Compare Polkadot vs Ethereum

Polkadot TPS is 99.93% lower than Ethereum TPS

0.02 tx/s

24.87 tx/s

Polkadot max TPS is 6.18X higher than Ethereum max TPS

462.7 tx/s

74.91 tx/s

Polkadot max theoretical TPS is 4.2X higher than Ethereum max theoretical TPS

1,000 tx/s

238.1 tx/s

Polkadot transaction volume is 99.93% lower than Ethereum transaction volume

62 txns

89.2K txns

Polkadot block time is 49.66% shorter than Ethereum block time

6.04s

12s

Polkadot finality is 96.09% shorter than Ethereum finality

30s

12m 48s

Polkadot has 98.76% fewer total transactions than Ethereum

46M txns

3.71B txns

Polkadot was launched 5 years after Ethereum

May 26, 2020

Jul 30, 2015

Polkadot Nakamoto Coefficient is 172X higher than Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient

172

1

Polkadot has 99.95% fewer validators than Ethereum

600

1,349,000

Polkadot stake is 99.03% lower than Ethereum stake

$1.019B

$105.7B

Polkadot is Nominated Proof of Stake, while Ethereum is PoS

Nominated Proof of Stake

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Polkadot on-chain governance is better than Ethereum off-chain governance

On-chain

Off-chain

Polkadot has 22.52% fewer developers than Ethereum

9,102

11,748

Polkadot has 1.33X more commits than Ethereum

703,667

529,951

Polkadot has 1.25X more repos than Ethereum

567

455

Polkadot has 80.88% fewer stars than Ethereum

35,629

186,379

Polkadot has 73.39% fewer watchers than Ethereum

2,177

8,182

Polkadot on-chain revenue is 99.99% lower than Ethereum on-chain revenue

$22.5

$310.3K

Polkadot average transaction fee is 96.33% lower than Ethereum average transaction fee

$0.005424

$0.148

Polkadot market cap is 99.36% lower than Ethereum market cap

$1.902B

$298.7B

Polkadot FDV is 99.21% lower than Ethereum FDV

$2.346B

$298.7B

Polkadot Market Cap to FDV ratio is 18.94% lower than Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.06%

100.00%

Polkadot price is 99.95% lower than Ethereum price

$1.117

$2,448