These comprehensive benchmarks are intended to serve as a resource for evaluating popular ERC-4337 compatible smart contract accounts. They are built on Hardhat for accurate, transaction-based fee measurements (see Methodology ) and for use of existing TypeScript utilities around fee calculations.
When using smart contract accounts, it's important to consider both deployment gas costs and transaction gas costs which are dependent on the contract implementation. Unlike EOAs, smart contract accounts incur gas costs when being deployed on each chain.
This tool seeks to measure the cost of the entire transaction landed on-chain for each action, including associated L1 fees. As smart accounts are expected to proliferate on L2s, it's important to consider L1 fees (measured as a function of the RLP-encoded signed transaction and the blob gas market) on top of L2 execution costs. L1 fees can impact the cost of transactions on L2s, so optimizing the size of calldata is important.
The L1 fee calculations are done following the formula and constants specified in Optimism Ecotone .
There are two different categories of benchmarks measured in this test: User Operation and Runtime .
User Operation : This test measures the onchain cost for a bundler to execute the user operation in a bundle of size 1, to present a lower-bound fee required for the user operation to land in an exclusive bundle. The cost per individual user operation can vary, because each bundler may calculate pre-verification gas differently and the costs can differ based on the number of user operations in a bundle. This benchmark, much like most other benchmarks, calculates fees based on the transaction receipt and the serialized signed EIP-1559 transaction for entryPoint.handleUserOp([userOp]). As multi-user-op bundles become more prevalent, we can expect actual fees to undercut the data presented here.
Runtime : Runtime transactions are defined as those performed outside of the ERC-4337 flow. This can be done by calling from one smart account into another during the execution phase in ERC-4337, or by using an EOA account to initiate a transaction and skip the ERC-4337 EntryPoint contract. While this is a possible flow with smart accounts, it is uncommon in practice. Runtime benchmarks can be found within each chain's benchmark page. For this flow, fees are also calculated based on the transaction's receipt and the serialized signed EIP-1559 transaction.
Below, we compare the deployment costs and various transaction costs across multiple popular smart contract account implementations.
These numbers are derived from local simulations with fixed inputs (see Run benchmark below to try different inputs) and actual on-chain numbers may differ.
Relative costs are computed relative to Alchemy Modular Account v2. Latest fees were benchmarked on 2025-01-30. High blob fees were benchmarked on 2024-03-31.
⛽️ Benchmarks for other networks
Ethereum Mainnet | Arbitrum Mainnet | Polygon Mainnet | Optimism Mainnet | Base Mainnet | Zora Mainnet
Parameter
Latest
High Blob Fees
Gas price (gwei)
0.001000555
0.060233618
L1 base fee (gwei)
1.121228232
24.05
L1 base fee scalar
5227
1368
Blob base fee (wei)
7736427
46930000000
Blob base fee scalar
1014213
810949
ETH price (USD)
$3192.59
-
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00036
$0.03651
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
$0.00074
$0.06471
204.96%
177.24%
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
$0.00067
$0.06984
186.38%
191.30%
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
$0.00104
$0.10092
290.60%
276.41%
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
$0.00059
$0.05033
163.97%
137.86%
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
$0.00067
$0.05933
186.20%
162.52%
Simple Account (non-modular)
$0.00060
$0.05176
168.44%
141.78%
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
97772
0.000000098
2300
0.000000015
0.000000112
$0.00036
Biconomy Nexus
210309
0.000000210
3152
0.000000020
0.000000230
$0.00074
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
180465
0.000000181
4564
0.000000029
0.000000210
$0.00067
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
289207
0.000000289
5884
0.000000037
0.000000327
$0.00104
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
169655
0.000000170
2300
0.000000015
0.000000184
$0.00059
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
190525
0.000000191
2948
0.000000019
0.000000209
$0.00067
Simple Account (non-modular)
174219
0.000000174
2372
0.000000015
0.000000189
$0.00060
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
97772
0.000005889
2300
0.000005546
0.000011436
$0.03651
Biconomy Nexus
210309
0.000012668
3152
0.000007601
0.000020269
$0.06471
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
180465
0.000010870
4564
0.000011006
0.000021876
$0.06984
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
289207
0.000017420
5884
0.000014189
0.000031609
$0.10092
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
169655
0.000010219
2300
0.000005546
0.000015765
$0.05033
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
190525
0.000011476
2948
0.000007109
0.000018585
$0.05933
Simple Account (non-modular)
174219
0.000010494
2372
0.000005720
0.000016214
$0.05176
User Operation: Native transfer
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00065
$0.08408
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
$0.00067
$0.08772
103.81%
104.33%
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
$0.00076
$0.09319
117.05%
110.84%
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
$0.00071
$0.09137
110.33%
108.68%
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
$0.00062
$0.08253
96.23%
98.16%
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
