Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more
BlockchainsOptimism
Leads1.96 s
- p99
- 2.98 s
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 42,861
Scroll
Trails2.08 s
- p99
- 50.89 s
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 16,033
Optimism vs Scroll
Optimism leads on both live benchmarks. Optimism wins on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more (1.96 s vs 2.08 s), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (1.3 min vs 2.1 min).
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.
Scroll
Native bytecode-equivalent zkEVM rollup. Sequencer cadence is prover-bound: empty periods see longer gaps between blocks while busy minutes produce blocks at a sub-3-second rate.
Side by side measurements
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesOptimism
Trails17.5 min
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 4provisional
Scroll
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Fastest Chainlink CCIP source chain by end-to-end delivery latency
BridgesOptimism
Trails17.5 min
- rank
- #9
- samples
- 7provisional
Scroll
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Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesOptimism
Leads1.3 min
- p99
- 3.0 min
- rank
- #13
- samples
- 858
Scroll
Trails2.1 min
- rank
- #15
- samples
- 25provisional
Fastest Axelar GMP source chain by end-to-end delivery
BridgesOptimism
Trails25.6 min
- rank
- #8
- samples
- 9provisional
Scroll
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Frequently asked questions
Optimism vs Scroll: which one is better?
Optimism and Scroll are compared on 5 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Optimism leads on Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is faster, Optimism or Scroll?
On the Fastest L2 block time, live across Robinhood, Arbitrum, Base and 7 more benchmark, Optimism leads at 1.96 s versus Scroll at 2.08 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Optimism vs Scroll 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.