Aptos vs Cardano 2026: 3 live benchmarks compared

Name: Aptos vs Cardano OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

OpenChainBench

Aptos vs Cardano

Aptos leads on all 3 live benchmarks. Aptos wins on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (2.39% vs 1.99%), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000322 vs $0.0271), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.0766 vs $0.1909). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Sat, 14 Nov 2026 23:38:31 UTCWindow: rolling 24h3 shared benchmarks

Aptos

Move-based L1 running a pipelined BFT consensus with sub-second blocks; a committed transaction is final.

Cardano

Ouroboros Praos PoS with 20-second slots and 1 block per 20 seconds on average. Probabilistic finality after about 2,160 blocks (k parameter).

Side by side measurements

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

Blockchains

Aptos

Leads

2.39 %

rank: #12
samples: 49provisional

Cardano

Trails

1.99 %

rank: #14
samples: 50provisional

Net yield

Aptosn/aCardanon/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.

Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains

Blockchains

Aptos

Leads

$0.0000322

p99: $0.0000506
rank: #5
samples: 20,160

Cardano

Trails

$0.0271

p99: $0.0280
rank: #26
samples: 20,160

Native transfer fee USD

Aptosn/aCardanon/a

Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain

Blockchains

Aptos

Leads

$0.0766

p99: $0.0803
rank: #11
samples: 20,160

Cardano

Trails

$0.1909

p99: $0.1972
rank: #13
samples: 20,160

Token deployment cost USD

Aptosn/aCardanon/a

Frequently asked questions

Aptos vs Cardano: which one is better?

Aptos and Cardano are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Aptos leads on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which has the higher net yield, Aptos or Cardano?

On the Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain benchmark, Aptos leads at 2.39% (provisional) versus Cardano at 1.99% (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the Aptos vs Cardano 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.