Feature Comparison
| Feature | Traditional RAG | GraphRAG |
|---|---|---|
| Knowledge Base | Unstructured text chunks or vector database | Knowledge graph |
| Retrieval Method | Semantic similarity search | Combined graph traversal and relationship analysis with semantic similarity search |
| Reasoning | Limited to retrieved text chunks | Multi-hop reasoning over interconnected entities |
| Contextualization | Basic understanding of context | Enhanced understanding of relationships and context |
| Query Complexity | Struggles with complex, multi-step questions | Excels at answering intricate queries that require connected insights |
| Response Accuracy | May lack accuracy and completeness | Provides higher accuracy and more complete answers |
| Development/Maintenance | More complex maintenance due to reliance on text chunks | Easier to maintain due to the structured graph |
| Handling of Relationships | Struggles with non-explicit relationships | Excels at capturing and utilizing both explicit and implicit relationships between entities |
| Understanding of Interconnections | Limited understanding of interconnected data | Offers deeper and synthesized insights by connecting disparate pieces of information |
| Efficiency and Scalability | Can experience efficiency bottlenecks at scale | Faster response times due to optimized graph databases; generates large language model (LLM) responses using fewer tokens; accommodates knowledge base updates without complete reindexing |
| Explainability | Hard to interpret | Easier to trace reasoning with more transparent results |
| Data Structure | Unstructured text chunks | Structured graph comprising nodes and relationships |
| Data Preparation | Simpler setup | Converting unstructured data into a graph format can be time-consuming and prone to errors |
| Resource Intensity | Less resource-intensive | Can be resource-intensive and may require hundreds of API calls |
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