Base scores 15 points above Mantle, led by forced withdrawals, EVM equivalence, and rollup stage. Base ranks #3 and Mantle #10 of 15 published L2 blockchains. Every term of the gap is on the ledger below; the inputs are on the audit receipt.
Base77
vs
Mantle62
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99 · ranks #3 and #10 of 15
Base scores 15 points above Mantle, led by forced withdrawals, EVM equivalence, and rollup stage.
Base #3 of 1577
Mantle #10 of 1562
Scores are out of 100; published scores fall within 41–99; a bar is empty at 41 and full at 99.
Why, term by termBase leads on 3 of 8 published criteria; Mantle on 0. The terms sum to the gap.
TermBaseMantleWeightPoints
Forced withdrawals10/100/104.3+11.2for Base+5.8 of 32
EVM equivalence10/106/102.4+2.5for Base+1.3 of 32
Rollup stage7/103/101.9+2.0for Base+1.0 of 32
Net of the terms+15.7
Criteria roundingThe criteria block is rounded to whole points before it is spread+0.1
Reproduced gap+15.9
Published gapAfter score rounding and bounds — see the note below7762+15.0
Weight is in points of the 86-point weighted total. Points are score points of the gap between the two.
BaseScore 77Coinbase-built OP Stack rollup, EVM-equivalent, no native tokenStrength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track recordMantleScore 62Modular Ethereum L2, now a ZK validity rollup, with MNT as the gas tokenStrength: Ethereum data availability — 10/10Watch-out: Only whitelisted proposers can publish state roots, so withdrawals freeze if they stop (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
Quick facts
At a glance
2 of 3 rows read the same for both.
FactBaseMantle
Asset coverageEditorial——
Region fitSnapshotus, europe, globalus, europe, global
Security postureSnapshotOptimistic rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (EIP-4844 blobs).ZK rollup; data availability: Ethereum L1 (blobs).
From the published criteria
Which should you pick?
Base
77#3 of 15
Leads
Pick it when
Pick Base if forced withdrawals matters most — it scores 10/10 to Mantle's 0/10 there (weight 18).
Strength
EVM equivalence — 10/10
Tradeoff
Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track record
Mantle
62#10 of 15
Pick it when
Mantle leads Base on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
Strength
Ethereum data availability — 10/10
Tradeoff
Only whitelisted proposers can publish state roots, so withdrawals freeze if they stop (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
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Which one is actually for you?
BaseLeads
Choose Base if forced withdrawals matters most
Forced withdrawals: 10/10 against 0/10 for Mantle (weight 18)
EVM equivalence: 10/10 against 6/10 for Mantle (weight 10)
Rollup stage: 7/10 against 3/10 for Mantle (weight 8)
BaseScore 77Coinbase-built OP Stack rollup, EVM-equivalent, no native tokenStrength: EVM equivalence — 10/10Watch-out: Younger than the 2021-era rollups, so a shorter production track record
Mantle
Mantle leads Base on no published criterion
Choose it only if something outside the published criteria decides for you — your country, a funding rail, or custody.
MantleScore 62Modular Ethereum L2, now a ZK validity rollup, with MNT as the gas tokenStrength: Ethereum data availability — 10/10Watch-out: Only whitelisted proposers can publish state roots, so withdrawals freeze if they stop (L2BEAT proposer failure: Cannot withdraw)
Criterion by criterion
Scorecard
Published criteria · weight in points of 8616 of 16 cells scored. Strength is read from the evidence file; the weight is the published one. Methodology
EVM equivalence
by 4 of 10weight 2.4 of 86Base leads
Base10/10 out of 10
Mantle6/10 out of 10
Track record
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Base6/10 out of 10
Mantle6/10 out of 10
Data on Ethereum
weight 3.4 of 86Tie
Base10/10 out of 10
Mantle10/10 out of 10
Rollup stage
by 4 of 10weight 1.9 of 86Base leads
Base7/10 out of 10
Mantle3/10 out of 10
Proof system
weight 4.3 of 86Tie
Base10/10 out of 10
Mantle10/10 out of 10
Exit window
weight 2.4 of 86Tie
Base0/10 out of 10
Mantle0/10 out of 10
Forced withdrawals
by 10 of 10weight 4.3 of 86Base leads
Base10/10 out of 10
Mantle0/10 out of 10
Censorship resistance
weight 2.9 of 86Tie
Base10/10 out of 10
Mantle10/10 out of 10
Score dimensions
weights sum to 86
The published score is five dimensions, each weighted for the category. "Published criteria" is the criteria block above; the other four are the engine's own terms — availability, friction, trust record, measured data. Each bar is one side's points out of that dimension's maximum; the weight beside the name is its points of the 86-point weighted total. The published criteria above can fill 24 of the block’s 30. A weight marked “constant here” belongs to a dimension every ranked product in the category holds at the same value: it still counts in the total, and it orders nothing here.
Availabilityweight 20 of 86 · constant here
Base14/20Mantle14/20
Tie
Published criteriaweight 30 of 86
Base20.1/30Mantle14/30
Base leads
Frictionweight 10 of 86 · constant here
Base2.7/10Mantle2.7/10
Tie
Trust recordweight 8 of 86 · constant here
Base3.2/8Mantle3.2/8
Tie
Measured dataweight 18 of 86 · constant here
Base5.5/18Mantle5.5/18
Tie
Decision rulePublished order
Choose Base unless the term Mantle leads on is the one you are buying.
Mantle leads Base on no published criterion and no score dimension — pick it only if a fact outside the score (country, funding rail, custody) decides for you.
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Control failure: a key or vote changes the rules, freezes or mints.
Scored by Exit window before an upgrade · 10% (Base 0/10, Mantle 0/10)
Verification failure: an invalid state or transfer is accepted.
Scored by Ethereum data availability · 14% (Base 10/10, Mantle 10/10)
Scored by Proof system · 18% (Base 10/10, Mantle 10/10)
Liveness failure: the operator stops, censors you or loses data.
Scored by Withdrawals if the operator stops · 18% (Base 10/10, Mantle 0/10)
Scored by Transactions if the sequencer censors you · 12% (Base 10/10, Mantle 10/10)
Also scored, as cost, quality or a summary of several families: EVM equivalence (10%), Maturity & track record (10%), Rollup stage (8%).
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Base scores 15 points above Mantle, led by forced withdrawals, EVM equivalence, and rollup stage. Published scores, out of 100: Base 77 (rank 3 of 15 l2 blockchains), Mantle 62 (rank 10 of 15).
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