# Sui or Ethereum? How the Two Chains Differ on Finality, Fees and Design

Both Sui and Ethereum execute smart contracts, yet they scale in opposite ways. Ethereum keeps its base layer conservative and moves most activity to Layer 2 rollups. Sui launched in 2023 and scales on the base layer itself. It settles transactions in about 390 milliseconds, and its contracts are wr

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| Published | 22 October 2026 |

Source: https://egamers.io/sui-or-ethereum-how-the-two-chains-differ-on-finality-fees-and-design/