Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsEthereum
Trails$0.00750
- p99
- $0.6232
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 20,159
Mantle
Leads$0.000575
- p99
- $0.00346
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 20,159
Ethereum vs Mantle
Ethereum leads on 1 of 3 shared benchmarks, Mantle on 2. Ethereum wins on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency (17.1 min vs 25.0 min). Mantle wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains ($0.000575 vs $0.00750), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.0 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.
Mantle
Modular OP Stack fork using EigenDA for data availability rather than Ethereum calldata, cutting L1 anchoring cost. 2-second sequencer block time, MNT token for gas (ETH-pegged).
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesEthereum
Trails14.5 min
- p99
- 19.9 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 727
Mantle
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Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesEthereum
Leads17.1 min
- p99
- 29.0 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 260
Mantle
Trails25.0 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 1provisional
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesEthereum
Trails4.1 min
- p99
- 19.0 min
- rank
- #17
- samples
- 1,388
Mantle
Leads1.0 min
- rank
- #12
- samples
- 42provisional
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesEthereum
Trails16.9 min
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 97provisional
Mantle
No data in window
Frequently asked questions
Ethereum vs Mantle: which one is better?
Ethereum and Mantle are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Ethereum leads on Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency. Mantle 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, Ethereum or Mantle?
On the Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency benchmark, Ethereum leads at 17.1 min versus Mantle at 25.0 min (provisional). Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is cheaper, Ethereum or Mantle?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across 15 L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Mantle leads at $0.000575 versus Ethereum at $0.00750. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Ethereum vs Mantle 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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