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 2,498,037 probes · 96.8% ok · newest 5M probes

Cloudflare Fastly CloudFront close race <5% insufficient data 68 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

105.7 ms306,024

Cloudflare h3

138 ms413,781

CloudFront h3

171 ms423,874

Fastly h2

259 ms208,064

Cloudflare h2

260.4 ms104,821

CloudFront h2

336 ms93,518

1,561,512 cold probes · 63% of file · h3 1,143,679 · h2 406,403 · 11,430 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	27.2	0.7	31.4	24.2	0.8	104.2	105.7
	p95	236.3	3.3	149.1	148.2	5.3	534.4	540.4
	p99	688.2	7.2	384.9	444	19.8	1388.1	1396.2
Cloudflare h3	p50	20.8	1	34	52	0.6	137	138
	p95	203.3	3	158.1	220	6	565.5	568.5
	p99	487.2	6.8	336	488.5	17	1269.3	1276.5
CloudFront h3	p50	39.5	1	45.3	44	0.6	170	171
	p95	267.5	3	213.4	287.8	4.5	749.1	750.1
	p99	641.4	6.1	400.3	551.2	17.5	1476.7	1485.4
Fastly h2	p50	2	23	42	29.1	0	258	259
	p95	186.6	185.6	315.4	217.6	4	1127.4	1130.4
	p99	559.4	509.8	1010.9	687.3	13	3099.1	3112.2
Cloudflare h2	p50	33	26.3	54.4	56.3	0.9	257.3	260.4
	p95	306.5	423	414.3	282.5	7	1332	1343.7
	p99	1048.3	1008.5	1109.2	841	45	3633.1	3637.5
CloudFront h2	p50	46.6	31	81.2	49	0.7	334.1	336
	p95	349.9	430.8	611.1	340	4.9	1559.6	1564.6
	p99	1012.9	1244.7	1471.4	844.6	17.9	3862.7	3863.1

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

22.7 ms114,969

Fastly h2

28 ms138,700

CloudFront h3

32 ms204,725

Cloudflare h3

36.3 ms197,054

Cloudflare h2

47.7 ms67,067

CloudFront h2

63 ms53,738

783,577 warm probes · 31% of file · h3 516,748 · h2 259,505 · 7,324 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	19.1	0.6	21.5	22.7
	p95	106	3.5	119.8	123.6
	p99	302.2	12.4	451.3	455.1
Fastly h2	p50	25	0	27.9	28
	p95	177	2.1	204.9	215.4
	p99	825.2	9.6	1041.1	1065.8
CloudFront h3	p50	29	0.3	31.1	32
	p95	197	2.6	205.5	207
	p99	370.4	8.3	417.4	439.1
Cloudflare h3	p50	33.7	0.5	35.2	36.3
	p95	147.1	3.1	153	156
	p99	349.1	9.1	385	387.2
Cloudflare h2	p50	40.6	0.7	46.1	47.7
	p95	269.5	4.3	302.8	323.2
	p99	1333	47.4	1458	1492.5
CloudFront h2	p50	46	0.5	61.6	63
	p95	378.6	3.1	476	487.4
	p99	1866.6	10.8	2097	2129.3

100.bin 100 KB 2,501,963 probes · 96.8% ok · newest 5M probes

Cloudflare Fastly CloudFront close race <5% insufficient data 68 countries colored · floor: ≥500 warm probes per provider (totalled across both files) · p50 shown per file · 13 close race <5%

cold fresh TLS handshake

Fastly h3

139.6 ms304,858

Cloudflare h3

207.1 ms408,541

CloudFront h3

229 ms419,199

Cloudflare h2

290 ms111,228

Fastly h2

313 ms210,913

CloudFront h2

404.8 ms93,548

1,559,586 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,132,598 · h2 415,689 · 11,299 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	27.7	0.7	31	24.4	27.7	104.2	139.6
	p95	235.2	3.4	146.4	140	176.6	517	696.4
	p99	533.2	7	383	371.4	520.9	1422.8	1807.6
Cloudflare h3	p50	20	1	34.3	54	58	138	207.1
	p95	195	3	161	222.4	355.8	580.8	896
	p99	506.3	6	364.8	558.5	931.2	1320.4	2056.2
CloudFront h3	p50	38.7	1	46	45	49	173.5	229
	p95	262.1	3	223	294	315.9	736.7	1047.4
	p99	646	6.5	416.9	503.4	635.6	1504	2143.5
Cloudflare h2	p50	31	22	49.3	53.8	30	245.8	290
	p95	293.8	351.7	381.9	267.7	333.4	1272.5	1612.8
	p99	1039.1	851.9	1051.6	940.1	1038.1	3145	3675
Fastly h2	p50	2	22.2	41.3	30	38	264	313
	p95	183.3	193.2	298.4	231.7	282.3	1174.3	1446.4
	p99	633.7	496.2	764.4	654	847.2	2719.8	3195.8
CloudFront h2	p50	45.3	30.3	75.2	58.2	53	334.3	404.8
	p95	354.9	395.6	576.5	401.3	413.2	1477.6	1884.2
	p99	1080.5	880.8	1208.4	848.1	1025.8	3372.8	4088.3

