> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gas Usage

> Why Base Accounts use more gas than traditional Ethereum accounts and what it costs users on L2.

Base Accounts use more gas for transactions than traditional Ethereum accounts. On L2 networks, the cost difference to the user is a matter of cents.
The gas difference is due to the additional overhead required for:

1. **ERC-4337 Bundling**
2. **Smart Contract Operations**, including one time deployment of the Base Account contract
3. **Signature Verification**

## Gas Usage Breakdown

Here's a rough comparison of gas usage per account:

| Operation Type        | Traditional Ethereum Account | Base Account   |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------- | -------------- |
| Native Token Transfer | \~21,000 gas                 | \~100,000 gas  |
| ERC-20 Token Transfer | \~65,000 gas                 | \~150,000 gas  |
| First Deployment      | N/A                          | \~300,000+ gas |