Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain
BlockchainsNEAR
Trails1.1 s
- p99
- 1.6 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 43,165
Solana
Leads0.40 s
- p99
- 0.77 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 400,926
Finality time
NEARn/aSolanan/a
NEAR vs Solana
Split decision: NEAR leads on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain (5.18% vs 4.78%) and Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.000153 vs $0.000387); Solana leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.40 s vs 1.1 s) and Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain ($0.5159 vs $7.72). Data as of 2026-11-14 UTC.
NEAR
Sharded proof-of-stake L1 (Nightshade) with roughly one-second blocks; a block is final once a supermajority of stake has endorsed its successors.
Solana
Proof-of-History sequencing combined with Tower BFT consensus. Probabilistic finality at 32 confirmed slots. Slot time around 400 milliseconds.
Side by side measurements
Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain
BlockchainsNEAR
Leads5.18 %
- p99
- 5.57%
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 200
Solana
Trails4.78 %
- p99
- 5.24%
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 200
Net yield
NEARn/aSolanan/a
Nominal yield in the staked token, not real yield: a 19% APR on a token that inflates 12% a year is worth less than it looks, and price moves dominate both. MEV is included on Solana only and excluded on Ethereum. ICP is one neuron profile (2 year dissolve delay), Algorand one opt-in solo node, Ethereum one network average. Stellar and Somnia are not ranked, see the methodology.
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsNEAR
Leads$0.000153
- p99
- $0.000162
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 20,160
Solana
Trails$0.000387
- p99
- $0.000430
- rank
- #14
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
NEARn/aSolanan/a
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost per L1 chain
BlockchainsNEAR
Trails$7.72
- p99
- $8.13
- rank
- #19
- samples
- 20,160
Solana
Leads$0.5159
- p99
- $0.5446
- rank
- #16
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
NEARn/aSolanan/a
Frequently asked questions
NEAR vs Solana: which one is better?
NEAR and Solana are compared on 4 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. NEAR leads on Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain. Solana leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which has the higher net yield, NEAR or Solana?
On the Highest staking yield, live net APR by proof-of-stake chain benchmark, NEAR leads at 5.18% versus Solana at 4.78%. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster, NEAR or Solana?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, Solana leads at 0.40 s versus NEAR at 1.1 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the NEAR vs Solana 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
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.