Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBase
Leads$0.000247
- p99
- $0.00306
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 40,317
Solana
Trails$0.000382
- p99
- $0.000383
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 40,317
Base vs Solana
Base leads on 2 of 5 shared benchmarks, Solana on 3. Base wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000247 vs $0.000382), Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery (23.34 s vs 42.19 s). Solana wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (19.54 s vs 20.6 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.4 min vs 25.0 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (48.35 s 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.
Solana
Proof-of-History sequencing combined with Tower BFT consensus. Probabilistic finality at 32 confirmed slots. Slot time around 400 milliseconds.
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
Solana
Leads19.54 s
- p99
- 2.7 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 7,456
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails25.0 min
- p99
- 41.0 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 90
Solana
Leads1.4 min
- p99
- 8.1 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 38
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails1.1 min
- p99
- 2.8 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 1,862
Solana
Leads48.35 s
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 325
Fastest Hyperlane source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Leads23.34 s
- p99
- 1.2 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 508
Solana
Trails42.19 s
- p99
- 1.9 min
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 111
Frequently asked questions
Base vs Solana: which one is better?
Base and Solana are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. Solana 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 cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Base or Solana?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Base leads at $0.000247 versus Solana at $0.000382. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on fastest wormhole vaa finalization by source chain, live latency, Base or Solana?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, Solana leads at 19.54 s versus Base at 20.6 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Base vs Solana 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.