Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
BlockchainsBase
Trails1.94 s
- p99
- 2.98 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 42,980
Mantle
Leads1.80 s
- p99
- 2.97 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 42,934
Base vs Mantle
Base leads on 1 of 4 shared benchmarks, Mantle on 2 (1 tied). Base wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000247 vs $0.000436). Mantle wins on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more (1.80 s vs 1.94 s), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.1 min vs 1.1 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.
Mantle
Modular OP Stack fork using EigenDA for data availability rather than Ethereum calldata, cutting L1 anchoring cost. 2-second sequencer block time, MNT token for gas (ETH-pegged).
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
Mantle
Trails$0.000436
- p99
- $0.00116
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 40,317
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBase
Trails20.6 min
- p99
- 29.8 min
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 45
Mantle
No data in window
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
25.0 min
- p99
- 41.0 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 90
Mantle
25.0 min
- p99
- 29.9 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 2
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails1.1 min
- p99
- 2.8 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1,862
Mantle
Leads1.1 min
- p99
- 14.0 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 60
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails23.34 s
- p99
- 1.2 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 508
Mantle
No data in window
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.2 min
- p99
- 41.9 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 81
Mantle
No data in window
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Mantle: which one is better?
Base and Mantle are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. Mantle 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 cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Base or Mantle?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Base leads at $0.000247 versus Mantle at $0.000436. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on fastest l2 block time, live across robinhood, arbitrum, base and 7 more, Base or Mantle?
On the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more benchmark, Mantle leads at 1.80 s versus Base at 1.94 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Mantle 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.