X Layer leads on the only live benchmark. X Layer wins on Fastest free X Layer RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency (151 ms vs 486 ms).
ThirdWeb operates a keyless public RPC gateway at `<chainid>.rpc.thirdweb.com` covering 2000+ EVM chains via chain-id routing. Free tier is rate-limited per IP with no signup; paid tiers unlock higher throughput and dedicated endpoints. Used keyless across 13 chains on the RPC latency cluster (arbitrum, ethereum, polygon, optimism, base, bnb, avalanche, linea, worldchain, kaia, ink, opbnb + more).
OKX's official public RPC (rpc.xlayer.tech) for X Layer (chain 196), the ZK-powered L2 built with Polygon CDK and operated by OKX. Standard EVM JSON-RPC, keyless, rate-limited per IP.
thirdweb
Trails486 ms
X Layer
Leads151 ms
Per region
| Region | thirdweb | X Layer |
|---|---|---|
| US-East | 317 ms | 215 ms |
| EU-West | 375 ms | 194 ms |
| Singapore | 766 ms | 45 ms |
thirdweb and X Layer are compared on 1 shared OpenChainBench benchmarks. X Layer leads on Fastest free X Layer RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency. See the live table on this page for every metric.
On the Fastest free X Layer RPC, live no-key EVM endpoint latency benchmark, X Layer leads at 151 ms versus thirdweb at 486 ms. Live measurement is updated continuously by the OpenChainBench harness.
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.
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.