Real-Time TPS
Avalanche TPS is 2.16X more than Cardano TPS
1.26 tx/s
0.58 tx/s
Max Recorded TPS
Avalanche max TPS is 7.98X more than Cardano max TPS
92.74 tx/s
11.62 tx/s
Max Theoretical TPS
Avalanche max theoretical TPS is 20X more than Cardano max theoretical TPS
357 tx/s
18.02 tx/s
Block Time
Avalanche block time is 89.63% less than Cardano block time
2.12s
20.49s
Finality
Avalanche finality is 100% less than Cardano finality
0s
2m
Type
Avalanche and Cardano are both layer 1 blockchains
Layer 1 blockchain
Layer 1 blockchain
Governance Model
The governance types of Avalanche and Cardano are both on-chain
On-chain
On-chain
Launch Date
Avalanche was launched 3 years after Cardano
Sep 21, 2020
Sep 27, 2017
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About Blockchains
What is Avalanche?
Avalanche emerges as a rapid, scalable blockchain platform facilitating the seamless creation and deployment of dApps. Distinguished by its unique consensus mechanism, it's particularly good for DeFi applications, allowing high throughput and nearly instant finality. Its architecture allows for a network of interconnected blockchains, each safeguarded by dynamic subsets of validators, ensuring scalability while maintaining speed, reliability, and security.
What is Cardano?
Cardano is a proof-of-stake blockchain platform: the first to be founded on peer-reviewed research and developed through evidence-based methods. It combines pioneering technologies to provide unparalleled security and sustainability to decentralized applications, systems, and societies.