System Design · Junior · Question 57 of 75
What does throughput (requests per second) measure compared to latency?
- ✓Correct answer: How much work the system handles per unit of time; latency is how long a single request takes
- 2They measure the same thing
- 3Throughput is the size of one response
Explanation
A system can have high throughput but poor latency (e.g. batching), so both are tracked.