Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBase
Trails56.25 s
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 12provisional
Polygon
Leads5.42 s
- p99
- 14.84 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 184
VAA finalization
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Base vs Polygon
Base leads on 3 of 5 shared benchmarks, Polygon on 2. Base wins on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (2.8 min vs 12.5 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.1 min vs 3.2 min), Bridged TVL by chain ($8.33B vs $3.88B). Polygon wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (5.42 s vs 56.25 s), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (45.00 s vs 25.4 min). Data as of 2026-10-06 UTC.
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.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Leads2.8 min
- p99
- 34.5 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 486
Polygon
Trails12.5 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 22provisional
CCIP delivery
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Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads1.1 min
- p99
- 4.4 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 1,082
Polygon
Trails3.2 min
- p99
- 19.4 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 251
LayerZero delivery
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Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.4 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 74provisional
Polygon
Leads45.00 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 17provisional
Axelar GMP delivery
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Bridged TVL by chain: how much of a chain's capital came from somewhere else
Blockchains| Provider | Bridged TVL | Bridged share | 7d change | 7d vs peers | Native | Canonical | External |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | $8.33B | 51.3% | - | - | $7.91B | $3.10B | $5.23B |
| Polygon | $3.88B | 95.3% | - | 0.0025% | $191.44M | $2.44B | $1.43B |
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Bridged TVL is value secured by the chain's bridge, not value locked in its DeFi protocols; a chain can rank high on one and low on the other. The split is L2Beat's: canonical is escrowed on the host chain by the chain's own contracts, external came through a third-party bridge, native was minted here. Rows are the chains L2Beat tracks in its scaling summary; a settled L1 has no row by construction, not by omission. Size is not quality: a large balance says capital came, not that it stayed.
Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days
Blockchains| Provider | 30d change | Stablecoin float | Net 7d | 7d change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | 5.58% | $5.20B | $128.75M | 2.54% |
| Polygon | - | $3.44B | $13.24M | 0.39% |
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Stablecoin float is where dollars are parked, not what they do. A chain can take in a billion that sits idle, and lose float to a single issuer redeeming. The figure is DefiLlama's chain-wide pegged-USD aggregate, every issuer combined; it does not separate a bridge inflow from a native mint, and a dollar bridged to an L2 counts on both chains, so rows are not additive. Read the net dollars with the percentage beside them: the same $400M is a rounding error on Ethereum and a doubling elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Polygon: which one is better?
Base and Polygon are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency. Polygon 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 ccip delivery, Base or Polygon?
On the Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency benchmark, Base leads at 2.8 min versus Polygon at 12.5 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on vaa finalization, Base or Polygon?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Polygon leads at 5.42 s versus Base at 56.25 s (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Polygon 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.