# Ray Tracing in a week-end - Julia vs SIMD-optimized C++

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ray-tracing-in-a-week-end-julia-vs-simd-optimized-c/72958>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** gpu, graphics, benchmark, pluto, staticarrays\
**Created:** [December 11, 2021, 11:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ray-tracing-in-a-week-end-julia-vs-simd-optimized-c/72958 "2021-12-11T23:58:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![lmiq](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/lmiq/32/18314_2.png) [@lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/lmiq)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ray-tracing-in-a-week-end-julia-vs-simd-optimized-c/72958/7 "2021-12-12T10:58:15Z")

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There is another thread discussing the performance of a toy implementation of a ray tracer: [Why is this raytracer slow? - #30 by lmiq](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-this-raytracer-slow/59176/30)

Maybe some of the code there can give you some ideas.

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