Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBNB
Leads3.82 s
- p99
- 13.23 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 1,205
Optimism
Trails17.5 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 4provisional
BNB vs Optimism
BNB leads on all 4 live benchmarks. BNB wins on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (3.82 s vs 17.5 min), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.4 min vs 17.5 min), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (28.06 s vs 1.3 min), Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery (49.00 s vs 25.6 min).
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.
Optimism
Optimistic rollup and the canonical OP Stack reference implementation. 2-second sequencer block time, 7-day fraud-proof window, anchored to Ethereum L1 via batch submissions to the Optimism Portal.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBNB
Leads1.4 min
- p99
- 4.9 min
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 122
Optimism
Trails17.5 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 7provisional
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBNB
Leads28.06 s
- p99
- 4.5 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 727
Optimism
Trails1.3 min
- p99
- 3.0 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 858
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesBNB
Leads49.00 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 95provisional
Optimism
Trails25.6 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 9provisional
Frequently asked questions
BNB vs Optimism: which one is better?
BNB and Optimism are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. BNB leads on Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, BNB or Optimism?
On the Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency benchmark, BNB leads at 3.82 s versus Optimism at 17.5 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BNB vs Optimism 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
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.