260,422 · 7,369 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	19.4	0.6	21.7	22.8
	p95	102.4	3.5	121.9	126.2
	p99	260.3	13.2	448.1	452.4
Fastly h2	p50	24	0	27.6	28
	p95	173.6	2.1	199	205.1
	p99	719.4	8	854.1	903.1
CloudFront h3	p50	28.8	0.3	31	32
	p95	197	2.5	203	205.2
	p99	357.3	7.5	420.9	431.9
Cloudflare h3	p50	33.3	0.5	35	36
	p95	149	3.1	152.5	155
	p99	327	8.1	346.1	346.1
Cloudflare h2	p50	40.2	0.7	45	46.3
	p95	273	4	308.2	327.9
	p99	1530	37.7	1646.1	1675
CloudFront h2	p50	47	0.5	63	65
	p95	351.6	3	438.3	451.3
	p99	1869.9	12.3	1910.1	1988.2

100.bin 100 KB 2,501,891 probes · 96.8% ok · newest 5M probes

Cloudflare Fastly CloudFront close race <5% insufficient data 69 countries colored · floor: ≥500 warm probes per provider (totalled across both files) · p50 shown per file · 11 close race <5%

cold fresh TLS handshake

Fastly h3

138.8 ms304,823

Cloudflare h3

209.2 ms408,327

CloudFront h3

223.5 ms418,876

Cloudflare h2

290.8 ms110,607

Fastly h2

300.7 ms210,216

CloudFront h2

393.6 ms92,943

1,557,138 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,132,026 · h2 413,766 · 11,346 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	27.2	0.7	30.8	24	27.3	103.6	138.8
	p95	236.4	3.3	149.6	143.4	172.1	543.2	701.4
	p99	778.5	7.3	344.3	379.5	475.1	1452.9	1858.4
Cloudflare h3	p50	20.6	1	35	54	58.4	140	209.2
	p95	195.3	3	158.8	221	352.1	577.1	896
	p99	530.9	6.2	333.5	546.3	961.5	1339.6	2210.3
CloudFront h3	p50	38.2	1	46.1	45.6	47.9	170	223.5
	p95	271.1	3	219.1	286.6	308.3	747.4	1044.6
	p99	671.4	6.9	457.5	494.2	609.1	1525.5	2058
Cloudflare h2	p50	31	22.5	50.3	54	30.4	246.4	290.8
	p95	288.9	388.9	370.1	272.1	329.7	1281.3	1646.6
	p99	815.6	993.4	1088.4	828.1	965.4	3303.5	4101.8
Fastly h2	p50	2	22	40.2	28.7	37	254.5	300.7
	p95	179.9	195	284.7	216	283.7	1137.6	1438.8
	p99	526.9	515.1	869.2	599.7	796.5	2599.6	3296.1
CloudFront h2	p50	46	29.1	72	57.6	50.2	327	393.6
	p95	352.7	391.6	602.8	402.8	412.4	1565.5	1975.7
	p99	1146.4	951.7	1337.7	888.6	1015.9	3633.6	4428.4

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

40.2 ms114,864

Fastly h2

52 ms137,303

CloudFront h3

59 ms204,530

Cloudflare h3

71.2 ms194,550

Cloudflare h2

72.4 ms67,629

CloudFront h2

113.5 ms53,797

791,857 warm probes · 32% of file · h3 513,944 · h2 258,729 · 19,184 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	20.1	13.4	22.8	40.2
	p95	101.3	113.7	122.6	236.2
	p99	260.9	324.6	437.6	739
Fastly h2	p50	26.6	16.4	29.1	52
	p95	184	233.4	211.1	466.3
	p99	902.2	1101	1040	2269.7
CloudFront h3	p50	28.6	24	31	59
	p95	194	235	202.2	427
	p99	348.2	457.2	402.6	813.6
Cloudflare h3	p50	35	28.7	36.8	71.2
	p95	143	243	150.9	384.8
	p99	334.7	786	361.1	1104.6
Cloudflare h2	p50	42	19.3	47	72.4
	p95	341.6	507.4	375.9	961.1
	p99	1682.7	1687.7	1757.5	3023.7
CloudFront h2	p50	57	27.7	73	113.5
	p95	520.4	627.4	611.7	1296.6
	p99	2158.9	1700.1	2353.8	3590.6

