Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL
Trading| Provider | All-in at $100k | All-in at $1M |
|---|---|---|
| Extended | 0.032% | 0.055% |
| Lighter | 0.0083% | 0.030% |
Extended vs Lighter
Extended leads on 2 of 4 shared benchmarks, Lighter on 2. Extended wins on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues (281 vs 205), Perp DEX cost invariance: all-in bps at $1M vs $1k, live slope ranked (1.227x vs 6.52x). Lighter wins on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL (0.0027% vs 0.026%), Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked ($1.06B vs $411.86M).
Extended
Starknet perp DEX (formerly X10) with order book matching and instant withdrawals via STARK proofs.
Lighter
Onchain perp DEX with a fully onchain orderbook on a zkSync rollup. ZK proofs verify matching, no off-chain sequencer for trade execution.
Side by side measurements
Perp DEX volume share, live 24h notional ranked
TradingExtended
Trails$411.86M
- p99
- $475.15M
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 5,757
Lighter
Leads$1.06B
- p99
- $1.15B
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 5,757
Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues
TradingExtended
Leads281
- p99
- 282
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 5,757
Lighter
Trails205
- p99
- 205
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 5,757
Perp DEX cost invariance: all-in bps at $1M vs $1k, live slope ranked
Trading| Provider | $1M fill rate |
|---|---|
| Extended | 100.0% |
| Lighter | 99.4% |
Frequently asked questions
Extended vs Lighter: which one is better?
Extended and Lighter are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Extended leads on Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues. Lighter leads on Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster on most tradable markets on a perp dex, live count across 14 venues, Extended or Lighter?
On the Most tradable markets on a perp DEX, live count across 14 venues benchmark, Extended leads at 281 versus Lighter at 205. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster on cheapest perp dex, live all-in cost from $1k to $1m on eth, btc and sol, Extended or Lighter?
On the Cheapest perp DEX, live all-in cost from $1k to $1M on ETH, BTC and SOL benchmark, Lighter leads at 0.0027% versus Extended at 0.026%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Extended vs Lighter 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.