| Features | Spark | Hadoop |
|---|---|---|
| Data processing | Part of Hadoop, hence batch processing | Batch Processing even for high volumes |
| Streaming Engine | Apache spark streaming - micro-batches | Map-Reduce |
| Data Flow | Direct Acyclic Graph-DAG | Map-Reduce |
| Computation Model | Collect and process | Map-Reduce batch-oriented model |
| Performance | Slow due to batch processing | Slow due to batch processing |
| Memory Management | Automatic memory management in the latest release | Dynamic and static - Configurable |
| Fault Tolerance | Recovery available without extra code | Highly fault-tolerant due to Map-Reduce |
| Scalability | Highly scalable - spark Cluster(8000 Nodes) | Highly scalable - Produces a large number of nodes |
