Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain
BlockchainsBNB
Trails0.75 s
- p99
- 4.6 s
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 190,141
Kaia
Leads0.34 s
- p99
- 1.0 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 84,798
Finality time
BNBn/aKaian/a
BNB vs Kaia
Kaia leads on all 3 live benchmarks. Kaia wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.34 s vs 0.75 s), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000172 vs $0.000675), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.000459 vs $0.0172). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.
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.
Kaia
EVM-compatible L1 formed from the merger of Klaytn and Finschia, using Istanbul BFT consensus with immediate finality and one-second blocks.
Side by side measurements
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBNB
Trails$0.000675
- p99
- $0.00395
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 20,160
Kaia
Leads$0.0000172
- p99
- $0.0000562
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
BNBn/aKaian/a
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsBNB
Trails$0.0172
- p99
- $0.0177
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 20,160
Kaia
Leads$0.000459
- p99
- $0.000475
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
BNBn/aKaian/a
Frequently asked questions
BNB vs Kaia: which one is better?
BNB and Kaia are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Kaia leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, BNB or Kaia?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, Kaia leads at 0.34 s versus BNB at 0.75 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BNB vs Kaia 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.