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Amazon SageMaker Inference Introduces Prefix-Aware Routing to Lower Latency

Amazon SageMaker Inference has introduced prefix-aware routing, a technique designed to keep KV caches warm and cut time-to-first-token latency.

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Amazon SageMaker Inference now offers prefix-aware routing for model serving workloads. Under this routing strategy, incoming requests that share the same prompt prefix are directed to the same instance. This dispatch approach is designed specifically so the KV cache stays warm across queries.

The new routing method was evaluated in benchmarks on Llama 3.1 70B. During testing, the approach reduced P50 time-to-first-token by up to 77%. Furthermore, the benchmark demonstrated that KV cache hit rates increased from about 25% to over 80%.

What this means for you

For organizations deploying large models on SageMaker, prefix-aware routing substantially reduces the initial response lag for prompts that share common contexts. By increasing KV cache hits, workloads with repeated system prompts or identical initial instructions can achieve faster turnaround times. This offers a practical architectural optimization for latency-sensitive generative AI applications.

Evidence

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  • Amazon SageMaker Inference now provides prefix-aware routing to send requests with the same prompt prefix to the same instance so the KV cache remains warm.

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    „Amazon SageMaker Inference now offers prefix-aware routing, a routing strategy that sends requests sharing the same prompt prefix“

    AWS, Machine Learning

  • In benchmarks conducted on Llama 3.1 70B, the routing strategy cut P50 time-to-first-token latency by as much as 77 percent.

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    „In benchmarks on Llama 3.1 70B, it reduced P50 time-to-first-token by up to 77%“

    AWS, Machine Learning

  • The implementation boosted KV cache hit rates from roughly 25 percent to above 80 percent.

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    „raised KV cache hit rates from about 25% to over 80%.“

    AWS, Machine Learning

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As of: September 10, 2026

AI-generatedAI-generated: produced automatically from vetted sources with technical quality checks (source, quote and figure verification); no human sign-off of each item before publication

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