Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
BlockchainsBase
Leads1.94 s
- p99
- 2.98 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 42,981
Scroll
Trails2.80 s
- p99
- 59.04 s
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 11,246
Base vs Scroll
Base leads on 2 of 2 shared benchmarks, Scroll on 0. Base wins on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more (1.94 s vs 2.80 s), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.1 min vs 3.6 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.
Scroll
Native bytecode-equivalent zkEVM rollup. Sequencer cadence is prover-bound: empty periods see longer gaps between blocks while busy minutes produce blocks at a sub-3-second rate.
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
Scroll
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Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails25.0 min
- p99
- 41.0 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 90
Scroll
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Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads1.1 min
- p99
- 2.8 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1,862
Scroll
Trails3.6 min
- p99
- 9.7 min
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 72
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails23.34 s
- p99
- 1.2 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 508
Scroll
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Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBase
Trails25.2 min
- p99
- 42.1 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 79
Scroll
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Frequently asked questions
Base vs Scroll: which one is better?
Base and Scroll 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 on fastest l2 block time, live across robinhood, arbitrum, base and 7 more, Base or Scroll?
On the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more benchmark, Base leads at 1.94 s versus Scroll at 2.80 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Scroll 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.