GES

Benchmark-leading graph database service architecture for high-throughput interactive workloads.

GES is a production graph database service architecture developed at Huawei for high-throughput interactive graph workloads.

The newer generation of GES applied techniques such as factorization and execution redesign to improve performance by orders of magnitude while remaining a managed production service rather than a one-off benchmark prototype.

Its impact is best reflected by top-ranked LDBC SNB Interactive benchmark results, including a 3,000x gap over the previous #2 declarative result and a follow-on #1 imperative result.

Links: SIGMOD 2025 paper