Compare Cardano vs ICP

Cardano vs ICP Scalability

Real-time TPS (1H)

Cardano TPS is 99.97% lower than ICP TPS

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0.24 tx/s
ICP logo
972.3 tx/s

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Max TPS (100 blocks)

Cardano max TPS is 99.95% lower than ICP max TPS

Cardano logo
11.62 tx/s
ICP logo
25,621 tx/s

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Max Theoretical TPS

Cardano max theoretical TPS is 99.99% lower than ICP max theoretical TPS

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18.02 tx/s
ICP logo
209,708 tx/s

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Transaction Volume (1H)

Cardano transaction volume is 99.97% lower than ICP transaction volume

Cardano logo
868 txns
ICP logo
3.5M txns

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Block Time (1H)

Cardano block time is 39X longer than ICP block time

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18.92s
ICP logo
0.48s

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Finality

Cardano finality is 100% longer than ICP finality

Cardano logo
2m
ICP logo
0s

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Type

Cardano and ICP are both layer 1 blockchains

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Layer 1 blockchain
ICP logo
Layer 1 blockchain

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Total Transactions

Cardano has 99.95% fewer total transactions than ICP

Cardano logo
115M txns
ICP logo
262B txns

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Launch Date

Cardano was launched 4 years before ICP

Cardano logo
Sep 27, 2017
ICP logo
May 10, 2021

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Cardano vs ICP Decentralization

Nakamoto Coefficient

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 22, while ICP has no data

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22
ICP logo
—

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Validators

Cardano has 2,136 validators, while ICP has no data

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2,136
ICP logo
—

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Stake

Cardano stake is 19X higher than ICP stake

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$14.37B
ICP logo
$746M

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Consensus Mechanism

Cardano is PoS, while ICP is Proof of Useful Work

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Proof of Stake (PoS)
ICP logo
Proof of Useful Work

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Governance

Cardano and ICP governance are both on-chain

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On-chain
ICP logo
On-chain

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Cardano vs ICP Developer Activity New

Developers

Cardano has 4.64X more developers than ICP

Cardano logo
3,517
ICP logo
758

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Repos

Cardano and ICP have the same amount of repos

Cardano logo
180
ICP logo
180

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Commits

Cardano has 1.95X more commits than ICP

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226,198
ICP logo
116,161

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Stars

Cardano has 1.25X more stars than ICP

Cardano logo
11,570
ICP logo
9,255

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Watchers

Cardano has 5.34% fewer watchers than ICP

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2,072
ICP logo
2,189

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Cardano vs ICP Real-Time TPS Chart

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About Blockchains

About 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.

About ICP

The Internet Computer enables you to build anything without traditional IT and Big Tech. It hosts decentralized serverless compute that’s simpler, immune to cyber attack, unstoppable, and controllable by DAOs. Next-generation smart contracts (named Canisters) that hold both code and state enable truly Decentralized AI. Canisters use Chain Fusion technology to write transctions directly to other chains without centralized bridges, enabling secure multi-chain dapps. Build social, defi, games, e-commerce, enterprise or any kind of application or service on ICP. The internet is evolving.

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