In a performance comparison between Memgraph 2.4 and Neo4j 5.1 community editions, Memgraph, written in native C++, outperformed Neo4j, which is based on the JVM, by being up to 120 times faster while using a quarter of the memory and providing snapshot isolation instead of Neo4j's default read-committed isolation. The benchmark utilized mgBench to execute various concurrent Cypher queries under isolated, mixed, and realistic workloads on both databases, demonstrating Memgraph's superior latency, throughput, and memory efficiency. The tests, conducted on a mid-range server with 12 concurrent clients, revealed that Memgraph consistently maintained higher throughput across all 23 queries tested, particularly excelling in mixed workloads with a substantial portion of read and write operations. Despite the architectural differences, Memgraph's performance, combined with its stronger isolation level, makes it more suitable for a broader range of applications without requiring complex concurrency control implementations. The results are part of a comprehensive benchmark suite, with reproducible methodology available for independent verification.