[GNC] GnuCash performance on an Apple M1

[Tim Hume]

On Sunday, July 4th, 2021 at 12:20, Tim Hume via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I'm considering upgrading my computer to something faster to run GnuCash (I have a pretty large database). So I'm looking for good single core performance. Apple's M1 chip has good single core performance, but GnuCash needs Rosetta 2 to run (an emulator). Does anyone have hands on experience with running GnuCash on an M1 system? Or would I be better off going with a high end AMD or Intel chip? I basically want to run GnuCash as fast as possible.

Hi everyone,

I can report that GnuCash runs really well on the Mac Mini with the M1 chip. My old laptop had an Intel 6300U CPU. The M1 in the Mac blitzes the old laptop. I haven't performed timings, but it feels like it's two to three times faster on my large database.