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 2,498,447 probes · 96.8% ok · newest 5M probes

Cloudflare Fastly CloudFront close race <5% insufficient data 70 countries colored · floor: ≥500 warm probes per provider (totalled across both files) · p50 shown per file · 14 close race <5%

cold fresh TLS handshake

Fastly h3

101.3 ms305,428

Cloudflare h3

133.2 ms411,851

CloudFront h3

173 ms421,222

Cloudflare h2

244.2 ms99,005

Fastly h2

250 ms201,663

CloudFront h2

306.1 ms88,216

1,539,124 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,138,501 · h2 388,884 · 11,739 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	25.1	0.7	30.1	23.3	0.8	99.9	101.3
	p95	228.1	3.2	146.2	128.8	4.7	503.8	508.7
	p99	607.3	6.9	367.7	374.9	19.1	1411.1	1412.5
Cloudflare h3	p50	20	1	34.3	51.6	0.6	132	133.2
	p95	184.8	3	164.6	219	5.5	555.9	560.5
	p99	513.6	7.1	337.1	595.5	17	1426.1	1447.7
CloudFront h3	p50	38.3	1	46.5	44.6	0.6	172	173
	p95	248.4	3	218	301.8	5	733.3	736.1
	p99	567.1	6.4	395.2	541	15.6	1563.6	1602.7
Cloudflare h2	p50	31	24	51.8	52.9	0.9	242.3	244.2
	p95	294.2	399.4	394.7	262.4	6.8	1276.2	1288
	p99	1031.8	937	1099.8	844.1	47	3347.4	3377.3
Fastly h2	p50	2	22.1	42	28	0	249.6	250
	p95	182	170	292	183	3.6	1114.9	1121.9
	p99	715	453.3	948.5	473.7	11.9	2997.5	3010.4
CloudFront h2	p50	44.4	27.4	75.5	45	0.7	304.1	306.1
	p95	359.5	388.6	608.2	309.4	4.2	1484.6	1501.1
	p99	1271.8	885.5	1458	831.7	19	3784.9	3810.5

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

22.2 ms117,841

Fastly h2

28.5 ms142,784

CloudFront h3

31 ms210,162

Cloudflare h3

36.9 ms202,334

Cloudflare h2

47 ms69,381

CloudFront h2

63 ms55,697

805,016 warm probes · 32% of file · h3 530,337 · h2 267,862 · 6,817 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	19	0.6	21.2	22.2
	p95	104.2	3.5	118.5	122.8
	p99	249.7	12.6	368.4	374.1
Fastly h2	p50	25	0	28	28.5
	p95	178.1	2.1	202.4	207
	p99	807.6	7.8	926.5	932.8
CloudFront h3	p50	28	0.3	30	31
	p95	196	2.4	203.8	206
	p99	347	7	391.2	409
Cloudflare h3	p50	34	0.5	36	36.9
	p95	143	3.1	148.1	150
	p99	342.8	8.9	366.8	371.9
Cloudflare h2	p50	40.1	0.7	45.2	47
	p95	292	4.2	334.2	353.8
	p99	1427.5	50.1	1575.9	1581.5
CloudFront h2	p50	44.9	0.5	61.5	63
	p95	379.3	3	456.5	468.4
	p99	1883.7	11.3	1943.2	1982.7

100.bin 100 KB 2,501,553 probes · 96.9% ok · newest 5M probes

Cloudflare Fastly CloudFront close race <5% insufficient data 70 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

136 ms304,666

Cloudflare h3

200.6 ms406,903

CloudFront h3

223 ms416,836

Cloudflare h2

282.9 ms105,601

Fastly h2

294 ms204,614

CloudFront h2

389 ms88,296

1,538,579 cold probes · 62% of file · h3 1,128,405 · h2 398,511 · 11,663 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		DNS	TCP	TLS	WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	26.1	0.7	30.9	24	27.9	102.2	136
	p95	207.1	3.2	152.3	129.2	181	484.1	651.5
	p99	484.1	6.8	327.1	313.1	468.6	1200.3	1573.2
Cloudflare h3	p50	19.4	1	33.5	52.6	57	131.7	200.6
	p95	186.4	3	159.8	221	342.4	555	882
	p99	457.5	6.5	341.1	496	928.1	1285.6	1939.5
CloudFront h3	p50	38.4	1	45.6	45	47.3	168.9	223
	p95	257.4	3	217.5	290.7	315.9	736.2	1042.3
	p99	664.7	6.5	423.9	497.1	655.9	1474.1	1995
Cloudflare h2	p50	30.7	21.6	48.7	52	29.3	240	282.9
	p95	292.2	349	372	258.2	341.7	1223	1552.8
	p99	966.1	851.3	980.6	679.3	978.7	3106.4	3708.4
Fastly h2	p50	2	22	40	27.8	36	249	294
	p95	166.7	169.6	289.4	196	281.1	1115.2	1402.5
	p99	493.5	461	888.1	581.1	974.2	2683.8	3517.1
CloudFront h2	p50	44	28	72.3	57	50.2	324.7	389
	p95	341.5	358.5	615.3	394.4	421.6	1512	1911
	p99	1090.9	838	1386.6	887.8	1079.4	3585.4	4372.6

warm reused connection

Fastly h3

40.5 ms117,428

Fastly h2

53 ms140,939

CloudFront h3

59.9 ms209,282

Cloudflare h3

69.4 ms199,101

Cloudflare h2

71.2 ms69,576

CloudFront h2

115.5 ms55,499

810,259 warm probes · 32% of file · h3 525,811 · h2 266,014 · 18,434 on h1/unknown (not ranked)

