Graph Data Council Benchmarks Back Financial Benchmark FinBench Datasets FinBench Results Overview Social Network Bench. SNB Datasets BI Workload Interactive Workload Overview Graphalytics Benchmark Graphalytics Datasets Algorithms Competition Rules Overview More LDBC Fair Use Policies Semantic Pub. Benchmark Query Languages & Data Models Back Overview Text2GraphQuery WG Schema WG (LEX) Open GQL Tools Resources Back Publications Datasets Pointers Trademark FAQ Organization Back Introduction Members Leadership Becoming a Member Documents Contact Blog Events Graph Data Council The Graph Data Council (GDC), formerly known as the Linked Data Benchmark Council (LDBC), is a non-profit organization that defines standard graph benchmarks and fosters a community around graph processing technologies. Read more Become a GDC member Join us to collaborate on graph benchmarks and standards See all members Benchmarks GDC maintains the LDBC benchmark suite and supervises its use. Benchmarks are designed to ensure relevance and fairness. Financial Benchmark The Financial Benchmark (FinBench) defines a workload aimed at distributed transactional graph database systems. Social Network Benchmark The Social Network Benchmark (SNB) suite defines an analytical and a transactional workload for graph databases. Show all Events September 4, 2026 Boston Twenty-First TUC Meeting We are hosting our next Technical User Community meeting in Boston, co-located with the VLDB conference. Show archive FAQ What is the GDC? The Graph Data Council (GDC) is a non-profit organization that works in the area of graph data management. GDC defines graph benchmarks and carries out research in graph schemas and query languages. GDC’s scope includes Linked Data data standards (e.g. RDF and SPARQL), property graphs (e.g. the ISO GQL language), and relational database management systems (e.g. the SQL/PGQ extension of SQL:2023). How are the LDBC and the GDC related? The organization was originally named the Linked Data Benchmark Council (LDBC). Since 2025, it operates under the name Graph Data Council (GDC) to reflect its focus on graph data management technology, which includes but is not limited to Linked Data technologies such as RDF and SPARQL. Note that the benchmark workloads of GDC are still available under the name “LDBC benchmarks”. How is the GDC governed? GDC is run by the Board of Directors. The board frequently consults with the Policy Council, which consists of representatives from member companies and individual members. What is the GDC's mission? The GDC defines standard graph database benchmarks to accelerate the progress in the field, similar to how the TPC has created competition in the relational data management space. GDC is also active in promoting standard graph query languages such as GQL and SQL/PGQ. For a brief introduction, see the presentation on GDC and the accompanying paper. Any further questions? Please visit the full FAQ. GDC was formerly known as LDBC (Linked Data Benchmark Council). Originally a research project, it is now a non-profit organization sustained by its members. Contact us at info AT ldbcouncil DOT org. CONNECT WITH US BENCHMARKS Financial Benchmark Graphalytics Benchmark Semantic Publishing Benchmark Social Network Benchmark Fair Use Policies ORGANIZATION Members Leadership Contact ORGANIZATIONAL DOCUMENTS Byelaws Articles of Association LANGUAGES & DATA MODELS Text2GraphQuery WG LEX (Extended GQL Schema) WG Open-Source GQL Tools © Graph Data Council (GDC) × Copy Download