Comparison between line series and fast line series

Line series

Fast line series

Rendering

Rendered as a set of line shapes.

Each line connects two data points, we will have (n-1) no of line shapes for ‘n’ no of points.

Rendered using polyline shape. 

All points are plotted as a single polyline.

Performance

Recommended for minimal set of data points and low performance requirement.

Recommended for high performance requirements like 50k or more data points.

Tooltip behavior

Tooltip is displayed by hovering the cursor anywhere on the segment. If you move on the line segment, the first half display the start value and second half display the end value of the line segment.

Tooltip will be displayed only by hovering the cursor at the data points, not in the intermediate line.

Customization

Highly customizable

Limited customization

Miscellaneous features

Segment dragging

Available

Not available

Series dragging

Available

Not available

Custom template

Available

Not available

Line customization (StrokeDashedArray, StrokeDashCap, StrokeDashOffset, StrokeLineJoin)

It can be achieved by applying custom template

Available

Series palette

Available

Not available

Chart palette

Available

Not available