Base vs Ethereum gas fees

As of Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:10:30 UTC, a swap costs $0.0022 on Base vs $0.0720 on Ethereum — Base is 33× cheaper.

Metric
StatusNormalCongested
Gas price0.0060 gwei0.1996 gwei
Transfer$0.0₃30$0.0101
Swap$0.0022$0.0720
NFT mint$0.0014$0.0480
NFT sale$0.0026$0.0863
Bridge$0.0017$0.0576
Borrow$0.0043$0.1439
Gas tokenETHETH
TVL$6.1B$49.7B

Costs = gas units × live gas price × native token price. Lower value highlighted. Updated every minute.

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