Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails15.8 min
- p99
- 19.0 min
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 2,880
Kaia
Leads0.34 s
- p99
- 1.0 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 84,798
Finality time
Ethereumn/aKaian/a
Ethereum vs Kaia
Kaia leads on all 4 live benchmarks. Kaia wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.34 s vs 15.8 min), Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (3.92% vs 2.50%), Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.0000172 vs $0.00498), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.000459 vs $0.1054). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.
Ethereum
PoS chain using Gasper (Casper FFG plus LMD-GHOST). 12-second slots with deterministic finality every two epochs, roughly 12.8 minutes.
Kaia
EVM-compatible L1 formed from the merger of Klaytn and Finschia, using Istanbul BFT consensus with immediate finality and one-second blocks.
Side by side measurements
Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails2.50 %
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 1provisional
Kaia
Leads3.92 %
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 9provisional
Net yield
Ethereumn/aKaian/a
Nominal yield in the staked token, not real yield: a 19% APR on a token that inflates 12% a year is worth less than it looks, and price moves dominate both. MEV is included on Solana only and excluded on Ethereum. ICP is one neuron profile (2 year dissolve delay), Algorand one opt-in solo node, Ethereum one network average. Stellar and Somnia are not ranked, see the methodology.
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails$0.00498
- p99
- $0.1484
- rank
- #24
- samples
- 20,160
Kaia
Leads$0.0000172
- p99
- $0.0000562
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
Ethereumn/aKaian/a
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails$0.1054
- p99
- $1.43
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 20,160
Kaia
Leads$0.000459
- p99
- $0.000475
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
Ethereumn/aKaian/a
Frequently asked questions
Ethereum vs Kaia: which one is better?
Ethereum and Kaia are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Kaia leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, Ethereum or Kaia?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, Kaia leads at 0.34 s versus Ethereum at 15.8 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Ethereum vs Kaia 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.