--- title: "Performance update: Redpanda vs. Kafka with KRaft" url: https://daily.dev/posts/performance-update-redpanda-vs-kafka-with-kraft-xahpy5oht source_url: https://redpanda.com/blog/kafka-kraft-vs-redpanda-performance-2023 type: article source: "Community Picks" published: 2023-12-01T20:04:33.503Z updated: 2023-12-07T12:02:45.284Z tags: ["performance", "kafka"] reading_time: 8 upvotes: 7 comments: 0 language: 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: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- 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)