Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsArbitrum
Trails$0.000822
- p99
- $0.000851
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 40,317
Solana
Leads$0.000382
- p99
- $0.000383
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 40,317
Arbitrum vs Solana
Arbitrum leads on 2 of 5 shared benchmarks, Solana on 3. Arbitrum wins on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (31.71 s vs 48.38 s), Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (10.54 s vs 42.15 s). Solana wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000382 vs $0.000822), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (19.41 s vs 16.6 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.4 min vs 19.0 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.
Solana
Proof-of-History sequencing combined with Tower BFT consensus. Probabilistic finality at 32 confirmed slots. Slot time around 400 milliseconds.
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
Solana
Leads19.41 s
- p99
- 2.7 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 7,472
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails19.0 min
- p99
- 29.7 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 42
Solana
Leads1.4 min
- p99
- 8.1 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 38
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads31.71 s
- p99
- 28.6 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 1,819
Solana
Trails48.38 s
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 328
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads10.54 s
- p99
- 56.48 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 576
Solana
Trails42.15 s
- p99
- 1.9 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 112
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs Solana: which one is better?
Arbitrum and Solana are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Arbitrum leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery. Solana 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 layerzero source chain by end-to-end message delivery, Arbitrum or Solana?
On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Arbitrum leads at 31.71 s versus Solana at 48.38 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 Solana?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Solana leads at $0.000382 versus Arbitrum at $0.000822. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Arbitrum vs Solana 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.