		WAIT	DL	TTFB	TOTAL
Fastly h3	p50	20.2	13.3	22.7	40.5
	p95	109.9	120.1	125	243.7
	p99	292.3	364.4	398.2	742.3
Fastly h2	p50	27	17	30	53
	p95	196.8	263	221.5	500.8
	p99	898.9	1165.6	1070.9	2284.8
CloudFront h3	p50	30	25	32	59.9
	p95	195	234.1	202.5	431.2
	p99	346.1	459	404	840.2
Cloudflare h3	p50	34	28	35.9	69.4
	p95	150.4	230.4	155.2	367
	p99	341	667.9	364.2	996.6
Cloudflare h2	p50	42	19	46.8	71.2
	p95	336.9	491.9	373.6	927.1
	p99	1871.1	1341.6	1991.1	2998
CloudFront h2	p50	57.6	28.2	73	115.5
	p95	520.2	653.6	619.6	1327
	p99	2257.7	1829.6	2328.2	3734.9

By device p50 total_ms · newest 5M probes

device	variant	file	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
mobile	cold	1p.gif	827,208	171 ms	209 ms	196.5 ms
	cold	100.bin	819,331	243 ms	251.3 ms	253 ms
	warm	1p.gif	441,951	41.3 ms	29.4 ms	37.1 ms
	warm	100.bin	436,749	79 ms	53 ms	73 ms
desktop	cold	1p.gif	711,916	127 ms	97.3 ms	173.2 ms
	cold	100.bin	719,248	185.5 ms	133 ms	222.9 ms
	warm	1p.gif	363,065	34 ms	21 ms	32.4 ms
	warm	100.bin	373,510	63 ms	39.8 ms	64.2 ms

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

1p.gif 43 B

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	197,434	165 ms	178 ms	152.9 ms
GB	187,473	102 ms	121 ms	92 ms
DE	110,523	141.6 ms	134.8 ms	106.6 ms
BR	114,979	137.3 ms	120.9 ms	396.7 ms
TR	70,534	229.7 ms	202 ms	185.9 ms
FR	70,949	104 ms	114 ms	91 ms
ES	52,755	118.4 ms	109 ms	113.2 ms
MX	49,592	214.7 ms	193.1 ms	195 ms
IT	40,390	142.7 ms	143.5 ms	127.9 ms
NL	37,189	116 ms	122 ms	105 ms
AU	34,150	113 ms	134 ms	532.4 ms
CA	33,716	135 ms	136 ms	124 ms
HK	22,033	210.3 ms	295 ms	585 ms
AR	28,775	139 ms	134.3 ms	499 ms
JP	25,335	165 ms	171 ms	484.8 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	111,259	38 ms	25 ms	26 ms
GB	123,538	28 ms	16 ms	16.5 ms
DE	58,348	43 ms	22.3 ms	22 ms
BR	45,458	33.9 ms	20.4 ms	131 ms
TR	38,750	76 ms	57 ms	42 ms
FR	34,443	29.1 ms	18 ms	18 ms
ES	23,233	32 ms	20.2 ms	21.5 ms
MX	20,744	61.6 ms	39.5 ms	35.4 ms
IT	19,099	38 ms	25.8 ms	27.1 ms
NL	17,700	32.4 ms	19.5 ms	22 ms
AU	17,060	27.8 ms	15.9 ms	177 ms
CA	17,255	36.3 ms	20.1 ms	21.4 ms
HK	26,289	33.1 ms	72 ms	212.8 ms
AR	13,271	30.3 ms	19.8 ms	146 ms
JP	15,658	33.8 ms	16.7 ms	129 ms

100.bin 100 KB

cold

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	210,507	218.1 ms	208 ms	194.4 ms
GB	186,551	159 ms	154 ms	122 ms
DE	109,252	226.8 ms	174.1 ms	141 ms
BR	113,486	200.2 ms	157.8 ms	590.9 ms
TR	70,235	322 ms	269 ms	249.8 ms
FR	70,951	151.4 ms	147 ms	115.2 ms
ES	52,726	170.5 ms	139.5 ms	141 ms
MX	49,317	303 ms	240.8 ms	247.3 ms
IT	40,095	219.7 ms	181 ms	168.8 ms
NL	36,670	177 ms	156 ms	135.7 ms
AU	33,631	170 ms	164.9 ms	800 ms
CA	32,983	188 ms	168 ms	159.2 ms
HK	21,142	292.6 ms	374.1 ms	847.2 ms
AR	28,387	204.2 ms	169.8 ms	715.8 ms
JP	25,066	234.1 ms	203 ms	678 ms

warm

country	probes	Cloudflare	Fastly	CloudFront
US	121,560	76 ms	48 ms	47 ms
GB	123,425	46 ms	26.2 ms	30 ms
DE	57,805	78.9 ms	44 ms	43 ms
BR	45,042	60.7 ms	38.1 ms	263.2 ms
TR	39,136	117.2 ms	93.7 ms	75 ms
FR	34,158	51.3 ms	32.3 ms	33.6 ms
ES	22,934	58.1 ms	38 ms	42.2 ms
MX	20,559	104.6 ms	65.2 ms	66 ms
IT	18,697	71.2 ms	46.4 ms	50 ms
NL	17,592	62.3 ms	37 ms	42 ms
AU	16,601	54 ms	31.3 ms	348.1 ms
CA	16,876	60.1 ms	36.8 ms	40.4 ms
HK	26,161	52.2 ms	118 ms	434.7 ms
AR	13,282	55.8 ms	34.6 ms	274.7 ms
JP	15,189	67 ms	33 ms	251 ms

newest 5,000,000 probes across 2 sites · 2026-06-15 06:31:46.733 to 2026-07-26 22:15:46.947 UTC