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 2,498,120 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

104 ms306,003

Cloudflare h3

138.3 ms413,534

CloudFront h3

173.9 ms423,597

Fastly h2

254.3 ms207,311

Cloudflare h2

260 ms104,108

CloudFront h2

326.8 ms92,867

1,558,898 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,143,134 · h2 404,286 · 11,478 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	27.2	0.7	30.4	23.4	0.8	103	104
	p95	240.3	3.2	151	137.4	5.2	529	536.3
	p99	720.9	6.6	367.4	366.4	18	1372.2	1374.7
Cloudflare h3	p50	21	1	34.9	52	0.6	136.6	138.3
	p95	206.8	3	169.7	217	5.9	585.6	588.3
	p99	533.7	6.3	376.9	570.4	18	1495.2	1504.4
CloudFront h3	p50	39	1	46.8	45	0.6	173	173.9
	p95	261.7	3	217.6	287	5	730.1	730.8
	p99	624.1	6.9	395.2	491	17.6	1365.7	1387.5
Fastly h2	p50	2	22.8	42	29.8	0	253	254.3
	p95	181.9	179	282.5	207.4	4	1103	1107.2
	p99	537.1	506.9	906.9	648.1	13	2732.5	2756.1
Cloudflare h2	p50	32	25.6	54.6	56	0.9	258	260
	p95	301.1	399.1	416.4	291.9	7	1351.8	1384.7
	p99	1065.7	1059.6	1084.6	937.9	47.7	3770.1	3803.3
CloudFront h2	p50	45.9	29.2	80.2	49.4	0.7	323.8	326.8
	p95	358.9	399	605.4	318.6	4.7	1485.3	1498.7
	p99	1028.3	938.4	1436	804.3	22.4	3664.7	3668.5

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

22.9 ms115,300

Fastly h2

27.1 ms139,151

CloudFront h3

30.6 ms205,377

Cloudflare h3

37 ms197,642

Cloudflare h2

46.2 ms67,382

CloudFront h2

65 ms53,985

786,209 warm probes · 31% of file · h3 518,319 · h2 260,518 · 7,372 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	19.5	0.5	21.8	22.9
	p95	102.3	3.5	119.7	122.7
	p99	264.1	11.5	465.2	479.3
Fastly h2	p50	24	0	27	27.1
	p95	181.4	2.1	208	210.7
	p99	871.8	10	978.4	988.6
CloudFront h3	p50	28	0.2	30	30.6
	p95	194.8	2.4	201	202
	p99	384.5	7.6	422.3	425
Cloudflare h3	p50	34	0.5	36	37
	p95	153.9	3.1	157.6	160.7
	p99	357	9.4	362.2	365.1
Cloudflare h2	p50	39.6	0.7	44.6	46.2
	p95	265.2	4.5	300.1	317.8
	p99	1371.3	46.5	1447.3	1517.8
CloudFront h2	p50	47	0.5	63	65
	p95	366	3	469.5	488.2
	p99	1776.4	13.5	1945.3	2006.9

100.bin 100 KB 2,501,880 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 · 12 close race <5%

cold fresh TLS handshake

Fastly h3

139.6 ms304,824

Cloudflare h3

206.3 ms408,291

CloudFront h3

228 ms418,835

Cloudflare h2

289.1 ms110,547

Fastly h2

306.6 ms210,135

CloudFront h2

406.1 ms92,879

1,556,864 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,131,950 · h2 413,561 · 11,353 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	27.4	0.7	31.2	24.9	28	104.7	139.6
	p95	231.3	3.5	151	145.1	180.7	513.9	688.8
	p99	612.3	7.3	352.3	381.5	514.2	1250.6	1763.8
Cloudflare h3	p50	20.2	1	34.9	54	57.4	138	206.3
	p95	195.4	3	158	220.9	345	573.3	885.9
	p99	456.8	6.7	341.5	641	934.7	1463.1	2212.2
CloudFront h3	p50	38.5	1	46.4	46.5	49.3	174.6	228
	p95	266	3	219.9	297	315.4	746.8	1049.4
	p99	605.1	6.1	444.1	539.8	652.2	1527.1	2163.1
Cloudflare h2	p50	31	22	49.5	54	29.5	245.8	289.1
	p95	291.2	353.7	364.6	274.4	337.7	1227.9	1565.6
	p99	972.5	834.4	1025.5	809	965.2	3056	3756.2
Fastly h2	p50	2	22	41.6	29	37	258	306.6
	p95	189.4	180	294	225.4	280	1207.4	1488.5
	p99	633.8	536.5	882.7	662.9	853.1	3162.1	3720.2
CloudFront h2	p50	45	29.7	74.5	57.9	52.8	333.9	406.1
	p95	340.5	403.8	578.3	390.2	405	1494.8	1908.8
	p99	1019.9	976.7	1336.3	758.1	1043.7	3819.8	4650.6

