StatusOperational Live status
LLMAPI discountUp to −25%
Models on LLMAPI4
From$0.15 / 1M blended
RegionsUS
Best uptime (24h)99.24%
Verdict
SambaNova builds custom dataflow AI chips and offers a cloud API serving open models with high throughput. Through LLMAPI you reach 4 SambaNova models on the same OpenAI-compatible endpoint as every other provider, so switching between them is a one-string change.
Good fit for
- Text Generation
- Fastest Throughput
- Lowest Latency (TTFT)
- Best for High Volume Production
- Open-Weight Models
- Best for Local Deployment
Consider another provider for
- No code generation models in this catalog
- No image generation models in this catalog
- No vision models in this catalog
- No video generation models in this catalog
Key facts
Where a provider does not document something we say so rather than guess. Everything LLMAPI records about SambaNova, in one table.
Overview | |
| Provider | SambaNova |
| Website | sambanova.ai |
| Best for | High-throughput open-model serving on custom hardware |
| Models on LLMAPI | 4 |
| Popular models | Llama 3.3 70B, Llama 3.1 405B, DeepSeek R1 (distill), Qwen2.5 series |
Access & routing | |
| API compatibility | OpenAI-compatible — /v1/chat/completions |
| Model ID prefix | sambanova/<model> |
| Regions | US |
| Fallback | Configurable — on 429 or 5xx the router switches to any other model or provider on your list |
| Billing | One invoice across every provider, with per-key spend limits |
| Volume discount | Eligible |
Performance (median across listed models) | |
| Blended price / 1M | $0.15 |
| Uptime (24h) | 99.24% (median across listed models) |
Modality | |
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Trust & safety | |
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Privacy & data | |
| Inference location | US |
| Data residency | Not documented by the provider |
| Default retention | Not documented by the provider |
| Zero-data retention | Not documented by the provider |
| Training on API data | Not documented by the provider |
| Human review | Not documented by the provider |
Compliance & lifecycle | |
| Certifications | SOC 2 · ISO 27001 |
| Deprecation notice | Not documented by the provider |
| Operational status | Operational Live status |
Prices and context from the OpenRouter public catalogue; uptime and output speed from OpenRouter provider endpoints; quality scores from LiveBench. Refreshed nightly — last updated 2026-09-29. — means no figure is published for that model.
Best SambaNova models
A quick view of how SambaNova 's 4 models compare on intelligence, output speed and price — so you can pick the right one for your use case.
Most intelligent
#1Llama 3.1 405B40
#2DeepSeek R1 (distill)32
#3Llama 3.3 70B31
#4Qwen2.5 series24
Intelligence index · 4 models
Fastest
#1Qwen2.5 series1,090 t/s
#2Llama 3.3 70B962 t/s
#3Llama 3.1 405B947 t/s
#4DeepSeek R1 (distill)333 t/s
Output tokens / second · 4 models
Lowest price
#1Llama 3.3 70B$1.06
#2Qwen2.5 series$1.32
#3Llama 3.1 405B$11.08
#4DeepSeek R1 (distill)$11.51
Blended price per 1M tokens · 4 models
Compared with other hosts
How SambaNova sits against the rest of the catalog, using the same measurements shown on every provider page.
- Price. Median blended price of $6.20 per 1M tokens — 1% above the $6.13 median across all 50 providers in the catalog.
- Throughput. Median output speed of 954 tokens/s, 174% faster than the 348 tok/s catalog median.
- Catalog depth. 4 models listed, against a catalog average of 5 per provider.
- Integration. Identical to every other provider here — same endpoint, same SDK, same keys, so a switch costs one string change.
Median blended price per 1M tokens
lower is better| SambaNova | $6.20 | |
| Wafer | $6.22 | |
| Alibaba Cloud | $6.23 | |
| $6.31 | ||
| Arcee AI | $6.07 | |
| Anthropic | $6.63 |
Median output speed
higher is better| SambaNova | 954 tok/s | |
| Wafer | 303 tok/s | |
| Alibaba Cloud | 150 tok/s | |
| 239 tok/s | ||
| Arcee AI | 369 tok/s | |
| Anthropic | 365 tok/s |
Figures are medians across the models listed on each provider page and are refreshed with the catalog.
Models & pricing
Every SambaNova model reachable with your LLMAPI key. Click a column heading to sort.
| Model | API model name | Uptime 24h | Price / 1M | Context |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llama 3.3 70B | sambanova/llama-3-3-70b | 99.24% | $ 0.15 | 131 k |
| Llama 3.1 405B | sambanova/llama-3-1-405b | — | — | — |
| DeepSeek R1 (distill) | sambanova/deepseek-r1-distill | — | — | — |
| Qwen2.5 series | sambanova/qwen2-5-series | — | — | — |
Price is a blended per-1M-token figure; latency is time to first token and throughput is output tokens per second, measured on the LLMAPI edge.
Cost calculator
Pick a model, enter your traffic, and see the monthly bill at LLMAPI rates.
Estimates use the blended per-1M-token price shown in the table above. Word counts differ by language — Cyrillic and CJK text uses 2–3× more tokens per word.
SambaNova via LLMAPI
Same models, same features, one key. Prefix the model ID with sambanova/ and point your OpenAI client at our base URL.
# Python · OpenAI SDK from openai import OpenAI client = OpenAI( base_url="https://api.llmapi.ai/v1", api_key="LLMAPI_KEY", ) r = client.chat.completions.create( model="sambanova/llama-3-3-70b", messages=[{"role": "user", "content": "Hello"}], )
| Pricing | Eligible for LLMAPI volume discounts; billed on one invoice with every other provider. |
| Features | Full pass-through — tool calling, JSON schema, streaming, vision and reasoning behave exactly as on SambaNova’s own API. |
| Fallback | Configurable. On 429 or 5xx the router switches to any model or provider on your fallback list. |
| Regions | US |
| Your data | LLMAPI stores request metadata only — model, token counts, latency and status. No prompt or completion content. |
Capabilities & use cases
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Developer resources
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Questions
How do I call SambaNova models through LLMAPI?
Point any OpenAI-compatible client at https://api.llmapi.ai/v1 and use the model ID sambanova/llama-3-3-70b. No other change is needed.
Does SambaNova cost more through LLMAPI?
No. This provider is eligible for LLMAPI volume discounts, so heavy usage lands below list price.
Which regions are used?
US
What happens if the provider returns an error?
On 429 or 5xx responses the router falls back to any other model or provider on your configured list, so requests keep succeeding.
How many SambaNova models are available?
4 at the moment, all listed in the models table above and updated as the provider ships new ones.
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