Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsArbitrum
Trails$0.00101
- p99
- $0.00111
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 20,159
Solana
Leads$0.000486
- p99
- $0.000513
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 20,159
Arbitrum vs Solana
Arbitrum leads on 1 of 4 shared benchmarks, Solana on 3. Arbitrum wins on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (25.51 s vs 45.45 s). Solana wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000486 vs $0.00101), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (12.57 s vs 17.1 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.2 min vs 17.1 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
Trails17.1 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 25provisional
Solana
Leads12.57 s
- p99
- 19.74 s
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 7,491
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesArbitrum
Trails17.1 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 28provisional
Solana
Leads1.2 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 84provisional
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesArbitrum
Leads25.51 s
- p99
- 27.7 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 1,117
Solana
Trails45.45 s
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 538
Frequently asked questions
Arbitrum vs Solana: which one is better?
Arbitrum and Solana are compared on 4 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, Arbitrum or Solana?
On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Arbitrum leads at 25.51 s versus Solana at 45.45 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, Arbitrum or Solana?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Solana leads at $0.000486 versus Arbitrum at $0.00101. 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.
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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.