graph traversal allows queries that would take multiple sql joins and full table scans to be performed in a localized fashion. So for this use case (say, querying friends of friends of friends), graph traversals are orders of magnitude faster than the equivalent sql queries. If you are not dealing with graph data, then it probably isn't much different.
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How comes that about every graph database claims they're "faster than any other database management system"?
graph traversal allows queries that would take multiple sql joins and full table scans to be performed in a localized fashion. So for this use case (say, querying friends of friends of friends), graph traversals are orders of magnitude faster than the equivalent sql queries. If you are not dealing with graph data, then it probably isn't much different.
^why do all Neo4j tutorials have Dan and Ann
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