diff --git a/be/src/vec/columns/column_string.cpp b/be/src/vec/columns/column_string.cpp
index c3cf6dadf0a5fa..d8fd42e36c76a3 100644
--- a/be/src/vec/columns/column_string.cpp
+++ b/be/src/vec/columns/column_string.cpp
@@ -483,21 +483,10 @@ void ColumnStr<T>::get_permutation(bool reverse, size_t limit, int /*nan_directi
         res[i] = i;
     }
 
-    // std::partial_sort need limit << s can get performance benefit
-    if (limit > (s / 8.0)) limit = 0;
-
-    if (limit) {
-        if (reverse) {
-            std::partial_sort(res.begin(), res.begin() + limit, res.end(), less<false>(*this));
-        } else {
-            std::partial_sort(res.begin(), res.begin() + limit, res.end(), less<true>(*this));
-        }
+    if (reverse) {
+        pdqsort(res.begin(), res.end(), less<false>(*this));
     } else {
-        if (reverse) {
-            pdqsort(res.begin(), res.end(), less<false>(*this));
-        } else {
-            pdqsort(res.begin(), res.end(), less<true>(*this));
-        }
+        pdqsort(res.begin(), res.end(), less<true>(*this));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/planner/SortNode.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/planner/SortNode.java
index 5a8f9f628f8bb8..34cbcf9f6209d4 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/planner/SortNode.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/planner/SortNode.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.doris.analysis.SortInfo;
 import org.apache.doris.common.NotImplementedException;
 import org.apache.doris.common.UserException;
+import org.apache.doris.qe.ConnectContext;
 import org.apache.doris.statistics.StatisticalType;
 import org.apache.doris.statistics.StatsRecursiveDerive;
 import org.apache.doris.thrift.TExplainLevel;
@@ -339,16 +340,27 @@ protected void toThrift(TPlanNode msg) {
         msg.sort_node.setIsAnalyticSort(isAnalyticSort);
         msg.sort_node.setIsColocate(isColocate);
 
-        boolean isFixedLength = info.getOrderingExprs().stream().allMatch(e -> !e.getType().isStringType()
-                && !e.getType().isCollectionType());
+        boolean isFixedLength = info.getOrderingExprs().stream()
+                .allMatch(e -> !e.getType().isStringType() && !e.getType().isCollectionType());
+        ConnectContext connectContext = ConnectContext.get();
         TSortAlgorithm algorithm;
-        if (limit > 0 && limit + offset < 1024 && (useTwoPhaseReadOpt || hasRuntimePredicate
-                || isFixedLength)) {
-            algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.HEAP_SORT;
-        } else if (limit > 0 && !isFixedLength && limit + offset < 256) {
-            algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.TOPN_SORT;
+        if (connectContext != null && !connectContext.getSessionVariable().forceSortAlgorithm.isEmpty()) {
+            String algo = connectContext.getSessionVariable().forceSortAlgorithm;
+            if (algo.equals("heap")) {
+                algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.HEAP_SORT;
+            } else if (algo.equals("topn")) {
+                algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.TOPN_SORT;
+            } else {
+                algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.FULL_SORT;
+            }
         } else {
-            algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.FULL_SORT;
+            if (limit > 0 && limit + offset < 1024 && (useTwoPhaseReadOpt || hasRuntimePredicate || isFixedLength)) {
+                algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.HEAP_SORT;
+            } else if (limit > 0 && !isFixedLength && limit + offset < 256) {
+                algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.TOPN_SORT;
+            } else {
+                algorithm = TSortAlgorithm.FULL_SORT;
+            }
         }
         msg.sort_node.setAlgorithm(algorithm);
     }
diff --git a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java
index f72cfb14e357df..350f8329881c3f 100644
--- a/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java
+++ b/fe/fe-core/src/main/java/org/apache/doris/qe/SessionVariable.java
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ public class SessionVariable implements Serializable, Writable {
     // when true, the partition column must be set to NOT NULL.
     public static final String ALLOW_PARTITION_COLUMN_NULLABLE = "allow_partition_column_nullable";
 
+    public static final String FORCE_SORT_ALGORITHM = "force_sort_algorithm";
+
     // runtime filter run mode
     public static final String RUNTIME_FILTER_MODE = "runtime_filter_mode";
     // Size in bytes of Bloom Filters used for runtime filters. Actual size of filter will
@@ -1065,6 +1067,11 @@ public class SessionVariable implements Serializable, Writable {
 
     @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = ENABLE_REWRITE_ELEMENT_AT_TO_SLOT, fuzzy = true)
     private boolean enableRewriteElementAtToSlot = true;
+
+    @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = FORCE_SORT_ALGORITHM, needForward = true, description = { "强制指定SortNode的排序算法",
+            "Force the sort algorithm of SortNode to be specified" })
+    public String forceSortAlgorithm = "";
+
     @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = RUNTIME_FILTER_MODE, needForward = true)
     private String runtimeFilterMode = "GLOBAL";
 
@@ -1458,7 +1465,7 @@ public void setEnableLeftZigZag(boolean enableLeftZigZag) {
     @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = ENABLE_TWO_PHASE_READ_OPT, fuzzy = true)
     public boolean enableTwoPhaseReadOpt = true;
     @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = TOPN_OPT_LIMIT_THRESHOLD)
-    public long topnOptLimitThreshold = 1024;
+    public long topnOptLimitThreshold = 10240000;
     @VariableMgr.VarAttr(name = ENABLE_SNAPSHOT_POINT_QUERY)
     public boolean enableSnapshotPointQuery = true;