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title: "Discussion on \"The Benchmark Bug That Made NATS Look 9x Faster Than Kafka\" | Hashnode"
description: "Discussion on \"The Benchmark Bug That Made NATS Look 9x Faster Than Kafka\". My first Kafka vs Redpanda vs NATS benchmark showed NATS 9x faster — a flat percentile curve exposed it as a test bug, not a real result."
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# [The Benchmark Bug That Made NATS Look 9x Faster Than Kafka](https://nipunnair.hashnode.dev/the-benchmark-bug-that-made-nats-look-9x-faster-than-kafka?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

My first Kafka vs Redpanda vs NATS benchmark showed NATS 9x faster — a flat percentile curve exposed it as a test bug, not a real result.

Aug 2 · 6 min read · nipunnair.hashnode.dev  
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-   [#redpanda](https://hashnode.com/tag/redpanda)
-   [#nats](https://hashnode.com/tag/nats)
-   [#benchmarking](https://hashnode.com/tag/benchmarking)
-   [#distributed-system](https://hashnode.com/tag/distributed-system)

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