Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBase
Leads$0.000247
- p99
- $0.00306
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 40,317
Ethereum
Trails$0.00563
- p99
- $0.4707
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 40,317
Base vs Ethereum
Base leads on 3 of 6 shared benchmarks, Ethereum on 3. Base wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000247 vs $0.00563), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.1 min vs 4.2 min), Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (23.34 s vs 4.0 min). Ethereum wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (14.3 min vs 20.6 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (17.1 min vs 25.0 min), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (17.1 min vs 25.2 min).
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.
Ethereum
PoS chain using Gasper (Casper FFG plus LMD-GHOST). 12-second slots with deterministic finality every two epochs, roughly 12.8 minutes.
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
Ethereum
Leads14.3 min
- p99
- 19.9 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 772
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails25.0 min
- p99
- 41.0 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 90
Ethereum
Leads17.1 min
- p99
- 52.8 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 217
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads1.1 min
- p99
- 2.8 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1,862
Ethereum
Trails4.2 min
- p99
- 19.6 min
- rank
- #17
- samples
- 1,790
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads23.34 s
- p99
- 1.2 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 508
Ethereum
Trails4.0 min
- p99
- 5.0 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 658
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.2 min
- p99
- 42.1 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 79
Ethereum
Leads17.1 min
- p99
- 26.0 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 161
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Ethereum: which one is better?
Base and Ethereum are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. Ethereum 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 Ethereum?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Base leads at $0.000247 versus Ethereum at $0.00563. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on fastest wormhole vaa finalization by source chain, live latency, Base or Ethereum?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Ethereum leads at 14.3 min versus Base at 20.6 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Ethereum 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.