Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains
BlockchainsBNB
Leads2.0 s
- p99
- 2.5 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 50,733
Solana
Trails10.0 s
- p99
- 12 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 2,880
BNB vs Solana
Split decision: BNB leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains (2.0 s vs 10.0 s) and Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (4.03 s vs 12.58 s); Solana leads on Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation (0.019% vs 0.020%) and Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000518 vs $0.000911).
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.
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
Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation
TradingBNB
Trails0.020 %
- p99
- 0.087%
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 11,520
Solana
Leads0.019 %
- p99
- 0.068%
- rank
- #5
- 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
Trails$0.000911
- p99
- $0.0348
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 20,160
Solana
Leads$0.000518
- p99
- $0.00327
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 20,160
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBNB
Leads4.03 s
- p99
- 14.12 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 1,003
Solana
Trails12.58 s
- p99
- 19.05 s
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 7,753
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBNB
Trails1.5 min
- p99
- 4.5 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 118
Solana
Leads54.46 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 75provisional
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBNB
Leads25.84 s
- p99
- 4.5 min
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 1,110
Solana
Trails43.05 s
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 409
Frequently asked questions
BNB vs Solana: which one is better?
BNB and Solana are compared on 6 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. BNB leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains. Solana 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 Solana?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains benchmark, BNB leads at 2.0 s versus Solana at 10.0 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, BNB or Solana?
On the Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation benchmark, Solana leads at 0.019% versus BNB at 0.020%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the BNB 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
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.