Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
BlockchainsBase
Leads1.95 s
- p99
- 2.98 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 42,815
Linea
Trails5.29 s
- p99
- 48.11 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 9,942
Base vs Linea
Base leads on all 3 live benchmarks. Base wins on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more (1.95 s vs 5.29 s), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000315 vs $0.0148), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.2 min vs 3.5 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$0.000315
- p99
- $0.0136
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 20,160
Linea
Trails$0.0148
- p99
- $0.0693
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 20,160
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBase
Trails1.2 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 55provisional
Linea
No data in window
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails23.9 min
- p99
- 36.1 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 257
Linea
No data in window
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads1.2 min
- p99
- 7.9 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 810
Linea
Trails3.5 min
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 57provisional
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.1 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 51provisional
Linea
No data in window
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Linea: which one is better?
Base and Linea are compared on 6 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, Base or Linea?
On the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more benchmark, Base leads at 1.95 s versus Linea at 5.29 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.
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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.