Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains
BlockchainsBNB
Leads1.0 s
- p99
- 1.9 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 170,236
Ethereum
Trails15.9 min
- p99
- 19.0 min
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 2,880
BNB vs Ethereum
BNB leads on 5 of 7 shared benchmarks, Ethereum on 2. BNB wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains (1.0 s vs 15.9 min), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000764 vs $0.0356), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.6 min vs 17.2 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (28.01 s vs 4.1 min). Ethereum wins on Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation (0.038% vs 0.040%), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (4.25 s vs 4.37 s).
BNB
Proof-of-Staked-Authority L1 with 21 active validators rotating per epoch. Probabilistic finality reached after roughly 2 blocks. Block time around 3 seconds.
Ethereum
PoS chain using Gasper (Casper FFG plus LMD-GHOST). 12-second slots with deterministic finality every two epochs, roughly 12.8 minutes.
Side by side measurements
Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation
TradingBNB
Trails0.040 %
- p99
- 0.11%
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 11,520
Ethereum
Leads0.038 %
- p99
- 0.12%
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 11,520
Three caveats. (1) Lower is better, but a non-zero floor (~5-20 bps) is normal, ticker last-traded prices have micro-jitter and Chainlink updates only on deviation/heartbeat. (2) XRP, ADA, DOGE measured on 3 sources because Chainlink deprecated those USD feeds on Ethereum mainnet, tag flags it. (3) POL/USD is the post-migration symbol for MATIC; we point at POLUSDT (not the frozen legacy MATICUSDT).
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBNB
Leads$0.000764
- p99
- $0.0259
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 7,231
Ethereum
Trails$0.0356
- p99
- $1.59
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 7,231
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBNB
Trails4.37 s
- p99
- 14.20 s
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 1,288
Ethereum
Leads4.25 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 9provisional
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBNB
Leads1.6 min
- p99
- 4.9 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 188
Ethereum
Trails17.2 min
- p99
- 29.1 min
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 444
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBNB
Leads28.01 s
- p99
- 3.9 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 2,568
Ethereum
Trails4.1 min
- p99
- 19.4 min
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 2,213
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBNB
Leads39.00 s
- p99
- 2.4 min
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 120
Ethereum
Trails16.9 min
- p99
- 21.1 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 177
Frequently asked questions
BNB vs Ethereum: which one is better?
BNB and Ethereum are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. BNB leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains. Ethereum leads on Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, BNB or Ethereum?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains benchmark, BNB leads at 1.0 s versus Ethereum at 15.9 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, BNB or Ethereum?
On the Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation benchmark, Ethereum leads at 0.038% versus BNB at 0.040%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BNB vs Ethereum 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
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.