Compare Cardano vs Solana

Cardano TPS is 99.98% lower than Solana TPS

0.19 tx/s

1,396 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 99.98% lower than Solana transaction volume

665 txns

5.03M txns

Cardano block time is 46X longer than Solana block time

19.39s

421ms

Cardano finality is 9.38X longer than Solana finality

2m

12.8s

Cardano and Solana are both layer 1 blockchains

Layer 1 blockchain

Cardano has 99.89% fewer total transactions than Solana

123M txns

119B txns

Cardano was launched 2 years before Solana

Sep 27, 2017

Cardano Nakamoto Coefficient is 16.66% lower than Solana Nakamoto Coefficient

15

18

Cardano has 3.01X more validators than Solana

2,086

693

Cardano stake is 88.12% lower than Solana stake

$3.695B

$31.11B

Cardano and Solana are both PoS

Proof of Stake (PoS)

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

On-chain

Cardano has 65.31% fewer developers than Solana

3,768

10,865

Cardano has 3.22X more commits than Solana

303,607

94,359

Cardano has 1.39X more repos than Solana

227

163

Cardano has 69.79% fewer stars than Solana

12,572

41,623

Cardano has 3.97X more watchers than Solana

2,252

567

Cardano chain revenue is 99.77% lower than Solana chain revenue

$845.9

$376.9K

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

$0.05405

$0.003148

Cardano market cap is 84.78% lower than Solana market cap

$6.418B

$42.18B

Cardano FDV is 82.73% lower than Solana FDV

$7.912B

$45.83B

Cardano Market Cap to FDV ratio is 11.85% lower than Solana Market Cap to FDV ratio

81.12%

92.03%

Cardano price is 99.75% lower than Solana price

$0.1758

$72.59