google vs openai — AI API latency comparison

As of July 24, 2026, google has lower edge latency (time-to-first-byte) than openai in 4 of 4 measured region(s). From Asia (Tokyo), google responds in 62 ms p50 vs 202 ms.

Edge latency by region

Regiongoogle p50 TTFBopenai p50 TTFBFaster
Asia (Tokyo)62 ms202 msgoogle
Europe (Germany)99 ms231 msgoogle
South America (São Paulo)152 ms221 msgoogle
US (Central)39 ms126 msgoogle

Full details: google by region · openai by region.