APT vs SUI
Aptos and Sui scored on the same 25 variables, ranked against the same 251 tokens, with every gap between them shown.
Scoring pass 18 Sept 2026. Market snapshot 7 Oct 2026.
What separates them
APT scores 116 of 250 and ranks 81st of 251. SUI scores 146 and ranks 23rd. SUI leads by 30 points, which is a wide enough margin that the framework is not ambivalent. APT takes 2 of the 25 variables, SUI takes 18, and 5 are level.
The framework rates APT WATCH and SUI HOLD. Two tokens close enough to compare do not have to land in the same band, and where they do not, the divergence table below is where the split comes from.
4 variables separate them by 3 points or more. SUI is clear on Revenue Trend (8 against 5), TVL Trend (9 against 6) and BTC Alpha Potential (7 against 4).
Both score 3 or below on Supply Inflation, Vesting Schedule, Circulating / FDV Ratio, Buyback and Burn. A weakness both sides share is not a reason to prefer either. It is a reason to check whether the category itself carries the problem.
SUI is valued at $4.63B against $652.3M for APT, a 7.1x difference. The larger of the two also scores higher, so the market and the framework agree on the ordering here.
All 25 variables, head to head
Both tokens were scored by the same framework in the same pass, so the numbers are directly comparable. What a comparison adds over two separate pages is the gap: a 6 against a 6 is a non-event, a 9 against a 3 is the reason to hold one and not the other.
Cash flow
| Protocol Revenue | 4 | 3 | APT +1 | |
| Revenue Trend | 5 | 8 | SUI +3 | |
| P/S Multiple | 4 | 5 | SUI +1 | |
| Real Staking Yield | 6 | 5 | APT +1 |
Supply
| Supply Inflation | 2 | 2 | level | |
| Vesting Schedule | 2 | 2 | level | |
| Circulating / FDV Ratio | 3 | 3 | level | |
| Buyback and Burn | 1 | 2 | SUI +1 |
Ownership
| Smart Money Flows | 6 | 8 | SUI +2 | |
| Insider Selling | 3 | 4 | SUI +1 | |
| Holder Concentration | 4 | 4 | level |
Traction
| TVL Trend | 6 | 9 | SUI +3 | |
| Active Users | 5 | 7 | SUI +2 | |
| Developer Activity | 6 | 8 | SUI +2 | |
| Network Growth | 6 | 7 | SUI +1 |
Position
| Market Share | 4 | 6 | SUI +2 | |
| Competitive Moat | 5 | 7 | SUI +2 | |
| Institutional Adoption | 5 | 6 | SUI +1 | |
| Exchange Depth | 6 | 7 | SUI +1 | |
| Social Mindshare | 5 | 8 | SUI +3 |
Risk
| Regulatory Safety | 6 | 6 | level | |
| Catalyst Calendar | 6 | 7 | SUI +1 | |
| BTC Alpha Potential | 4 | 7 | SUI +3 | |
| Team Execution | 6 | 8 | SUI +2 | |
| Treasury Runway | 6 | 7 | SUI +1 |
Bars read outward from the centre: APT to the left, SUI to the right. The side that leads a variable is filled. Each score is 1 to 10 against the same definition applied to all 251 rated tokens.
Market and supply
| APT | SUI | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.7484 | $1.12 |
| Market cap | $652.3M | $4.63B |
| Circulating | 41.5% | 41.2% |
| Dilution to full supply | 2.41x | 2.43x |
| Off all-time high | -96.2% | -79% |
| To recover the high | 26.3x | 4.8x |
| Total value locked | $890.0M | $2.10B |
| Network | Aptos | Sui |
Price, market cap and all-time high from the CoinGecko snapshot fetched 7 Oct 2026. Supply shares are derived from circulating and eventual supply counts, which do not move with price. The 25 scores come from the research pass dated 18 Sept 2026.
Catalyst and risk on each side
APT · WATCH
Microsoft partnership for AI on Aptos; strong Move network crossover with Sui
Only 27% of tokens in circulation; heavy VC and team allocations opening through 2028 create massive sell pressure
SUI · HOLD
Dominant DEX volume growth; zkLogin adoption driving user onboarding; CETUS liquidity monopoly
Only 33% of tokens in circulation; Mysten Labs/VC releases through 2028 create structural sell pressure
Common questions
- Is APT or SUI the better investment?
- On this framework SUI scores higher: 146 against 116 of 250, and it is rated HOLD against WATCH. That is a ranking of fundamentals as recorded at the last scoring pass, not a price forecast, and APT still wins 2 of the 25 individual variables against SUI.
- What is the biggest difference between APT and SUI?
- Revenue Trend. APT scores 5 of 10 there and SUI scores 8, a gap of 3 points on a single variable.
- Which is bigger, APT or SUI?
- APT is valued at $652.3M and SUI at $4.63B on the latest market snapshot.
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Research and analysis, not investment advice. A higher score is one framework applied consistently to 251 tokens, not a prediction that one asset will outperform the other.