$0.00066
$0.09018
101.69%
107.25%
Simple Account (non-modular)
$0.00062
$0.08242
96.14%
98.02%
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
158725
0.000000159
6956
0.000000044
0.000000203
$0.00065
Biconomy Nexus
164351
0.000000164
7288
0.000000046
0.000000211
$0.00067
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
190912
0.000000191
7336
0.000000047
0.000000238
$0.00076
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
176479
0.000000177
7460
0.000000047
0.000000224
$0.00071
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
151148
0.000000151
6944
0.000000044
0.000000195
$0.00062
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
156812
0.000000157
7796
0.000000050
0.000000206
$0.00066
Simple Account (non-modular)
151045
0.000000151
6932
0.000000044
0.000000195
$0.00062
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
158725
0.000009561
6956
0.000016774
0.000026335
$0.08408
Biconomy Nexus
164351
0.000009899
7288
0.000017575
0.000027475
$0.08772
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
190912
0.000011499
7336
0.000017691
0.000029190
$0.09319
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
176479
0.000010630
7460
0.000017990
0.000028620
$0.09137
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
151148
0.000009104
6944
0.000016746
0.000025850
$0.08253
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
156812
0.000009445
7796
0.000018800
0.000028246
$0.09018
Simple Account (non-modular)
151045
0.000009098
6932
0.000016717
0.000025815
$0.08242
User Operation: ERC-20 transfer
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00074
$0.09385
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
$0.00076
$0.09638
102.89%
102.70%
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
$0.00085
$0.10179
114.54%
108.46%
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
$0.00081
$0.10112
109.17%
107.74%
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
$0.00071
$0.09234
96.78%
98.39%
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
$0.00075
$0.09991
101.56%
106.45%
Simple Account (non-modular)
$0.00071
$0.09234
96.77%
98.39%
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
182665
0.000000183
7628
0.000000048
0.000000231
$0.00074
Biconomy Nexus
188136
0.000000188
7820
0.000000050
0.000000238
$0.00076
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
214817
0.000000215
7856
0.000000050
0.000000265
$0.00085
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
200732
0.000000201
8120
0.000000052
0.000000252
$0.00081
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
175294
0.000000175
7616
0.000000048
0.000000224
$0.00071
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
181014
0.000000181
8456
0.000000054
0.000000235
$0.00075
Simple Account (non-modular)
175283
0.000000175
7616
0.000000048
0.000000224
$0.00071
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
182665
0.000011003
7628
0.000018395
0.000029398
$0.09385
Biconomy Nexus
188136
0.000011332
7820
0.000018858
0.000030190
$0.09638
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
214817
0.000012939
7856
0.000018945
0.000031884
$0.10179
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
200732
0.000012091
8120
0.000019582
0.000031672
$0.10112
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
175294
0.000010559
7616
0.000018366
0.000028925
$0.09234
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
181014
0.000010903
8456
0.000020392
0.000031295
$0.09991
Simple Account (non-modular)
175283
0.000010558
7616
0.000018366
0.000028924
$0.09234
User Operation: Uniswap V3 ERC-20 swap
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00083
$0.10825
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
$0.00085
$0.11060
102.53%
102.17%
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
$0.00094
$0.11599
113.05%
107.15%
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
$0.00090
$0.11554
108.38%
106.73%
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
$0.00080
$0.10646
97.03%
98.35%
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
$0.00084
$0.11430
101.53%
105.59%
Simple Account (non-modular)
$0.00080
$0.10673
97.25%
98.59%
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
201790
0.000000202
9020
0.000000057
0.000000259
$0.00083
Biconomy Nexus
207286
0.000000207
9188
0.000000058
0.000000266
$0.00085
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
234378
0.000000235
9212
0.000000059
0.000000293
$0.00094
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
220464
0.000000221
9500
0.000000060
0.000000281
$0.00090
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
194407
0.000000195
8972
0.000000057
0.000000251
$0.00080
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
200573
0.000000201
9836
0.000000062
0.000000263
$0.00084
Simple Account (non-modular)
194829
0.000000195
8996
0.000000057
0.000000252
$0.00080
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
201790
0.000012155
9020
0.000021752
0.000033906
$0.10825
Biconomy Nexus
207286
0.000012486
9188
0.000022157
0.000034643
$0.11060
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
234378
0.000014117
9212
0.000022215
0.000036332
$0.11599
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
220464
0.000013279
9500
0.000022909
0.000036189
$0.11554
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
194407
0.000011710
8972
0.000021636
0.000033346
$0.10646
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
200573
0.000012081
9836
0.000023720
0.000035801
$0.11430
Simple Account (non-modular)
194829
0.000011735
8996
0.000021694
0.000033429
$0.10673
User Operation: Account creation and empty call
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00090
$0.10261
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
