Fastest Blockchains by Transactions Per Second (TPS)

ICP has the highest Real-Time TPS across all blockchains on Chainspect

Data from Chainspect | Nov 12, 2025, 19:45 UTC
# Name	Real-time TPS (1H)	Max TPS (100 blocks)	Max Theor. TPS	Transaction Volume (1H)	Block Time (1H)	Finality	Total Transactions	Launch Date
1 ICP Layer 1	1,015 tx/s	25,621 tx/s	209,708 tx/s	3.66M txns	0.48s	0s	264B txns	May 10, 2021
2 Solana Layer 1	1,012 tx/s 21.74%	5,289 tx/s	65,000 tx/s	3.64M txns	0.4s	12.8s	95.4B txns	Mar 16, 2020
3 BNB Chain Layer 1	177.1 tx/s 16.23%	2,545 tx/s	2,222 tx/s	637K txns	0.75s	2s	10B txns	Sep 1, 2020
4 Base Layer 2	160.8 tx/s 11.53%	1,267 tx/s	3,571 tx/s	579K txns	2s	13m 13s	4.4B txns	Aug 9, 2023
5 Stellar Layer 1	143.6 tx/s 10.90%	186.8 tx/s	2,032 tx/s	517K txns	5.7s	0s	21.1B txns	Sep 30, 2015
6 TRON Layer 1	105.8 tx/s 12.87%	272 tx/s	2,516 tx/s	381K txns	3.01s	57s	12B txns	Jun 25, 2018
7 Taraxa Layer 1	71.94 tx/s 0.24%	4,906 tx/s	50,000 tx/s	259K txns	3.44s	0s	8.78B txns	Apr 3, 2023
8 Somnia Layer 1 New	64.15 tx/s 10.01%	134,642 tx/s	1,050,000 tx/s	231K txns	0.1s	0s	1.15B txns	Sep 2, 2025
9 Sei Layer 1	60.96 tx/s 0.91%	255.7 tx/s	12,500 tx/s	219K txns	0.48s	0s	1.96B txns	May 22, 2023
10 NEAR Layer 1	57.11 tx/s 1.34%	4,135 tx/s	16,000 tx/s	206K txns	0.62s	0.6s	4.79B txns	Apr 22, 2020
11 Polygon Sidechain	53.23 tx/s 0.60%	429.1 tx/s	714.3 tx/s	192K txns	2s	5s	5.88B txns	May 30, 2020
12 Sui Layer 1	42.74 tx/s 19.89%	926.5 tx/s	120,000 tx/s	154K txns	0.24s	0s	3.69B txns	May 3, 2023
13 opBNB Layer 2	40.73 tx/s 1.57%	548.1 tx/s	4,762 tx/s	147K txns	0.5s	1m 2s	3.81B txns	Aug 11, 2023
14 Optimism Layer 2	31.19 tx/s 8.85%	210.1 tx/s	714.3 tx/s	112K txns	2s	16m 48s	809M txns	Dec 16, 2021
15 Arbitrum Layer 2	30.13 tx/s 13.57%	1,358 tx/s	6,095 tx/s	108K txns	0.25s	13m 48s	1.69B txns	Aug 31, 2021
16 Avalanche Layer 1	27.87 tx/s 44.61%	122.7 tx/s	1,191 tx/s	100K txns	1.78s	2s	826M txns	Sep 21, 2020
17 TON Layer 1 New	23.97 tx/s 1.56%	1,542 tx/s	104,715 tx/s	86.3K txns	2.94s	6s	2.74B txns	May 26, 2021
18 Ethereum Layer 1	18.53 tx/s 4.38%	62.34 tx/s	178.6 tx/s	66.7K txns	12.08s	12m 48s	3.07B txns	Jul 30, 2015
19 Aptos Layer 1	15.14 tx/s 27.68%	12,933 tx/s	160,000 tx/s	54.5K txns	0.08s	0s	2.74B txns	Oct 12, 2022
20 Celo Layer 2	14.1 tx/s 10.10%	268.1 tx/s	476.2 tx/s	50.7K txns	1s	24m 48s	1.03B txns	Apr 22, 2020
21 Bitcoin Layer 1	10.97 tx/s 112.50%	13.2 tx/s	7 tx/s	39.5K txns	5m 40s	1h	1.26B txns	Jan 3, 2009
22 Algorand Layer 1	7.35 tx/s 2.53%	5,716 tx/s	9,384 tx/s	26.4K txns	2.84s	0s	3.29B txns	Jun 12, 2019
23 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	6.73 tx/s 17.80%	462.7 tx/s	100,000 tx/s	24.2K txns	6.01s	30s	665M txns	May 26, 2020
24 Flow Layer 1	5.78 tx/s 11.96%	134.9 tx/s	3,900 tx/s	20.8K txns	0.8s	10s	860M txns	Jul 15, 2020
25 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	5.53 tx/s 13.99%	1,975 tx/s	31,815 tx/s	19.9K txns	7m 30s	1h	6.64B txns	Nov 15, 2018