Compare Polygon vs Ethereum

Polygon TPS is 2X higher than Ethereum TPS

43.56 tx/s

21.83 tx/s

Polygon max TPS is 7.18X higher than Ethereum max TPS

537.5 tx/s

74.91 tx/s

Polygon max theoretical TPS is 16X higher than Ethereum max theoretical TPS

3,810 tx/s

238.1 tx/s

Polygon transaction volume is 2X higher than Ethereum transaction volume

157K txns

78.3K txns

Polygon block time is 87.46% shorter than Ethereum block time

1.5s

11.96s

Polygon finality is 99.35% shorter than Ethereum finality

5s

12m 48s

Polygon has 2.18X more total transactions than Ethereum

8.32B txns

3.81B txns

Polygon was launched 5 years after Ethereum

May 30, 2020

Jul 30, 2015

Polygon Nakamoto Coefficient is 20% lower than Ethereum Nakamoto Coefficient

4

5

Polygon has 99.99% fewer validators than Ethereum

104

814,003

Polygon stake is 99.66% lower than Ethereum stake

$341M

$99.9B

Polygon and Ethereum are both PoS

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Proof of Stake (PoS)

Polygon and Ethereum governance are both off-chain

Off-chain

Off-chain

Polygon has 85.18% fewer developers than Ethereum

1,830

12,347

Polygon has 87.44% fewer commits than Ethereum

68,378

544,516

Polygon has 62.26% fewer repos than Ethereum

177

469

Polygon has 94.88% fewer stars than Ethereum

9,570

187,043

Polygon has 84.66% fewer watchers than Ethereum

1,248

8,137

Polygon on-chain revenue is 77.22% lower than Ethereum on-chain revenue

$62.8K

$276K

Polygon average transaction fee is 89.67% lower than Ethereum average transaction fee

$0.015

$0.145

Polygon market cap is 99.65% lower than Ethereum market cap

$964M

$275B

Polygon FDV is 99.65% lower than Ethereum FDV

$964M

$275B

Polygon Market Cap to FDV ratio is the same as Ethereum Market Cap to FDV ratio

100.00%

100.00%

Polygon price is >99.99% lower than Ethereum price

$0.0906

$2,253.08