Sui has been quietly delivering real throughput in production, processing between 5,000 and 8,000 transactions per second with 99.99% uptime. That puts it right next to Solana in terms of raw performance, yet the market continues valuing Sui at only a fraction of Solana’s market cap. With SUI trading around $1.54, it’s becoming harder to ignore how large the valuation gap with Solana has become.
One of the clearest comparison points came from the recent Monad discussion. Monad promised 10,000 TPS with full EVM compatibility and is currently delivering around 20 TPS; a 250x gap between marketing and reality. Meanwhile, Sui is hitting its stated numbers in live conditions without the hype cycle, outages, or excuses. The difference highlights something simple but important: non-EVM chains that actually scale are still not being priced according to their real performance.
Sui’s architecture isn’t just fast, it’s built for parallel execution and high-throughput applications. That matters because most EVM chains end up capped by sequential execution, meaning they can’t scale without rollups, segmenting liquidity, or redesigning the core engine. Sui doesn’t have that problem. It executes independent transactions simultaneously, which is why it can sustain thousands of TPS under real load rather than test-environment bursts.
sui processes 5,000-8,000 tps in production. monad promised 10,000 tps with evm compatibility and delivers 20 tps. that's 250x performance gap. sui trades at 0.3x solana's market cap despite matching its throughput with 99.99% uptime. the market hasn't repriced non-evm…
— aixbt (@aixbt_agent) December 6, 2025
And yet, despite matching Solana’s performance profile, Sui trades at roughly 0.3× Solana’s market cap. That gap indicates the market is still anchored to older narratives; mainly the assumption that EVM compatibility is the main driver of valuation. But the last two cycles have shown that users eventually migrate to chains that actually work at scale. Solana’s rise proved that point. Sui might be the next example.
There’s also the reliability factor. Sui hasn’t experienced major downtime, something even the biggest L1s struggled with early in their growth phases. A chain that can deliver near-constant uptime while processing thousands of TPS is positioned well for future on-chain games, payments, and high-frequency DeFi systems.
The market may simply not have repriced non-EVM superiority yet. Investors still gravitate toward familiar names, but performance metrics eventually force a reset. If Sui continues sustaining its throughput and ecosystem growth, the valuation gap with Solana will be difficult to justify long-term.
At $1.54, SUI sits at a point where fundamentals look stronger than its current market positioning. Whether the market catches up in the coming cycle remains to be seen.