Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsArbitrum
Leads$0.000822
- p99
- $0.000851
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 40,317
Ethereum
Trails$0.00562
- p99
- $0.4707
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 40,317
Arbitrum vs Ethereum
Arbitrum leads on 3 of 6 shared benchmarks, Ethereum on 3. Arbitrum wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000822 vs $0.00562), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (31.75 s vs 4.2 min), Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (10.54 s vs 4.0 min). Ethereum wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (14.3 min vs 16.6 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (17.1 min vs 19.0 min), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (17.1 min vs 19.7 min).
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.
Ethereum
PoS chain using Gasper (Casper FFG plus LMD-GHOST). 12-second slots with deterministic finality every two epochs, roughly 12.8 minutes.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails16.6 min
- p99
- 28.7 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 26
Ethereum
Leads14.3 min
- p99
- 19.9 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 776
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails19.0 min
- p99
- 29.7 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 42
Ethereum
Leads17.1 min
- p99
- 52.9 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 212
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads31.75 s
- p99
- 28.6 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 1,816
Ethereum
Trails4.2 min
- p99
- 19.6 min
- rank
- #17
- samples
- 1,812
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads10.54 s
- p99
- 56.50 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 575
Ethereum
Trails4.0 min
- p99
- 5.0 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 664
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Trails19.7 min
- p99
- 35.7 min
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 43
Ethereum
Leads17.1 min
- p99
- 26.1 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 158
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs Ethereum: which one is better?
Arbitrum and Ethereum are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Arbitrum leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. Ethereum leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Arbitrum or Ethereum?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Arbitrum leads at $0.000822 versus Ethereum at $0.00562. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on fastest wormhole vaa finalization by source chain, live latency, Arbitrum or Ethereum?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Ethereum leads at 14.3 min versus Arbitrum at 16.6 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Arbitrum vs Ethereum 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.