Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsEthereum
Leads$0.00746
- p99
- $0.6232
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 20,159
Linea
Trails$0.0145
- p99
- $0.0825
- rank
- #11
- samples
- 20,159
Ethereum vs Linea
Split decision: Ethereum leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.00746 vs $0.0145); Linea leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (3.8 min vs 4.1 min).
Ethereum
PoS chain using Gasper (Casper FFG plus LMD-GHOST). 12-second slots with deterministic finality every two epochs, roughly 12.8 minutes.
Linea
ConsenSys zkEVM rollup with a prover-bound block cadence. Idle periods batch into longer intervals (p50 around 3-6 s) while busy periods produce blocks closer to the nominal 2 s mark.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesEthereum
Trails14.5 min
- p99
- 19.9 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 734
Linea
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Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesEthereum
Trails17.1 min
- p99
- 29.0 min
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 256
Linea
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Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesEthereum
Trails4.1 min
- p99
- 19.0 min
- rank
- #17
- samples
- 1,387
Linea
Leads3.8 min
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 41provisional
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesEthereum
Trails16.9 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 94provisional
Linea
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Frequently asked questions
Ethereum vs Linea: which one is better?
Ethereum and Linea are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Ethereum leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains. Linea leads on Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is cheaper, Ethereum or Linea?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Ethereum leads at $0.00746 versus Linea at $0.0145. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster, Ethereum or Linea?
On the Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery benchmark, Linea leads at 3.8 min (provisional) versus Ethereum at 4.1 min. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Ethereum vs Linea 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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