OpenChainBench

Algorand vs Internet Computer

Split decision: Algorand leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000862 vs $0.000258) and Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.00871 vs $0.6728); Internet Computer leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.95 s vs 2.8 s) and Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (10.0% vs 4.67%). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Window: rolling 24h4 shared benchmarks
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Algorand

Pure proof-of-stake L1 where a randomly selected committee agrees on each block, so a block is final as soon as it is committed, with rounds of roughly 3 seconds.

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Internet Computer

The Internet Computer: subnets of nodes run canister smart contracts and sign state with chain-key cryptography; ICP pays ledger fees and is converted into cycles for compute.

Side by side measurements

Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain

Blockchains

Algorand

Trails

4.67 %

rank
#6
samples
1provisional

Internet Computer

Leads

10.0 %

rank
#3
samples
1provisional
Net yield
Algorandn/aInternet Computern/a

Nominal yield in the staked token, not real yield: a 19% APR on a token that inflates 12% a year is worth less than it looks, and price moves dominate both. MEV is included on Solana only and excluded on Ethereum. ICP is one neuron profile (2 year dissolve delay), Algorand one opt-in solo node, Ethereum one network average. Stellar and Somnia are not ranked, see the methodology.

Frequently asked questions

Algorand vs Internet Computer: which one is better?

Algorand and Internet Computer are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Algorand leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains. Internet Computer leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is cheaper, Algorand or Internet Computer?

On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Algorand leads at $0.0000862 versus Internet Computer at $0.000258. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

Which is faster, Algorand or Internet Computer?

On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, Internet Computer leads at 0.95 s versus Algorand at 2.8 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Algorand vs Internet Computer 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.

Live data refreshes via ISR within 60 seconds of a new run. Sources are the same Prometheus queries surfaced on the parent benchmark pages.