Compare Cardano vs Solana

Cardano TPS is 99.99% lower than Solana TPS

0.22 tx/s

2,718 tx/s

Cardano max TPS is 99.84% lower than Solana max TPS

11.62 tx/s

7,669 tx/s

Cardano max theoretical TPS is 99.97% lower than Solana max theoretical TPS

18.02 tx/s

65,000 tx/s

Cardano transaction volume is 99.99% lower than Solana transaction volume

777 txns

9.78M txns

Cardano block time is 45X longer than Solana block time

18.95s

422ms

Cardano finality is 9.38X longer than Solana finality

2m

12.8s

Cardano has 99.89% fewer total transactions than Solana

123M txns

121B txns

Cardano was launched 2 years before Solana

Sep 27, 2017

Mar 16, 2020

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 11.11% lower than Solana Nakamoto Coefficient

16

18

Cardano has 3.01X more validators than Solana

2,083

691

Cardano stake is 87.34% lower than Solana stake

$4.193B

$33.14B

Cardano and Solana are both PoS

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Cardano on-chain governance is better than Solana off-chain governance

On-chain

Off-chain

Cardano has 65.45% fewer developers than Solana

3,757

10,877

Cardano has 3.19X more commits than Solana

302,068

94,637

Cardano has 1.35X more repos than Solana

222

164

Cardano has 70.2% fewer stars than Solana

12,421

41,694

Cardano has 3.91X more watchers than Solana

2,215

566

Cardano on-chain revenue is 99.84% lower than Solana on-chain revenue

$909.4

$594.4K

Cardano average transaction fee is 17X higher than Solana average transaction fee

$0.06154

$0.003522

Cardano market cap is 83.96% lower than Solana market cap

$7.144B

$44.55B

Cardano FDV is 81.8% lower than Solana FDV

$8.796B

$48.35B

Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio is 11.84% lower than Solana Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.22%

92.13%

Cardano price is 99.74% lower than Solana price

$0.1955

$76.52