Injective vs Optimism

Injective vs Optimism on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks, awaiting live measurements.

Read methodology Last measured Mon, 21 Sep 2026 21:45:05 UTCWindow: rolling 24h3 shared benchmarks

Cosmos SDK L1 with a native onchain orderbook and EVM compatibility layer. CometBFT consensus, sub-second block time, deterministic finality per block. TokenFactory MsgCreateDenom carries a flat 0.1 INJ governance fee on top of gas.

Optimism

Optimistic rollup and the canonical OP Stack reference implementation. 2-second sequencer block time, 7-day fraud-proof window, anchored to Ethereum L1 via batch submissions to the Optimism Portal.

Side by side measurements

Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency

Bridges

Injective

Trails

7.50 s

rank: #7
samples: 4provisional

Optimism

No data in window

VAA finalization

Injectiven/aOptimismn/a

Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery

Bridges

Injective

No data in window

Optimism

Trails

59.41 s

p99: 3.5 min
rank: #12
samples: 649

LayerZero delivery

Injectiven/aOptimismn/a

Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery

Bridges

Injective

No data in window

Optimism

Trails

25.0 min

rank: #8
samples: 7provisional

Axelar GMP delivery

Injectiven/aOptimismn/a

Frequently asked questions

Injective vs Optimism: which one is better?

Injective and Optimism are compared on 3 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. See the live table on this page for every metric.

How is the Injective vs Optimism 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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