Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains
BlockchainsBNB
Leads0.8 s
- p99
- 1.2 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 145,470
Solana
Trails9.9 s
- p99
- 11 s
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 2,880
BNB vs Solana
BNB leads on 4 of 6 shared benchmarks, Solana on 2. BNB wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live across 11 chains (0.8 s vs 9.9 s), Chainlink vs Pyth vs Binance vs Coinbase, live oracle deviation (0.036% vs 0.039%), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (3.98 s vs 12.60 s), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (27.19 s vs 41.24 s). Solana wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000508 vs $0.00106), Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (1.1 min vs 1.7 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.
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
Leads0.036 %
- p99
- 0.10%
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 11,520
Solana
Trails0.039 %
- p99
- 0.079%
- 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$0.00106
- p99
- $0.0251
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 20,159
Solana
Leads$0.000508
- p99
- $0.000710
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 20,159
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesBNB
Leads3.98 s
- p99
- 13.72 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 970
Solana
Trails12.60 s
- p99
- 19.37 s
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 6,986
Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesBNB
Trails1.7 min
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 82provisional
Solana
Leads1.1 min
- p99
- 2.0 min
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 121
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesBNB
Leads27.19 s
- p99
- 14.6 min
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 865
Solana
Trails41.24 s
- p99
- 4.9 min
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 504
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 Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. 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 0.8 s versus Solana at 9.9 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, BNB or Solana?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Solana leads at $0.000508 versus BNB at $0.00106. 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
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