> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.base.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Gas Usage

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 |