# ElasticSearch 6.8 Slow on Apple Silicon

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-slow-on-apple-silicon/262379>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 27, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-slow-on-apple-silicon/262379 "2021-01-27T14:42:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![gjaldon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gjaldon/32/82991_2.png) [@gjaldon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gjaldon)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-slow-on-apple-silicon/262379/1 "2021-01-27T14:42:49Z")

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Hi everyone! I'm running ElasticSearch 6.8 on my Mac Air M1 which I downloaded from [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/zip-targz.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/zip-targz.html). I noticed that our test suite runs much slower on Elasticsearch on Apple Silicon than it does on my Intel MacBook Pro.

In the Intel MBP, the test suite runs in ~3mins while on the M1 it takes ~12mins. I noticed that the tests involving ElasticSearch are particularly slow on the M1.

Questions:

1. Is this to be expected?
2. Any ideas on how I could improve speed on M1? Should I use a different version of ES?
3. Can I expect better performance on Elasticsearch 7 running on M1?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2021, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elasticsearch-6-8-slow-on-apple-silicon/262379/2 "2021-02-24T14:42:50Z")

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