Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain
BlockchainsBNB
Leads0.74 s
- p99
- 4.5 s
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 190,138
NEAR
Trails1.1 s
- p99
- 1.6 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 43,160
Finality time
BNBn/aNEARn/a
BNB vs NEAR
BNB leads on 2 of 3 shared benchmarks, NEAR on 1. BNB wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.74 s vs 1.1 s), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.0172 vs $7.53). NEAR wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.000150 vs $0.000670). 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.
NEAR
Sharded proof-of-stake L1 (Nightshade) with roughly one-second blocks; a block is final once a supermajority of stake has endorsed its successors.
Side by side measurements
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsBNB
Trails$0.000670
- p99
- $0.00357
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 20,160
NEAR
Leads$0.000150
- p99
- $0.000159
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
BNBn/aNEARn/a
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsBNB
Leads$0.0172
- p99
- $0.0177
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 20,160
NEAR
Trails$7.53
- p99
- $7.99
- rank
- #19
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
BNBn/aNEARn/a
Frequently asked questions
BNB vs NEAR: which one is better?
BNB and NEAR are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. BNB leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. NEAR leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, BNB or NEAR?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, BNB leads at 0.74 s versus NEAR at 1.1 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, BNB or NEAR?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, NEAR leads at $0.000150 versus BNB at $0.000670. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BNB vs NEAR 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.