# deepseek vs google — AI API latency comparison
Updated July 24, 2026. As of July 24, 2026, google has lower edge latency (time-to-first-byte) than deepseek in 4 of 4 measured region(s). From South America (São Paulo), google responds in 152 ms p50 vs 426 ms.

| Region | deepseek p50 | google p50 | Faster |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Asia (Tokyo) | 172 ms | 63 ms | google |
| Europe (Germany) | 299 ms | 99 ms | google |
| South America (São Paulo) | 426 ms | 152 ms | google |
| US (Central) | 309 ms | 40 ms | google |


Source: https://llmlatency.dev/compare/deepseek-vs-google