KyberSwap vs Nordstern 2026: 2 live benchmarks compared

Name: KyberSwap vs Nordstern OpenChainBench measurements
Creator: OpenChainBench
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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KyberSwap vs Nordstern

KyberSwap leads on both live benchmarks. KyberSwap wins on Fastest EVM swap quote API (227 ms vs 376 ms), Best DEX aggregator by quote output (0.59 bps vs 0.65 bps). Data as of 2026-10-22 UTC.

Read methodology Last measured Thu, 22 Oct 2026 01:11:17 UTCWindow: rolling 24h2 shared benchmarks

KyberSwap

EVM DEX aggregator by Kyber Network. Pathfinder routes across 420+ liquidity sources on 17+ EVM chains, splitting trades atomically for best net output after gas.

Nordstern

Side by side measurements

Fastest EVM swap quote API

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

KyberSwap

Leads

227 ms

p99: 1.83 s
rank: #3
samples: 4,300

Nordstern

Trails

376 ms

p99: 1.96 s
rank: #4
samples: 3,581

Per chain · per region

Chain	Provider	US East	EU West	Singapore	Aggregate
Ethereum	KyberSwap	97 ms	196 ms	396 ms	230 ms
Ethereum	Nordstern	367 ms	300 ms	387 ms	351 ms
Base	KyberSwap	50 ms	162 ms	357 ms	190 ms
Base	Nordstern	395 ms	360 ms	379 ms	378 ms
Arbitrum	KyberSwap	357 ms	359 ms	22 ms	246 ms
Arbitrum	Nordstern	420 ms	367 ms	428 ms	405 ms
BSC	KyberSwap	354 ms	349 ms	25 ms	242 ms
BSC	Nordstern	372 ms	341 ms	397 ms	370 ms

Quote latency

KyberSwapn/aNordsternn/a

Best DEX aggregator by quote output: who actually gives you more

Aggregators

Headline: All chains

KyberSwap

Leads

0.59 bps

p99: 7.89 bps
rank: #1
samples: 4,297

Nordstern

Trails

0.65 bps

p99: 8.12 bps
rank: #2
samples: 3,581

Per chain

Chain	KyberSwap	Nordstern
Ethereum	0.31 bps	0.35 bps
Base	0.33 bps	0.37 bps
Arbitrum	1.38 bps	1.56 bps
BSC	0.32 bps	0.32 bps

Quote shortfall

KyberSwapn/aNordsternn/a

Every provider is asked for the same swap at the same second, and each answer is scored against the best of that round. The figure is how much less you would have received, in basis points. Quotes are not comparable between rounds: the market moves 30 to 37 bps in five minutes while the field sits inside 25. Two providers take a fee out of the quote and declare it, shown separately: giving up 25 bps to a toll is not routing badly.

Frequently asked questions

KyberSwap vs Nordstern: which one is better?

KyberSwap and Nordstern are compared on 2 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. KyberSwap leads on Fastest EVM swap quote API. See the live table on this page for every metric.

Which is faster, KyberSwap or Nordstern?

On the Fastest EVM swap quote API benchmark, KyberSwap leads at 227 ms versus Nordstern at 376 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.

How is the KyberSwap vs Nordstern 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

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.