Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
BlockchainsBase
Leads1.94 s
- p99
- 2.98 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 42,980
Linea
Trails4.97 s
- p99
- 35.86 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 10,945
Base vs Linea
Base leads on 4 of 4 shared benchmarks, Linea on 0. Base wins on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more (1.94 s vs 4.97 s), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000247 vs $0.0147), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.1 min vs 3.2 min), Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (23.34 s vs 1.0 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.
Linea
ConsenSys zkEVM rollup with a prover-bound block cadence. Idle periods batch into longer intervals (p50 around 3-6 s) while busy periods produce blocks closer to the nominal 2 s mark.
Side by side measurements
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBase
Leads$0.000247
- p99
- $0.00306
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 40,317
Linea
Trails$0.0147
- p99
- $0.0518
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 40,317
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBase
Trails20.6 min
- p99
- 29.8 min
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 45
Linea
No data in window
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails25.0 min
- p99
- 41.0 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 90
Linea
No data in window
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads1.1 min
- p99
- 2.8 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1,862
Linea
Trails3.2 min
- p99
- 9.5 min
- rank
- #15
- samples
- 74
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads23.34 s
- p99
- 1.2 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 508
Linea
Trails1.0 min
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 2
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.2 min
- p99
- 41.9 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 81
Linea
No data in window
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Linea: which one is better?
Base and Linea are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on fastest l2 block time, live across robinhood, arbitrum, base and 7 more, Base or Linea?
On the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more benchmark, Base leads at 1.94 s versus Linea at 4.97 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Linea 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.