![Throughput vs latency database Throughput vs latency database](/uploads/1/2/4/8/124864981/673559117.png)
Latency: Elapsed time of an event.
eg. Walking from point A to B takes one minute, the latency is one minute.
Throughput: The number of events that can be executed per unit of time.
eg. Bandwidth is a measure of throughput.
We can increase bandwidth to improve throughput but it wont improve latency.