Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBase
Leads$0.000324
- p99
- $0.00133
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 20,160
Solana
Trails$0.000550
- p99
- $0.000651
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
Basen/aSolanan/a
Base vs Solana
Base leads on 3 of 5 shared benchmarks, Solana on 2. Base wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.000324 vs $0.000550), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (1.90 s vs 8.43 s), Stablecoin flow by chain ($273.43M vs $42.90M). Solana wins on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (54.38 s vs 20.2 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (33.33 s vs 1.0 min). Data as of 2026-10-11 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.
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
Leads1.90 s
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 19provisional
Solana
Trails8.43 s
- p99
- 16.96 s
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 8,613
VAA finalization
Basen/aSolanan/a
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBase
Trails20.2 min
- p99
- 39.1 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 192
Solana
Leads54.38 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 65provisional
CCIP delivery
Basen/aSolanan/a
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBase
Trails1.0 min
- p99
- 8.4 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 598
Solana
Leads33.33 s
- p99
- 4.3 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 282
LayerZero delivery
Basen/aSolanan/a
Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days
Blockchains| Provider | Net stablecoin flow (30d) | 30d change | Stablecoin float | Net 7d | 7d change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base | $273.43M | 5.52% | $5.23B | $63.79M | 1.24% |
| Solana | $42.90M | 0.26% | $16.34B | - | - |
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Basen/aSolanan/a
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 Solana: which one is better?
Base and Solana are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Base leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains. Solana leads on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is cheaper, Base or Solana?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Base leads at $0.000324 versus Solana at $0.000550. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster, Base or Solana?
On the Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency benchmark, Solana leads at 54.38 s (provisional) versus Base at 20.2 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.
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How this pair was selected
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