How does ConcurrentQueue<T> differ from a regular Queue<T>?

Feature ConcurrentQueue<T> Queue<T>

Thread safety Designed for concurrent access Not thread-safe; requires locks

Locking

mechanism

Internal lock-free or fine-grained

locking

No internal synchronization

Suitable for Multi-threaded

producer-consumer patterns

Single-threaded scenarios or

external synchronization

ConcurrentQueue<T> allows safe enqueueing and dequeueing by multiple threads

simultaneously without corrupting the data.