The document presents a comparative study of the financial performance of the State Bank of India (SBI) and ICICI Bank, focusing on their efficiency in various financial metrics such as net profit, operating profit, and return on net worth. It concludes that SBI, being a public sector bank, has a larger operational scale and a higher average in several performance ratios than ICICI Bank, a prominent private sector bank. The analysis, based on data from 2006 to 2011, indicates significant differences in the performance outcomes of both banks, providing insights for future research in the banking sector.