# Optimism vs Arbitrum

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

| Metric                       | Optimism            | Arbitrum            |
| ---------------------------- | ------------------- | ------------------- |
| Real-time TPS (1H)           | 31.68 tx/s          | 30.61 tx/s          |
| Max TPS (100 blocks)         | 295.7 tx/s          | 2.04K tx/s          |
| Theoretical TPS              | 714.3 tx/s          | 6.1K tx/s           |
| Transaction Volume (1H)      | 114K txns           | 110K txns           |
| Block Time (1H)              | 2s                  | 260ms               |
| Finality Time                | 16m 48s             | 13m 48s             |
| Total Transactions           | 1.44B txns          | 2.43B txns          |
| Launch Date                  | Dec 16, 2021        | Aug 31, 2021        |
| Nakamoto Coefficient         | 1                   | 1                   |
| Validators/Miners            | 1                   | 1                   |
| Stake/Hashrate               | —                   | —                   |
| Consensus Mechanism          | Rollup (Optimistic) | Rollup (Optimistic) |
| Governance                   | On-chain            | On-chain            |
| On-Chain Revenue (1D)        | $1.88K              | $17.7K              |
| Average Transaction Fee (1D) | $0.001              | $0.0132             |
| Price                        | $0.1014             | $0.1726             |
| Market Cap                   | $232M               | $1.19B              |
| FDV                          | $436M               | $1.73B              |
| Market Cap / FDV             | 53.34%              | 68.92%              |
| Developers                   | 3,463               | 2,495               |
| Commits                      | 183,104             | 220,595             |
| Repos                        | 94                  | 137                 |
| Stars                        | 13,182              | 10,879              |

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