# Why is Julia's graphics system so slow?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-julias-graphics-system-so-slow/68750>\
**Category:** Performance\
**Tags:** plotting, ttfp\
**Created:** [September 25, 2021, 1:09pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-julias-graphics-system-so-slow/68750 "2021-09-25T13:09:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![rafael.guerra](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rafael.guerra/32/216610_2.png) [@rafael.guerra](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rafael.guerra)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 11:29pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/why-is-julias-graphics-system-so-slow/68750/25 "2021-10-14T23:29:19Z")

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Please check [this post for a visual explanation](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/plots-figure-size/37969/5).

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