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

39.9 ms114,914

Fastly h2

53.9 ms137,337

CloudFront h3

60 ms204,604

Cloudflare h3

69 ms194,612

Cloudflare h2

72 ms67,662

CloudFront h2

113.5 ms53,811

792,130 warm probes · 32% of file · h3 514,130 · h2 258,810 · 19,190 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	20.4	13.1	22.9	39.9
	p95	102.4	116.1	117.6	235.8
	p99	252.2	377.3	372.7	714
Fastly h2	p50	27.2	17	30	53.9
	p95	185	243.2	206	464.1
	p99	951.7	1065.1	1064.2	2103.9
CloudFront h3	p50	30	25	32	60
	p95	194	232.1	201	420.1
	p99	338.1	499.6	363.8	810.4
Cloudflare h3	p50	34	28	36	69
	p95	141	239.5	146.5	372.4
	p99	317.4	695	344.1	1014.2
Cloudflare h2	p50	41.8	19.4	47	72
	p95	318.9	466.4	364.3	826.1
	p99	1688.8	1369.5	1764.6	3035.5
CloudFront h2	p50	56.8	28	73	113.5
	p95	539.5	654.3	600.3	1271.6
	p99	2169.4	1702.5	2234.7	3608.2

By device p50 total_ms · newest 5M probes

device	variant	file	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
mobile	cold	1p.gif	848,444	175.3 ms	211 ms	203 ms
	cold	100.bin	839,808	251 ms	253 ms	261 ms
	warm	1p.gif	431,822	42 ms	29.8 ms	37.6 ms
	warm	100.bin	426,905	78 ms	55 ms	70 ms
desktop	cold	1p.gif	710,454	131.4 ms	99.7 ms	180.3 ms
	cold	100.bin	717,056	192.3 ms	138.1 ms	231.6 ms
	warm	1p.gif	354,387	34.1 ms	21.1 ms	30.9 ms
	warm	100.bin	365,225	64.5 ms	41 ms	62.2 ms

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

1p.gif 43 B

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	198,812	167.1 ms	178 ms	156 ms
GB	186,556	103.3 ms	120.7 ms	93 ms
DE	109,600	144.5 ms	135 ms	107.3 ms
BR	117,302	145.4 ms	128.7 ms	395.1 ms
TR	72,508	234 ms	208.2 ms	189.2 ms
FR	72,297	105.3 ms	120.8 ms	92 ms
ES	55,749	124.7 ms	121.9 ms	116.6 ms
MX	51,180	224.3 ms	203.9 ms	200.3 ms
IT	41,526	147.2 ms	149.9 ms	130.3 ms
NL	37,312	119 ms	131 ms	107.5 ms
CA	33,889	136.9 ms	136 ms	125 ms
AU	32,891	114.1 ms	134 ms	535.7 ms
HK	21,573	216.5 ms	296.9 ms	585 ms
AR	30,784	154 ms	152.1 ms	510.6 ms
JP	27,286	175.7 ms	193 ms	496 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	108,791	38.6 ms	25 ms	26 ms
GB	121,700	28 ms	15.9 ms	16.6 ms
DE	56,448	43.1 ms	22.7 ms	21.7 ms
BR	45,143	34 ms	20.3 ms	131 ms
TR	37,847	76 ms	56.5 ms	42 ms
FR	33,919	29 ms	18 ms	18 ms
ES	22,759	32 ms	20.1 ms	21.5 ms
MX	19,965	62 ms	39.8 ms	35.8 ms
IT	18,587	38 ms	26 ms	27.1 ms
NL	17,107	32.6 ms	19.7 ms	22 ms
CA	16,982	36.8 ms	20.3 ms	21.6 ms
AU	16,248	27.5 ms	15.9 ms	177 ms
HK	25,044	33.8 ms	74.4 ms	214.4 ms
AR	13,009	30.4 ms	19.9 ms	146 ms
JP	15,154	33.8 ms	16.7 ms	129 ms

100.bin 100 KB

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	211,806	220 ms	207.8 ms	197 ms
GB	185,494	161 ms	152 ms	121.1 ms
DE	108,288	225 ms	172.3 ms	141.8 ms
BR	115,720	204.7 ms	164.2 ms	597 ms
TR	72,107	330 ms	277.8 ms	251 ms
FR	72,272	153.8 ms	153 ms	121 ms
ES	55,468	179.5 ms	149.3 ms	147 ms
MX	50,857	313 ms	255 ms	256 ms
IT	41,175	226 ms	186.2 ms	175.3 ms
NL	36,724	179.3 ms	161 ms	138.7 ms
CA	33,186	190.4 ms	171 ms	160.2 ms
AU	32,461	170.7 ms	163.6 ms	804 ms
HK	20,713	295 ms	377 ms	846.6 ms
AR	30,304	221 ms	185.9 ms	727.4 ms
JP	26,889	243 ms	224.1 ms	693.2 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	119,473	76 ms	48 ms	48 ms
GB	121,536	46 ms	27 ms	29.8 ms
DE	55,951	78.7 ms	44.9 ms	43 ms
BR	44,723	61 ms	37.8 ms	264.4 ms
TR	38,207	116.8 ms	92.2 ms	75 ms
FR	33,686	51.2 ms	33 ms	33.3 ms
ES	22,412	58.2 ms	38 ms	42 ms
MX	19,799	105.4 ms	65.9 ms	66 ms
IT	18,214	72 ms	46.3 ms	50.2 ms
NL	17,052	63 ms	37.2 ms	42 ms
CA	16,628	60.6 ms	36.8 ms	40.9 ms
AU	15,825	53.9 ms	31.5 ms	345.4 ms
HK	24,903	53 ms	121 ms	441.3 ms
AR	13,029	56 ms	34.9 ms	276 ms
JP	14,717	68 ms	33 ms	251.1 ms

newest 5,000,000 probes across 2 sites · 2026-06-15 09:21:35.087 to 2026-10-13 18:09:59.245 UTC