Compare Cardano vs Aptos

Cardano TPS is 98.9% lower than Aptos TPS

0.56 tx/s

51.24 tx/s

Cardano max TPS is 99.91% lower than Aptos max TPS

11.62 tx/s

12,933 tx/s

Cardano max theoretical TPS is 99.98% lower than Aptos max theoretical TPS

18.02 tx/s

160,000 tx/s

Cardano transaction volume is 98.9% lower than Aptos transaction volume

2.01K txns

184K txns

Cardano block time is 216X longer than Aptos block time

18.43s

0.09s

Cardano finality is 100% longer than Aptos finality

2m

0s

Cardano and Aptos are both layer 1 blockchains

Layer 1 blockchain

Layer 1 blockchain

Cardano was launched 5 years before Aptos

Sep 27, 2017

Oct 12, 2022

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 1.17X higher than Aptos Nakamoto Coefficient

21

18

Cardano has 14X more validators than Aptos

2,135

150

Cardano stake is 4.84X higher than Aptos stake

$13.4B

$2.766B

Cardano and Aptos are both PoS

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Cardano and Aptos governance are both on-chain

On-chain

On-chain

Cardano has 3.05X more developers than Aptos

3,508

1,151

Cardano has 1.53X more repos than Aptos

180

118

Cardano has 4.59X more commits than Aptos

225,203

49,030

Cardano has 1.2X more stars than Aptos

11,553

9,591

Cardano has 1.16X more watchers than Aptos

2,082

1,793