Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsArbitrum
Trails$0.000789
- p99
- $0.000800
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 40,318
BNB
Leads$0.000677
- p99
- $0.00525
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 40,318
Arbitrum vs BNB
Arbitrum leads on 1 of 6 shared benchmarks, BNB on 5. Arbitrum wins on Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (12.53 s vs 12.60 s). BNB wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000677 vs $0.000789), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (5.38 s vs 1050.00 s), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (86.00 s vs 1050.00 s), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (27.88 s vs 27.94 s).
Arbitrum
Optimistic rollup built on Nitro stack with a fast-finality sequencer. Sub-second block times (~250 ms) via a 250 ms default block interval, far below the 2 s OP Stack convention. 7-day fraud-proof window for L1 finality.
BNB
Proof-of-Staked-Authority L1 with 21 active validators rotating per epoch. Probabilistic finality reached after roughly 2 blocks. Block time around 3 seconds.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails1050.00 min
- p99
- 1768.80 s
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 26
BNB
Leads5.38 s
- p99
- 1000.50 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 499
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails1050.00 min
- p99
- 1197.00 s
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 4
BNB
Leads86.00 min
- p99
- 270.00 s
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 25
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Trails27.94 s
- p99
- 1730.53 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 440
BNB
Leads27.88 s
- p99
- 218.81 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 609
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads12.53 s
- p99
- 54.70 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 106
BNB
Trails12.60 s
- p99
- 52.06 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 53
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Trails1500.00 min
- p99
- 1794.00 s
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 8
BNB
Leads45.00 s
- p99
- 119.20 s
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 8
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs BNB: which one is better?
Arbitrum and BNB are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Arbitrum leads on Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery. BNB leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on fastest hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery, Arbitrum or BNB?
On the Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Arbitrum leads at 12.53 s versus BNB at 12.60 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Arbitrum or BNB?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, BNB leads at $0.000677 versus Arbitrum at $0.000789. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Arbitrum vs BNB 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
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.