Candidates

Redis v8.8.2
Valkey v9.1.1
Dragonfly df-v1.40.1

Redis vs Valkey vs Dragonfly

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From the run of Aug 31, 2026 on AWS c7g.metal (engine) + c7g.4xlarge (client), AWS Graviton3. Read the post

Small value throughput

Winner Dragonfly (0.3 ms)

Large value throughput

Winner Dragonfly (1.4 ms)

Pipeline effect

Test 1 Pipeline depth 1

SET/GET mix at pipeline depth 1 (reuses small-value throughput data) (HIGHER ops/s = BETTER)

Pipeline depth 1 (ops/s)

Redis174,330.2 ops/s

Valkey173,395.0 ops/s

Dragonfly1,196,729.8 ops/s

Pipeline depth 1 in ops/s
Redis	174,330.2 ops/s
Valkey	173,395.0 ops/s
Dragonfly	1,196,729.8 ops/s

Test 2 Pipeline depth 30

SET/GET mix at pipeline depth 30 (HIGHER ops/s = BETTER)

Pipeline depth 30 (ops/s)

Redis1,451,611.2 ops/s

Valkey1,344,832.6 ops/s

Dragonfly12,833,173.6 ops/s

Pipeline depth 30 in ops/s
Redis	1,451,611.2 ops/s
Valkey	1,344,832.6 ops/s
Dragonfly	12,833,173.6 ops/s

Winner Dragonfly (12,794,200.7 ops/s)

Memory efficiency

Winner Dragonfly (112.8 MB)

Test conditions: rig, corpus, protocol

Machine: AWS c7g.metal (engine) + c7g.4xlarge (client)
Chip: AWS Graviton3
Cores: 64 physical (engine)
Memory: 128 GiB (engine), 32 GiB (client)
OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS arm64 (arm64)
Runtime: Docker (redis:8.8.2, valkey/valkey:9.1.1, dragonflydb/dragonfly:v1.40.1); memtier_benchmark 2.5.1; RESP2, no TLS

Warmups: 2 unmeasured passes
Measured: 10 passes per tool
Process: Container per engine, network_mode host; Dragonfly 64 proactor threads on 64 physical cores, Redis and Valkey single-threaded I/O (default io-threads 1); 16 GiB maxmemory for all three
Cache: Preloaded keyspace, 100% hit ratio on GET workloads; working sets sized below 50% of maxmemory; eviction flags set for parity of intent, never triggered
Output: memtier_benchmark 2.5.1: ops/s, p50/p99/p99.9 latency, client CPU per 10 s pass; memory via INFO MEMORY and cgroup RSS delta

Scorecard

Mean of each section's samples for the candidates you picked. The best value in each column is marked in red.
Candidate	Small value throughput (ms, lower is better)	Large value throughput (ms, lower is better)	Pipeline effect (ops/s, higher is better)	Memory efficiency (MB, lower is better)
Redis	2.1 ms	3.5 ms	1,454,560.3 ops/s	158 MB
Valkey	2.1 ms	3.6 ms	1,344,402.9 ops/s	163 MB
Dragonfly	0.3 ms	1.4 ms	12,794,200.7 ops/s	112.8 MB

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