# Arbitrum vs Polygon

Side-by-side fundamentals for Arbitrum and Polygon tracked by Chainspect.

| Metric                       | Arbitrum            | Polygon              |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 16.53 tx/s          | 51.39 tx/s           |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.04K tx/s          | 537.5 tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 6.1K tx/s           | 3.81K tx/s           |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 59.5K txns          | 185K txns            |
| Block Time (1H)              | 274ms               | 1.5s                 |
| Finality Time                | 13m 48s             | 5s                   |
| Total Transactions           | 2.42B txns          | 8.33B txns           |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 31, 2021        | May 30, 2020         |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 4                    |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 104                  |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $362M                |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | Off-chain            |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $21.6K              | $70.5K               |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0167             | $0.0165              |
| Price                        | $0.1637             | $0.09636             |
| Market Cap                   | $1.13B              | $1.03B               |
| FDV                          | $1.64B              | $1.03B               |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 68.92%              | 100.00%              |
| Developers                   | 2,487               | 1,830                |
| Commits                      | 219,985             | 68,389               |
| Repos                        | 136                 | 177                  |
| Stars                        | 10,868              | 9,570                |

Source: https://chainspect.app/compare/arbitrum-vs-polygon