map vs unordered_map in C++

Pre-requisite : std::map, std::unordered_map
When it comes to efficiency, there is a huge difference between maps and unordered maps. 
We must know the internal working of both to decide which one is to be used.

Difference : 

                  | map             | unordered_map
---------------------------------------------------------
Ordering        | increasing  order   | no ordering
                | (by default)        |

Implementation  | Self balancing BST  | Hash Table
                | like Red-Black Tree |  

search time     | log(n)              | O(1) -> Average 
                |                     | O(n) -> Worst Case

Insertion time  | log(n) + Rebalance  | Same as search
                      
Deletion time   | log(n) + Rebalance  | Same as search

Use std::map when

• You need ordered data.
• You would have to print/access the data (in sorted order).
• You need predecessor/successor of elements.
• See advantages of BST over Hash Table for more cases.

CPP

// CPP program to demonstrate use of std::map
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

int main()
{
    // Ordered map
    std::map<int, int> order;

    // Mapping values to keys
    order[5] = 10;
    order[3] = 5;
    order[20] = 100;
    order[1] = 1;

    // Iterating the map and
    // printing ordered values
    for (auto i = order.begin(); i
         != order.end(); i++) {
        std::cout << i->first
                  << " : "
                  << i->second << '\n';
    }
}

Output

1 : 1
3 : 5
5 : 10
20 : 100

Use std::unordered_map when

• You need to keep count of some data (Example – strings) and no ordering is required.
• You need single element access i.e. no traversal.

CPP

// CPP program to demonstrate use of
// std::unordered_map
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

int main()
{
    // Unordered map
    std::unordered_map<int, int> order;

    // Mapping values to keys
    order[5] = 10;
    order[3] = 5;
    order[20] = 100;
    order[1] = 1;

    // Iterating the map and
    // printing unordered values
    for (auto i = order.begin();
         i != order.end(); i++)
    {
        std::cout << i->first
                  << " : "
                  << i->second << '\n';
    }
}

Output

1 : 1
20 : 100
5 : 10
3 : 5

Let us see the differences in a tabular form -:

	map	unordered_map
1.	map is define in  #include <map> header file	unordered_map is defined in #include <unordered_map> header file
2.	It is implemented by red-black tree.	It is implemented using hash table.
3.	It is slow.	It is fast.
4.	Time complexity for operations is O(log N)	Time complexity for operations is O(1)
5.	map is used to store elements as key,value pairs in sorted order.	unordered_map is used to store elements as key,value pairs in non-sorted order.