Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains
BlockchainsCardano
Leads4.95 %
- p99
- 5.00%
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 50
Sui
Trails1.43 %
- p99
- 1.59%
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 124
Cardano vs Sui
Cardano leads on 2 of 3 shared benchmarks, Sui on 1. Cardano wins on Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains (4.95% vs 1.43%), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains ($0.2213 vs $0.3442). Sui wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.00526 vs $0.0314).
Cardano
Ouroboros Praos PoS with 20-second slots and 1 block per 20 seconds on average. Probabilistic finality after about 2,160 blocks (k parameter).
Sui
Move-based L1 using Mysticeti BFT consensus over a DAG. Owned-object transactions bypass consensus via Fast Path. Deterministic finality under one second.
Side by side measurements
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsCardano
Trails$0.0314
- p99
- $0.0325
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 40,319
Sui
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Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains
BlockchainsCardano
Leads$0.2213
- p99
- $0.2285
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 40,319
Sui
Trails$0.3442
- p99
- $0.3480
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 40,319
Frequently asked questions
Cardano vs Sui: which one is better?
Cardano and Sui are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Cardano leads on Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains. Sui 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 on highest staking yield, live validator net apr across 7 pos chains, Cardano or Sui?
On the Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains benchmark, Cardano leads at 4.95% versus Sui at 1.43%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 l1 and l2 chains, Cardano or Sui?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Sui leads at $0.00526 versus Cardano at $0.0314. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Cardano vs Sui 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
A pair is published when all four conditions hold. Both providers run in the same OpenChainBench benchmark for at least seven consecutive days. Each provider has at least 1000 samples in the measurement window. The head to head query has observable third party search demand. Both providers have a public /products/[slug] page on OCB. The full pair ledger is versioned in the public repo so the methodology is externally verifiable.