By device p50 total_ms · newest 5M probes

device	variant	file	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
mobile	cold	1p.gif	848,732	178 ms	207 ms	203 ms
	cold	100.bin	840,115	249.8 ms	252.9 ms	256 ms
	warm	1p.gif	431,688	42.9 ms	29 ms	37 ms
	warm	100.bin	426,766	79.5 ms	55 ms	70 ms
desktop	cold	1p.gif	710,414	129.7 ms	102.4 ms	179.6 ms
	cold	100.bin	717,023	191.7 ms	133.8 ms	234.5 ms
	warm	1p.gif	354,268	34.3 ms	21 ms	32.3 ms
	warm	100.bin	365,091	62.1 ms	41 ms	67 ms

By country top 15 by volume · p50 total_ms · newest 5M probes

1p.gif 43 B

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	198,823	166 ms	177 ms	153.6 ms
GB	186,538	105 ms	122.8 ms	93 ms
DE	109,588	144 ms	133.7 ms	108.1 ms
BR	117,330	144.1 ms	128.7 ms	396.7 ms
TR	72,525	237.1 ms	209 ms	189.2 ms
FR	72,348	107 ms	119.2 ms	94.5 ms
ES	55,757	124.7 ms	120.1 ms	117.4 ms
MX	51,198	224 ms	205.3 ms	201 ms
IT	41,541	150.9 ms	152.2 ms	132 ms
NL	37,308	119 ms	129.8 ms	107 ms
CA	33,891	135.2 ms	136 ms	124.9 ms
AU	32,872	116 ms	134 ms	536 ms
HK	21,565	217 ms	296.9 ms	585 ms
AR	30,819	154.5 ms	153 ms	509.5 ms
JP	27,303	176.1 ms	194.2 ms	495.3 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	108,775	39 ms	25 ms	26 ms
GB	121,665	28 ms	16 ms	16.6 ms
DE	56,422	43 ms	22 ms	22 ms
BR	45,140	34 ms	20.3 ms	131 ms
TR	37,833	76 ms	57 ms	42 ms
FR	33,916	29.2 ms	18 ms	18 ms
ES	22,745	32 ms	20.2 ms	21.5 ms
MX	19,961	62 ms	39.8 ms	35.8 ms
IT	18,570	38 ms	26 ms	27.2 ms
NL	17,101	32.6 ms	19.7 ms	22 ms
CA	16,979	36.8 ms	20.3 ms	21.6 ms
AU	16,245	27.5 ms	15.9 ms	177 ms
HK	25,022	33.8 ms	73.8 ms	214.4 ms
AR	13,006	30.4 ms	19.9 ms	146 ms
JP	15,150	33.7 ms	16.7 ms	129 ms

100.bin 100 KB

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	211,849	219 ms	210 ms	198 ms
GB	185,489	159 ms	153.1 ms	122 ms
DE	108,264	227.9 ms	173 ms	142 ms
BR	115,748	211.1 ms	161.8 ms	593 ms
TR	72,138	333 ms	279.1 ms	251.2 ms
FR	72,308	152.2 ms	153 ms	118 ms
ES	55,481	180.2 ms	151 ms	147.2 ms
MX	50,889	313.8 ms	258.3 ms	253.2 ms
IT	41,171	224 ms	184.4 ms	175 ms
NL	36,720	182 ms	159.1 ms	138.7 ms
CA	33,195	191.4 ms	168.4 ms	161.9 ms
AU	32,448	171 ms	166 ms	804 ms
HK	20,713	295 ms	377.1 ms	846.9 ms
AR	30,338	223.2 ms	187.4 ms	726.6 ms
JP	26,903	242 ms	223.7 ms	694.4 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	119,461	75 ms	49 ms	48 ms
GB	121,509	45.8 ms	26.7 ms	29.3 ms
DE	55,902	78.5 ms	46 ms	43 ms
BR	44,718	60.7 ms	37.8 ms	263 ms
TR	38,188	117.2 ms	91.8 ms	74.2 ms
FR	33,678	52 ms	32.1 ms	33 ms
ES	22,405	58.2 ms	38 ms	42 ms
MX	19,796	105.4 ms	65.9 ms	66 ms
IT	18,196	72 ms	46.4 ms	50.3 ms
NL	17,047	62.9 ms	37.3 ms	42 ms
CA	16,626	60.7 ms	36.8 ms	40.9 ms
AU	15,818	53.9 ms	31.5 ms	345.3 ms
HK	24,890	52.2 ms	121.9 ms	441 ms
AR	13,025	56 ms	34.8 ms	276 ms
JP	14,713	67.6 ms	33 ms	251.5 ms

newest 5,000,000 probes across 2 sites · 2026-06-15 09:23:25.437 to 2026-10-15 00:13:50.470 UTC