0x vs Nordstern 2026: 2 live benchmarks compared

Name: 0x vs Nordstern OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

OpenChainBench

0x vs Nordstern

Split decision: 0x leads on Fastest EVM swap quote API (218 ms vs 376 ms); Nordstern leads on Best DEX aggregator by quote output (0.65 bps vs 18.5 bps). Data as of 2026-10-22 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:11:17 UTCWindow: rolling 24h2 shared benchmarks

Nordstern

Side by side measurements

Fastest EVM swap quote API

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

Leads

218 ms

p99: 457 ms
rank: #1
samples: 3,450

Nordstern

Trails

376 ms

p99: 1.96 s
rank: #4
samples: 3,581

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US East	EU West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	0x	90 ms	231 ms	499 ms	273 ms
Ethereum	Nordstern	367 ms	300 ms	387 ms	351 ms
Base	0x	79 ms	151 ms	350 ms	193 ms
Base	Nordstern	395 ms	360 ms	379 ms	378 ms
Arbitrum	0x	114 ms	171 ms	350 ms	212 ms
Arbitrum	Nordstern	420 ms	367 ms	428 ms	405 ms
BSC	0x	77 ms	151 ms	350 ms	193 ms
BSC	Nordstern	372 ms	341 ms	397 ms	370 ms

Quote latency

0xn/aNordsternn/a

Best DEX aggregator by quote output: who actually gives you more

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

Trails

18.5 bps

p99: 26.3 bps
rank: #6
samples: 3,450

Nordstern

Leads

0.65 bps

p99: 8.12 bps
rank: #2
samples: 3,581

Per chain

Chain	0x	Nordstern
Ethereum	19.2 bps	0.35 bps
Base	18.2 bps	0.37 bps
Arbitrum	19.6 bps	1.56 bps
BSC	17.0 bps	0.32 bps

Quote shortfall

0xn/aNordsternn/a

Every provider is asked for the same swap at the same second, and each answer is scored against the best of that round. The figure is how much less you would have received, in basis points. Quotes are not comparable between rounds: the market moves 30 to 37 bps in five minutes while the field sits inside 25. Two providers take a fee out of the quote and declare it, shown separately: giving up 25 bps to a toll is not routing badly.

Frequently asked questions

0x vs Nordstern: which one is better?

0x and Nordstern are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. 0x leads on Fastest EVM swap quote API. Nordstern leads on Best DEX aggregator by quote output. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, 0x or Nordstern?

On the Fastest EVM swap quote API benchmark, 0x leads at 218 ms versus Nordstern at 376 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is cheaper, 0x or Nordstern?

On the Best DEX aggregator by quote output benchmark, Nordstern leads at 0.65 bps versus 0x at 18.5 bps. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the 0x vs Nordstern comparison measured?

Every benchmark on this page uses the same open methodology, published at https://openchainbench.com/methodology. Data is CC-BY-4.0. Measurement harnesses are MIT-licensed.

How this pair was selected

Auto-generated pairs require: both providers in the same benchmark for seven consecutive days, at least 1000 samples per provider, observable third-party search demand, and a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. Editorially curated pairs (like this one) may publish early when search demand is high and data is accruing; panels with fewer than 100 samples are shown as provisional. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo.