NVIDIA / NVIDIA/cuvs

[FEA] CAGRA Variable Degree

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Since Jun 24, 2026.

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Description

We are finding that by using allowing CAGRA graph nodes to have variable edge degrees, we can close the gap in recall between CAGRA and HNSW for low ef_search values.

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