ICP and Ton dominate blockchain speed rankings in April with the best TPS

• ICP and Ton lead April with the best TPS supported by fast blocking times and powerful user activity.
• Solana, avalanche, and Avalanche show middle tier performance that is far behind the top two in transaction speeds.
• Ethereum and Bitcoin are low at TPS, highlighting the scalability gap and new blockchains.

New blockchain performance data from Phoenix Group reveals that in April 2025, Internet computers (ICP) and Toncoin (TON) achieved the highest average transaction (TPS), surpassing all other networks. This figure provides a detailed view of how key blockchains are scaled as user activity and application demand increases, creating clear disparities in throughput capabilities.

According to the data, ICP led all networks with an average TPS of 4,800. Ton continued closely at 4,300 TPS. These results far outweigh both blockchains in terms of transaction throughput. This report attributes part of this efficiency to rapid blocking times. The ICP averaged 480 ms per block, while Ton completed the block in just 390 ms.

Similarly, the results showed a high level of user engagement in the TON case. This brought the number of active addresses to 13.7 million in April, the highest of all tracked blockchains. For example, Solana has 3 million active addresses, which is not surprising as it hardly reaches your TPS list.

The high speed and activity levels of TON and ICP indicate that these networks handle large-scale operations with consistency that are likely enabled by optimized consensus protocols and infrastructure.

Significant reduction in mid-tier performance

The TPS results showed that the performance blockchain is at the top, while the remaining blockchains ranked below the top two. In regards to AATP, Solana was third best at 95.8 TPS, with the nearest protocol being second at 81.7 TPS and Avalanche was third at 70.4 TPS. Both of these networks trade on distributed application development and smart contract platforms, but throughput shows a large gap in transaction rates.

SUI was second in this regard, with 66.6 transactions in a second followed by Polygon, with TPS of 50.4 and Arbitrum of TPS of 46.6. Both support multiple Decentralized Financial (DEFI) and Web3 environments. However, the data shows that it is not even close to ICP and TON in terms of the number of transactions per second.

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In particular, Ethereum, the second largest blockchain based on market capitalization, has a TPS of just 3.5. This will result in significantly lower speed stakes than new competitors. The penalty highlights that Ethereum continues to address its throughput bottlenecks as it moves towards scaling solutions like roll-ups.

Similarly, Bitcoin was one of the lowest networks, with a reported TPS of 4.7. Although widely used as a valuable store, its basic transaction throughput lags behind speed-optimized chains.

Tron, BNB Chain, and Cardano also recorded moderate TPS values, indicating a more balanced trade-off between speed, security, and decentralization. These chains did not experience enough performance improvement metrics to create a list of the top 10, but are still involved in other network developments.

The data available in the Phoenix Group also included parameters other than TPS. Average block time and active addresses provided better insight into the activity of each network. These indicators indicate that TPS is an important causal indicator, but do not exist alone. Incorporating the perspectives of Ton and Solan respectively, fast block times and active users place clamps at end-to-end speeds across the blockchain system.