Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
BlockchainsArbitrum
Leads334 ms
- p99
- 504 ms
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 340,375
Linea
Trails5.21 s
- p99
- 49.07 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 9,663
Arbitrum vs Linea
Arbitrum leads on all 3 live benchmarks. Arbitrum wins on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more (334 ms vs 5.21 s), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.00104 vs $0.0149), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (27.24 s vs 3.2 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.
Linea
ConsenSys zkEVM rollup with a prover-bound block cadence. Idle periods batch into longer intervals (p50 around 3-6 s) while busy periods produce blocks closer to the nominal 2 s mark.
Side by side measurements
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsArbitrum
Leads$0.00104
- p99
- $0.00108
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 20,160
Linea
Trails$0.0149
- p99
- $0.0693
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 20,160
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails16.6 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 25provisional
Linea
No data in window
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails17.6 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 63provisional
Linea
No data in window
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads27.24 s
- p99
- 23.1 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 689
Linea
Trails3.2 min
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 52provisional
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Trails20.0 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 18provisional
Linea
No data in window
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs Linea: which one is better?
Arbitrum and Linea are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Arbitrum leads on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, Arbitrum or Linea?
On the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more benchmark, Arbitrum leads at 334 ms versus Linea at 5.21 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Arbitrum vs Linea 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.
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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.