# Anyone planning on getting an M1 machine to benchmark?

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**Created:** [November 17, 2020, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/anyone-planning-on-getting-an-m1-machine-to-benchmark/19344 "2020-11-17T18:43:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 18, 2020, 12:39pm UTC](https://discourse.mc-stan.org/t/anyone-planning-on-getting-an-m1-machine-to-benchmark/19344/3 "2020-11-18T12:39:54Z")

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So apparently R performs very well on these machines even through Rosetta2:

> <https://twitter.com/kjhealy/status/1328718684492279808?s=20>

Thread on datascience on M1 macs on Macrumours forum also one guy says he will try Stan when he his machine is delivered:

> **[Apple Silicon for data science](https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/apple-silicon-for-data-science.2269420/?post=29268765#post-29268765)**
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> It’s not just about targeting ARM, it’s about targeting Apple platforms. There are some ABI differences etc.

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