Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot)
RPCsAvalanche
Leads183 ms
- p99
- 277 ms
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 4,323
Optimism
Trails333 ms
- p99
- 519 ms
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 4,324
Avalanche vs Optimism
Avalanche leads on 6 of 6 shared benchmarks, Optimism on 0. Avalanche wins on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot) (183 ms vs 333 ms), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (3.99 s vs 17.5 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.9 min vs 18.8 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (37.26 s vs 1.4 min).
Avalanche
Primary Network runs the Snowman BFT consensus derived from Snow protocols. Sub-second deterministic finality with no chain reorganizations.
Optimism
Optimistic rollup and the canonical OP Stack reference implementation. 2-second sequencer block time, 7-day fraud-proof window, anchored to Ethereum L1 via batch submissions to the Optimism Portal.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesAvalanche
Leads3.99 s
- p99
- 14.39 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 49
Optimism
Trails17.5 min
- p99
- 19.9 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesAvalanche
Leads1.9 min
- p99
- 13.7 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 26
Optimism
Trails18.8 min
- p99
- 29.8 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 5
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesAvalanche
Leads37.26 s
- p99
- 34.9 min
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 251
Optimism
Trails1.4 min
- p99
- 27.5 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 601
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesAvalanche
Leads22.50 s
- p99
- 57.00 s
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 10
Optimism
Trails23.54 s
- p99
- 57.55 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 229
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesAvalanche
Leads38.58 s
- p99
- 1.9 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 16
Optimism
Trails25.0 min
- p99
- 29.9 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 6
Frequently asked questions
Avalanche vs Optimism: which one is better?
Avalanche and Optimism are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Avalanche leads on Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot). See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on fastest free public rpc for ethereum, bnb, polygon and 23 more chains (plus solana and polkadot), Avalanche or Optimism?
On the Fastest free public RPC for Ethereum, BNB, Polygon and 23 more chains (plus Solana and Polkadot) benchmark, Avalanche leads at 183 ms versus Optimism at 333 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Avalanche vs Optimism 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.