# Why is square(x, y, 1) so much faster than point(x, y)?

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**Created:** [December 10, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-is-square-x-y-1-so-much-faster-than-point-x-y/45448 "2024-12-10T21:24:42Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2024, 1:59pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/why-is-square-x-y-1-so-much-faster-than-point-x-y/45448/5 "2024-12-13T13:59:24Z")

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Thanks for clearing some things up.  
There is also a related discussion here:

> [@Rect(x,y,1,1); VS. point(x,y);](https://discourse.processing.org/t/rect-x-y-1-1-vs-point-x-y/13299):
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> Can you guys try this? (try changing the size() on your computers) boolean rectOrPoint; void setup() { size(600, 300); //play with these: make those bigger if you've got a fast modern computer rectOrPoint = false; println(rectOrPoint ? "rect(x, y, 1, 1);" : "point(x, y);"); } void draw() { for (int j=0; j\<height; j++) { for (int i=0; i\<width; i++) { if (rectOrPoint) { fill(random(255), random(255), random(255)); noStroke(); rect(i, j, 1, 1); } …

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