There are over 150 new features in MySQL 5.7. The MySQL manual is very good, but verbose. This is a list of new features in short bullet form. I have tried very hard to make sure each feature is only mentioned once. So InnoDB native partitioning could be mentioned under either InnoDB or partitioning. Multi source replication [1] Online GTID migration path [1 2 3] Improved semi-sync performance [1