Ethereum vs Sui

Ethereum4.3/5

VS

Sui4.0/5

Feature	EthereumVisit	SuiVisit
Ratings
Our score	4.3/5	4.0/5
User rating	No reviews yet	No reviews yet
Performance	3.0	4.5
Fees	3.5	4.5
Ecosystem	5.0	3.5
Decentralization	5.0	3.5
Developer experience	4.5	4.0
Specs
Layer	Layer 1	Layer 1
Consensus / design	Proof of Stake	Proof of Stake
Native token	ETH	SUI
EVM compatible	Yes	No
Smart contract languages	Solidity, Vyper	Move
Block time	12 seconds	Not disclosed
Typical transaction fee	0.15 to 0.5 gwei	Not disclosed
Finality	12.8 minutes	Not disclosed
Mainnet since	2,015	2,023
Sequencer	Not applicable	Not applicable
Data availability	EIP-4844 blobs and calldata	Not disclosed
Gas paid in	ETH	SUI
Company
Founded	2015	2023
Headquarters	Switzerland	United States
Investors	Public crowdsale participants	Arrington Capital, Hack VC
Strengths and weaknesses
Pros	Uninterrupted 100% network uptime since its July 2015 launch Nearly $50B in total value locked in October 2026 Hosts approximately $180B of stablecoins on mainnet as of July 2026 Open client ecosystem with no single point of corporate failure	Object-centric state model enables parallel execution for independent operations Move smart contract language enforces strict asset ownership boundaries Native protocol order book DeepBook consolidates onchain liquidity Over $500 million in commitments secured through Hashi Bitcoin collateralization
Cons	Base-layer transaction fees spike significantly during periods of heavy congestion Layer-1 execution throughput remains limited to under 30 transactions per second Complex smart contract interactions can become costly during peak network demand	Lack of EVM compatibility prevents simple migration of Solidity contracts Shared-object transactions require sequential consensus ordering
Best for	DeFi liquidity providers and traders, Smart contract developers using Solidity, Layer-2 rollup deployment teams	Developers writing Move smart contracts, Autonomous agent infrastructure builders, DeFi teams needing native order books

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