Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails16.6 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 25provisional
Polygon
Leads4.42 s
- p99
- 14.18 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 164
Arbitrum vs Polygon
Arbitrum leads on 1 of 4 shared benchmarks, Polygon on 3. Arbitrum wins on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (27.24 s vs 1.6 min). Polygon wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (4.42 s vs 16.6 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (11.9 min vs 17.6 min), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (45.70 s vs 20.0 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.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails17.6 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 63provisional
Polygon
Leads11.9 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 10provisional
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads27.24 s
- p99
- 23.1 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 689
Polygon
Trails1.6 min
- p99
- 16.1 min
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 155
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Trails20.0 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 18provisional
Polygon
Leads45.70 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 61provisional
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs Polygon: which one is better?
Arbitrum and Polygon are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Arbitrum leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Polygon leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, Arbitrum or Polygon?
On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Arbitrum leads at 27.24 s versus Polygon at 1.6 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster, Arbitrum or Polygon?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Polygon leads at 4.42 s versus Arbitrum at 16.6 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Arbitrum vs Polygon 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.