I've heard it said that MySQL is faster than PostgreSQL. Is that true?
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It's easy to find benchmarks that favor one database over another, depending on the hardware, the configuration and the test. One database might do better on a single-core machine with little memory, while another can take better advantage of scaling to multiple core processors. One might lead on reads while another leads on writes.
- This MySQL vs. Postgres demonstrates MySQL is faster.
- Benchw results shows PostgreSQL as being faster.
- The Windows Skills blog shows MySQL is faster.
This was first published in April 2007
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