$0.00127
$0.13254
141.59%
129.17%
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
$0.00129
$0.14290
143.44%
139.26%
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
$0.00163
$0.17268
181.29%
168.29%
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
$0.00109
$0.11393
121.26%
111.03%
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
$0.00120
$0.13015
133.54%
126.84%
Simple Account (non-modular)
$0.00110
$0.11545
123.07%
112.51%
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
233004
0.000000233
7508
0.000000048
0.000000281
$0.00090
Biconomy Nexus
342381
0.000000343
8664
0.000000055
0.000000398
$0.00127
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
338419
0.000000339
10108
0.000000064
0.000000403
$0.00129
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
435486
0.000000436
11552
0.000000073
0.000000509
$0.00163
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
292822
0.000000293
7484
0.000000048
0.000000341
$0.00109
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
317904
0.000000318
8964
0.000000057
0.000000375
$0.00120
Simple Account (non-modular)
297367
0.000000298
7568
0.000000048
0.000000346
$0.00110
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
233004
0.000014035
7508
0.000018106
0.000032140
$0.10261
Biconomy Nexus
342381
0.000020623
8664
0.000020893
0.000041516
$0.13254
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
338419
0.000020384
10108
0.000024376
0.000044760
$0.14290
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
435486
0.000026231
11552
0.000027858
0.000054089
$0.17268
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
292822
0.000017638
7484
0.000018048
0.000035686
$0.11393
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
317904
0.000019149
8964
0.000021617
0.000040765
$0.13015
Simple Account (non-modular)
297367
0.000017911
7568
0.000018250
0.000036162
$0.11545
User Operation: Session key creation
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00186
$0.20104
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
Unsupported
Unsupported
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
Unsupported
Unsupported
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Simple Account (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
495041
0.000000495
13748
0.000000087
0.000000583
$0.00186
Biconomy Nexus
-
-
-
-
-
-
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Simple Account (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
495041
0.000029818
13748
0.000033154
0.000062972
$0.20104
Biconomy Nexus
-
-
-
-
-
-
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Simple Account (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
User Operation: Session key native transfer
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00069
$0.08719
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
Unsupported
Unsupported
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
Unsupported
Unsupported
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Simple Account (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
172036
0.000000172
7028
0.000000045
0.000000217
$0.00069
Biconomy Nexus
-
-
-
-
-
-
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Simple Account (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
172036
0.000010362
7028
0.000016948
0.000027310
$0.08719
Biconomy Nexus
-
-
-
-
-
-
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Simple Account (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
User Operation: Session key ERC-20 transfer
Absolute - Latest
Absolute - High Blob Fees
Relative - Latest
Relative - High Blob Fees
Alchemy Modular Account v2
$0.00079
$0.09722
100.00%
100.00%
Biconomy Nexus
Unsupported
Unsupported
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
Unsupported
Unsupported
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Simple Account (non-modular)
Unsupported
Unsupported
Details
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
197295
0.000000197
7700
0.000000049
0.000000246
$0.00079
Biconomy Nexus
-
-
-
-
-
-
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Simple Account (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Execution gas
Execution fee (ETH)
L1 gas
L1 fee (ETH)
Total fee (ETH)
Total fee (USD)
Alchemy Modular Account v2
197295
0.000011884
7700
0.000018569
0.000030452
$0.09722
Biconomy Nexus
-
-
-
-
-
-
ZeroDev Kernel v3.1
-
-
-
-
-
-
Safe v1.4.1 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Alchemy Light Account v2 (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Coinbase Smart Wallet (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Simple Account (non-modular)
-
-
-
-
-
-
Copy .env.sample to .env and update the values within .env:
Test running the benchmarks over the supported accounts and see the results in your terminal:
Run the benchmarks and update this file with the new results:
Fetch the current fee snapshot for the supported chains. This will output the most up-to-date values for the environment variables that you can copy into your .env file.
Verify the L1 gas used and the L1 fee paid for a given transaction hash. Run this script with a recent transaction hash to validate that the logic for calculating the L1 gas and L1 fee is correct.
pnpm verify-l1-gas < transaction-hash>
To add a new smart account to this repo, follow the steps below.
Fork this repo.
Add the account's artifacts under test/artifacts .
Implement the account's fixture and export an object matching the AccountConfig interface. Add this file under test/accounts .
Add your account under test/accounts.ts to include your account in the benchmarks.
Generate the results and write to the README by running pnpm benchmark:write.
Open a PR against this repo.