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

39.4 ms114,549

Fastly h2

54 ms136,862

CloudFront h3

59 ms203,997

Cloudflare h3

70.2 ms193,993

Cloudflare h2

73.5 ms67,323

CloudFront h2

115.1 ms53,565

789,427 warm probes · 32% of file · h3 512,539 · h2 257,750 · 19,138 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	20.1	13.3	22.6	39.4
	p95	103.8	112.3	116.4	230.5
	p99	257.6	317.1	362.3	652.7
Fastly h2	p50	27.8	17.5	30.8	54
	p95	180.3	258.4	208.9	462.7
	p99	712.7	1228.4	809.5	2117.6
CloudFront h3	p50	28.8	24.3	31	59
	p95	193.9	225.2	200.1	412.1
	p99	358.7	428.2	403.3	759.6
Cloudflare h3	p50	34.8	28	36.5	70.2
	p95	147	231.4	154	362.4
	p99	310.5	666.8	319.1	956
Cloudflare h2	p50	42	19.1	47	73.5
	p95	350.4	467.1	410.5	931.5
	p99	1729	1468.9	1858.9	3003.8
CloudFront h2	p50	57	28.7	73.7	115.1
	p95	527.3	650.1	614.9	1327.3
	p99	2107.1	1717.9	2302.2	3567.6

By device p50 total_ms · newest 5M probes

device	variant	file	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
mobile	cold	1p.gif	851,270	177 ms	213 ms	202.2 ms
	cold	100.bin	842,837	256 ms	258.8 ms	261 ms
	warm	1p.gif	430,613	42 ms	29.4 ms	38 ms
	warm	100.bin	425,567	80 ms	53 ms	70 ms
desktop	cold	1p.gif	710,242	133.3 ms	102.6 ms	172.6 ms
	cold	100.bin	716,749	188.4 ms	132.6 ms	230.7 ms
	warm	1p.gif	352,964	35 ms	21 ms	32.5 ms
	warm	100.bin	363,860	63 ms	41 ms	60.8 ms

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

1p.gif 43 B

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	199,022	165.2 ms	179 ms	155 ms
GB	186,329	104 ms	120.1 ms	92.6 ms
DE	109,493	141 ms	138 ms	108.4 ms
BR	117,605	145.1 ms	127.5 ms	397 ms
TR	72,677	235.8 ms	208.2 ms	190.6 ms
FR	72,520	106.2 ms	122 ms	92 ms
ES	55,968	123.1 ms	122.3 ms	117.9 ms
MX	51,474	228.2 ms	206.7 ms	200.8 ms
IT	41,694	150 ms	150.8 ms	131 ms
NL	37,326	119.6 ms	131 ms	108 ms
CA	33,939	137 ms	139 ms	125 ms
AU	32,705	114 ms	135 ms	537 ms
HK	21,514	217.6 ms	297.8 ms	585.5 ms
AR	31,045	156.1 ms	154 ms	510.8 ms
JP	27,542	176.9 ms	195 ms	499 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	108,643	39 ms	25 ms	26 ms
GB	121,326	28 ms	16 ms	16.6 ms
DE	56,215	43.1 ms	22.6 ms	21.8 ms
BR	45,101	34 ms	20.3 ms	130.8 ms
TR	37,717	76.3 ms	56.9 ms	42 ms
FR	33,808	29.6 ms	18 ms	18 ms
ES	22,671	32 ms	20.2 ms	21.5 ms
MX	19,950	62 ms	39.8 ms	35.8 ms
IT	18,504	38 ms	26 ms	27.2 ms
NL	17,023	32.5 ms	19.8 ms	22 ms
CA	16,963	36.7 ms	20.3 ms	21.6 ms
AU	16,161	27.5 ms	15.9 ms	177 ms
HK	24,857	33.2 ms	74.7 ms	214.6 ms
AR	12,977	30.5 ms	19.9 ms	146 ms
JP	15,098	33.7 ms	16.6 ms	129 ms

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cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	212,069	221.6 ms	209 ms	199.5 ms
GB	185,292	160 ms	152 ms	120 ms
DE	108,150	228.9 ms	178 ms	140.6 ms
BR	116,039	208.2 ms	159.2 ms	591.6 ms
TR	72,278	334 ms	285.8 ms	254.9 ms
FR	72,461	152.7 ms	154 ms	121 ms
ES	55,697	178 ms	146 ms	148 ms
MX	51,140	317.4 ms	259.3 ms	254 ms
IT	41,304	225 ms	186 ms	178 ms
NL	36,691	182.4 ms	160 ms	138.2 ms
CA	33,244	193 ms	170 ms	159.6 ms
AU	32,297	171 ms	166 ms	804 ms
HK	20,663	295 ms	378 ms	847 ms
AR	30,561	222.7 ms	187.2 ms	730 ms
JP	27,138	243.7 ms	226.1 ms	697 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	119,337	75 ms	48 ms	48 ms
GB	121,167	46.1 ms	27 ms	29.3 ms
DE	55,674	80.2 ms	44.5 ms	43 ms
BR	44,656	61.5 ms	38.3 ms	263.9 ms
TR	38,075	117 ms	93 ms	74.8 ms
FR	33,557	51.2 ms	32.2 ms	33 ms
ES	22,324	58.2 ms	38 ms	42 ms
MX	19,769	105.5 ms	65.8 ms	66 ms
IT	18,126	72 ms	46.4 ms	50.6 ms
NL	16,955	63 ms	37.1 ms	42 ms
CA	16,615	60.6 ms	36.8 ms	41 ms
AU	15,730	53.9 ms	31.6 ms	345 ms
HK	24,736	52.6 ms	121.7 ms	441.3 ms
AR	12,981	56 ms	34.8 ms	276 ms
JP	14,670	67.8 ms	33 ms	251.6 ms

newest 5,000,000 probes across 2 sites · 2026-06-15 09:41:57.904 to 2026-10-25 06:09:27.089 UTC