# Benchmark MATLAB & Julia for Matrix Operations

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/benchmark-matlab-julia-for-matrix-operations/2000>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Created:** [February 9, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/benchmark-matlab-julia-for-matrix-operations/2000 "2017-02-09T12:50:37Z")\
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Hi,

Welcome to Julia!

In Julia, you should _never_ benchmark in “global scope” – your benchmarking code should be run inside a function; please see the [performance tips](http://docs.julialang.org/en/stable/manual/performance-tips/).

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