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, 23:29 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	781.5 tx/s 6.32%	5,289 tx/s	65,000 tx/s	2.81M txns	0.4s	12.8s	95.4B txns	Mar 16, 2020
3 Base Layer 2	186.6 tx/s 4.42%	1,267 tx/s	3,571 tx/s	672K txns	2s	13m 13s	4.4B txns	Aug 9, 2023
4 Stellar Layer 1	181.4 tx/s 0.07%	186.8 tx/s	2,032 tx/s	653K txns	5.72s	0s	21.1B txns	Sep 30, 2015
5 BNB Chain Layer 1	153.6 tx/s 1.63%	2,545 tx/s	2,222 tx/s	553K txns	0.75s	2s	10B txns	Sep 1, 2020
6 Taraxa Layer 1	75.38 tx/s 2.99%	4,906 tx/s	50,000 tx/s	271K txns	3.43s	0s	8.78B txns	Apr 3, 2023
7 TRON Layer 1	63.6 tx/s 12.13%	272 tx/s	2,516 tx/s	229K txns	3s	57s	12B txns	Jun 25, 2018
8 Polygon Sidechain	54.09 tx/s 18.01%	429.1 tx/s	714.3 tx/s	195K txns	2s	5s	5.88B txns	May 30, 2020
9 Sei Layer 1	53.41 tx/s 12.42%	255.7 tx/s	12,500 tx/s	192K txns	0.48s	0s	1.96B txns	May 22, 2023
10 NEAR Layer 1	46.56 tx/s 4.50%	4,135 tx/s	16,000 tx/s	168K txns	0.6s	0.6s	4.79B txns	Apr 22, 2020
11 Sui Layer 1	37.02 tx/s 5.08%	926.5 tx/s	120,000 tx/s	133K txns	0.24s	0s	3.69B txns	May 3, 2023
12 Optimism Layer 2	30.36 tx/s 18.25%	210.1 tx/s	714.3 tx/s	109K txns	2s	16m 48s	809M txns	Dec 16, 2021
13 Somnia Layer 1 New	29.93 tx/s 21.87%	134,642 tx/s	1,050,000 tx/s	108K txns	0.1s	0s	1.15B txns	Sep 2, 2025
14 Avalanche Layer 1	27.33 tx/s 2.06%	122.7 tx/s	1,191 tx/s	98.4K txns	1.75s	2s	826M txns	Sep 21, 2020
15 opBNB Layer 2	26.4 tx/s 4.80%	548.1 tx/s	4,762 tx/s	95K txns	0.5s	1m 2s	3.81B txns	Aug 11, 2023
16 Arbitrum Layer 2	24.03 tx/s 0.47%	1,358 tx/s	6,095 tx/s	86.5K txns	0.25s	13m 48s	1.69B txns	Aug 31, 2021
17 Ethereum Layer 1	16.17 tx/s 12.80%	62.34 tx/s	178.6 tx/s	58.2K txns	12.12s	12m 48s	3.07B txns	Jul 30, 2015
18 Aptos Layer 1	13.04 tx/s 22.06%	12,933 tx/s	160,000 tx/s	47K txns	0.08s	0s	2.74B txns	Oct 12, 2022
19 TON Layer 1 New	12.43 tx/s 25.25%	1,542 tx/s	104,715 tx/s	44.8K txns	2.95s	6s	2.74B txns	May 26, 2021
20 Bitcoin Layer 1	9.37 tx/s 80.00%	13.2 tx/s	7 tx/s	33.7K txns	6m 21s	1h	1.26B txns	Jan 3, 2009
21 BSV Blockchain Layer 1	7.86 tx/s 44.14%	1,975 tx/s	31,815 tx/s	28.3K txns	8m 21s	1h	6.64B txns	Nov 15, 2018
22 Celo Layer 2	7.73 tx/s 16.34%	268.1 tx/s	476.2 tx/s	27.8K txns	1s	24m 48s	1.03B txns	Apr 22, 2020
23 Algorand Layer 1	7.04 tx/s 3.60%	5,716 tx/s	9,384 tx/s	25.4K txns	2.79s	0s	3.29B txns	Jun 12, 2019
24 Flow Layer 1	5.71 tx/s 3.78%	134.9 tx/s	3,900 tx/s	20.6K txns	0.8s	10s	860M txns	Jul 15, 2020
25 Polkadot Ecosystem Ecosystem	5.58 tx/s 8.93%	462.7 tx/s	100,000 tx/s	20.1K txns	6.03s	30s	665M txns	May 26, 2020