Sirius: A GPU-Native SQL Engine 10x Faster
2025-06-29
Sirius is a GPU-native SQL engine that seamlessly integrates with existing databases like DuckDB via the Substrait standard, requiring no query rewrites or major system changes. In TPC-H benchmarks at SF=100, Sirius achieves approximately a 10x speedup over existing CPU query engines at the same hardware cost, making it ideal for interactive analytics, financial workloads, and ETL jobs. Currently supporting DuckDB and soon Doris, with more systems planned. Installation options include AWS images, Docker images, and manual installation. While under active development, Sirius demonstrates impressive performance, ushering in a new GPU era for data analytics.