Qdrant Beats Elastic’s DiskBBQ at 2x Throughput, Half the Latency, and 1/3 the Compute - Qdrant

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This post presents a benchmark comparing Qdrant's disk-based retrieval performance against Elastic's DiskBBQ. It details Qdrant's optimized configuration using TurboQuant 4-bit, async disk scoring, and a two-stage retrieval plan, demonstrating superior throughput and lower latency compared to Elastic's proprietary solution. The benchmark setup, methodology, and results are provided, along with instructions for reproducing the benchmark. The post emphasizes Qdrant's open-source nature and efficiency gains.