# Arbitrum vs Sonic

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

| Metric                       | Arbitrum            | Sonic                |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | -------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 10.97 tx/s          | 0.36 tx/s            |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 2.04K tx/s          | 1.14K tx/s           |
| Theoretical TPS              | 6.1K tx/s           | 397K tx/s            |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 39.5K txns          | 1.29K txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 287ms               | 2.54s                |
| Finality Time                | 13m 48s             | Instant              |
| Total Transactions           | 2.43B txns          | 227M txns            |
| Launch Date                  | Aug 31, 2021        | Dec 1, 2024          |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 4                    |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 37                   |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | $43.8M               |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Proof of Stake (PoS) |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | On-chain             |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $17.7K              | $98.4                |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.0132             | $0.000643            |
| Price                        | $0.1726             | $0.03664             |
| Market Cap                   | $1.19B              | $106M                |
| FDV                          | $1.73B              | $118M                |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 68.92%              | 89.37%               |
| Developers                   | 2,495               | 103                  |
| Commits                      | 220,595             | 15,440               |
| Repos                        | 137                 | 16                   |
| Stars                        | 10,879              | 97                   |

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