Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBase
Leads$0.000247
- p99
- $0.00306
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 40,317
BNB
Trails$0.000685
- p99
- $0.00688
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 40,317
Base vs BNB
Base leads on 1 of 6 shared benchmarks, BNB on 5. Base wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000247 vs $0.000685). BNB wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (8.01 s vs 20.6 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.2 min vs 25.0 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (33.53 s vs 1.1 min), Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (10.43 s vs 23.35 s).
Base
Coinbase-operated optimistic rollup on the OP Stack. 2-second sequencer block time, shared bridge with Optimism via the OP Superchain, fastest-growing L2 by TVL since 2024.
BNB
Proof-of-Staked-Authority L1 with 21 active validators rotating per epoch. Probabilistic finality reached after roughly 2 blocks. Block time around 3 seconds.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBase
Trails20.6 min
- p99
- 29.8 min
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 45
BNB
Leads8.01 s
- p99
- 1.9 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 647
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails25.0 min
- p99
- 41.0 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 90
BNB
Leads1.2 min
- p99
- 4.0 min
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 155
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails1.1 min
- p99
- 2.8 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1,861
BNB
Leads33.53 s
- p99
- 4.2 min
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 1,477
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails23.35 s
- p99
- 1.2 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 505
BNB
Leads10.43 s
- p99
- 50.45 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 191
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.2 min
- p99
- 42.2 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 78
BNB
Leads41.10 s
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 151
Frequently asked questions
Base vs BNB: which one is better?
Base and BNB are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. BNB leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Base or BNB?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Base leads at $0.000247 versus BNB at $0.000685. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on fastest wormhole vaa finalization by source chain, live latency, Base or BNB?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, BNB leads at 8.01 s versus Base at 20.6 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs BNB 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.