[aix1]

Named tuples have been around for a long time (since 2.6), whereas dataclasses are a relatively recent addition to the standard library (3.7).

Their differences are highlighted in the dataclasses PEP: https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0557/#why-not-just-use-n...

[nsonha]

looks like the key thing is immutability

[aix1]

To clarify, both named tuples and dataclasses can be immutable (the former are always immutable and the latter can be made immutable with `frozen=True`).

There is no way, however, to make a named tuple mutable.

[dreamofkoholint]

Key thing for me was the ability to add type hinting