Architects' Tech Alliance

Apr 3, 2020 · Industry Insights

Why InfiniBand Beats TCP/IP: Deep Dive into Architecture and Socket Direct

This article explains how InfiniBand’s RDMA‑based architecture, layered protocol stack, and Mellanox Socket Direct technology deliver far higher bandwidth, lower latency, and better CPU efficiency than traditional TCP/IP networks, and it presents performance test results that show up to an 80% latency reduction.