Dukansu protocols ne na Transport-layer, amma suna yin sassaucin akasi. TCP yana da alaƙar-haɗi kuma mai aminci — yana tabbatar da cewa kowane byte ya iso, cikin tsari, daidai sau ɗaya. UDP ba shi da haɗi kuma "harba-ka-manta" — yana kawai aika packets (datagrams) ba tare da tabbacin isarwa ko tsari ba. Kana sayar da aminci na TCP don ƙaramin overhead da sauri na UDP.
TCP UDP
┌───────────────────────┐ ┌───────────────────────┐
│ connection (handshake)│ │ no connection │
│ reliable (retransmit) │ │ best-effort (no retry)│
│ ordered delivery │ │ unordered │
│ flow + congestion ctrl│ │ none │
│ higher overhead │ │ minimal overhead │
└───────────────────────┘ └───────────────────────┘
