# Is Processing 4 more performant than Processing 3.x in graphics?

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**Created:** [May 26, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-processing-4-more-performant-than-processing-3-x-in-graphics/21307 "2020-05-26T09:50:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![erkosone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@erkosone](https://discourse.processing.org/u/erkosone)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:50am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-processing-4-more-performant-than-processing-3-x-in-graphics/21307/1 "2020-05-26T09:50:37Z")

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Hi comunity!  
I have a question…

Is processing 4 significatively more performant than processign 3.x in P2D and P3D render modes?

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**Author:** ![josephh](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/josephh/32/210_2.png) [@josephh](https://discourse.processing.org/u/josephh)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 3:00pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-processing-4-more-performant-than-processing-3-x-in-graphics/21307/2 "2020-05-27T15:00:05Z")

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Hi,

You can find the changes for Processing 4.0 alpha 1 here :

- [https://github.com/processing/processing4/blob/master/build/shared/changes.md](https://github.com/processing/processing4/blob/master/build/shared/changes.md)

It’s mainly a shift to match the Java JDK 11.

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**Author:** ![clankill3r](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/clankill3r/32/1098_2.png) [@clankill3r](https://discourse.processing.org/u/clankill3r)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/is-processing-4-more-performant-than-processing-3-x-in-graphics/21307/3 "2020-07-18T20:48:08Z")

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There is a branch where work is being done to move from JOGL to LWJGL, this might be performant eventually. I don’t know. But at this time it is not worth the switch. Also having poor performance is often a lack of knowledge of how to do things in a fast way. You can ask on the forum how to make a sketch faster.