--- title: Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft description: Redpanda outperforms Kafka in terms of performance, even with the introduction of KRaft. Redpanda can handle GBps workloads on smaller hardware footprints,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft | daily.dev og:description: Redpanda outperforms Kafka in terms of performance, even with the introduction of KRaft. Redpanda can handle GBps workloads on smaller hardware footprints,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/xaHpy5ohT.png og:image:alt: Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft **[Community Picks](https://daily.dev/sources/community)** · 8 min read · 7 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Redpanda outperforms Kafka in terms of performance, even with the introduction of KRaft. Redpanda can handle GBps workloads on smaller hardware footprints, while Kafka requires additional hardware to compete. Redpanda is 4-20x faster than Kafka at the tail, and even with additional hardware, Kafka still lags behind. Redpanda's thread-per-core architecture and hardware-efficient design contribute to its superior performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#kafka](https://daily.dev/tags/kafka) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht"},"datePublished":"2023-12-01T20:04:33.503Z","dateModified":"2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z","description":"Redpanda outperforms Kafka in terms of performance, even with the introduction of KRaft. Redpanda can handle GBps workloads on smaller hardware footprints,...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cd5679b01c099d3b7e1ba7b3065d7902?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/cd5679b01c099d3b7e1ba7b3065d7902?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Community Picks","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Community Picks","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1655817725/logos/community","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":7},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"performance,kafka","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Community Picks","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/community"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft"}]} ```