Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain
BlockchainsSolana
Trails0.40 s
- p99
- 0.75 s
- rank
- #3
- samples
- 405,375
Sui
Leads0.23 s
- p99
- 0.28 s
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 166,136
Finality time
Solanan/aSuin/a
Solana vs Sui
Solana leads on 2 of 5 shared benchmarks, Sui on 3. Solana wins on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains ($0.000508 vs $0.00699), Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery (17.41 s vs 45.00 s). Sui wins on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain (0.23 s vs 0.40 s), Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains ($0.4854 vs $0.6760), Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency (2.81 s vs 3.45 s). Data as of 2026-10-26 UTC.
Solana
Proof-of-History sequencing combined with Tower BFT consensus. Probabilistic finality at 32 confirmed slots. Slot time around 400 milliseconds.
Sui
Move-based L1 using Mysticeti BFT consensus over a DAG. Owned-object transactions bypass consensus via Fast Path. Deterministic finality under one second.
Side by side measurements
Highest staking yield, live validator net APR across 7 PoS chains
BlockchainsSolana
Leads4.75 %
- p99
- 5.36%
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 200
Sui
No data in window
Net yield
Solanan/aSuin/a
Honest scope. (1) `net_yield = gross_apr × uptime`. NOT "yield net of MEV", Stakewiz `total_apy` already folds Jito MEV into gross, MEV is INCLUDED. `mev_share_bps` exists for transparency, not subtraction. (2) Solana median is dragged by ~42 vals at 0% APY (commission 100% or zero leader slots). (3) Hyperliquid: centralised sequencer, no separate MEV layer, ~30 vals only. (4) Ethereum: one network-average consensus-layer APR from the beacon spec formula, execution tips and MEV excluded.
Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains
BlockchainsSolana
Leads$0.000508
- p99
- $0.000510
- rank
- #7
- samples
- 20,160
Sui
Trails$0.00699
- p99
- $0.00714
- rank
- #15
- samples
- 20,160
Native transfer fee USD
Solanan/aSuin/a
Cheapest blockchain to deploy a token, live USD cost across 7 non-EVM L1 chains
BlockchainsSolana
Trails$0.6760
- p99
- $0.6830
- rank
- #6
- samples
- 20,160
Sui
Leads$0.4854
- p99
- $0.4854
- rank
- #5
- samples
- 20,160
Token deployment cost USD
Solanan/aSuin/a
Fastest Wormhole VAA finalization by source chain, live latency
BridgesSolana
Trails3.45 s
- p99
- 8.03 s
- rank
- #2
- samples
- 9,676
Sui
Leads2.81 s
- p99
- 9.32 s
- rank
- #1
- samples
- 108
VAA finalization
Solanan/aSuin/a
Fastest LayerZero source chain by end-to-end message delivery
BridgesSolana
Leads17.41 s
- p99
- 1.6 min
- rank
- #4
- samples
- 6,790
Sui
Trails45.00 s
- rank
- #10
- samples
- 1provisional
LayerZero delivery
Solanan/aSuin/a
Stablecoin flow by chain: where dollars actually moved over 30 days
Blockchains| Provider | 30d change | Stablecoin float | Net 7d | 7d change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solana | - | $15.85B | $20.70M | 0.13% |
| Sui | - | $443.43M | - | - |
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Solanan/aSuin/a
Stablecoin float is where dollars are parked, not what they do. A chain can take in a billion that sits idle, and lose float to a single issuer redeeming. The figure is DefiLlama's chain-wide pegged-USD aggregate, every issuer combined; it does not separate a bridge inflow from a native mint, and a dollar bridged to an L2 counts on both chains, so rows are not additive. Read the net dollars with the percentage beside them: the same $400M is a rounding error on Ethereum and a doubling elsewhere.
Frequently asked questions
Solana vs Sui: which one is better?
Solana and Sui are compared on 7 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. Solana leads on Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains. Sui leads on Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain. See the live table on this page for every metric.
Which is cheaper, Solana or Sui?
On the Cheapest blockchain transaction fee, live across L1 and L2 chains benchmark, Solana leads at $0.000508 versus Sui at $0.00699. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
Which is faster, Solana or Sui?
On the Fastest L1 blockchain finality, live wall-clock measurement per chain benchmark, Sui leads at 0.23 s versus Solana at 0.40 s. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
How is the Solana vs Sui 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.