Matlab R2025a performance regression in animation

Mateusz on 15 May 2025
Latest activity Reply by Wladimir on 16 May 2025

The attached code is an animated solution of the three body problem. On 2024b it runs perfectly fine. When we tried it on 2025a, the animation constantly hitches, the CPU usage is almost double and the runtime is much slower. The curves also look less detailed and jagged in some places. When we run it without drawing anything, the performance seems comparable between versions, but still slightly slower. All of this behavior persists across different hardware. Anybody else having this kind of problem with the new release? I'm suspecting the graphics backend changes may be the culprit here...
clc
clear
close
syms t x1(t) y1(t) x2(t) y2(t) x3(t) y3(t)
G = 6.6743 * 10^-11;
%epsilon = 1e-4
m1 = 10^12;
m2 = 1*10^12;
m3 = 1*10^12;
r1 = [x1(t),y1(t)];
K1 = 1/2 * m1 * (diff(x1(t),t)^2 + diff(y1(t),t)^2);
r2 = [x2(t),y2(t)];
K2 = 1/2 * m2 * (diff(x2(t),t)^2 + diff(y2(t),t)^2);
r3 = [x3(t),y3(t)];
K3 = 1/2 * m3 * (diff(x3(t),t)^2 + diff(y3(t),t)^2);
L1x = diff(diff(K1,diff(x1(t),t)) , t);
L1y = diff(diff(K1,diff(y1(t),t)) , t);
L2x = diff(diff(K2,diff(x2(t),t)) , t);
L2y = diff(diff(K2,diff(y2(t),t)) , t);
L3x = diff(diff(K3,diff(x3(t),t)) , t);
L3y = diff(diff(K3,diff(y3(t),t)) , t);
r12 = r2 - r1;
r13 = r3 - r1;
r23 = r3 - r2;
dlugosc_r12 = sqrt(r12(1)^2 + r12(2)^2);
dlugosc_r13 = sqrt(r13(1)^2 + r13(2)^2);
dlugosc_r23 = sqrt(r23(1)^2 + r23(2)^2);
Q12 = G * m1 * m2 / dlugosc_r12^2 * (r2-r1)/dlugosc_r12;
Q13 = G * m1 * m3 / dlugosc_r13^2 * (r3-r1)/dlugosc_r13;
Q23 = G * m2 * m3 / dlugosc_r23^2 * (r3-r2)/dlugosc_r23;
Q21 = -Q12;
Q32 = -Q23;
Q31 = -Q13;
Q1 = Q12 + Q13;
Q2 = Q21 + Q23;
Q3 = Q31 + Q32;
eqn_1_x = L1x == Q1(1);
eqn_1_y = L1y == Q1(2);
eqn_2_x = L2x == Q2(1);
eqn_2_y = L2y == Q2(2);
eqn_3_x = L3x == Q3(1);
eqn_3_y = L3y == Q3(2);
syms X1 Y1 X2 Y2 X3 Y3
Q1_num = subs(Q1,[x1(t), y1(t), x2(t), y2(t), x3(t), y3(t)],[X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3]);
Q2_num = subs(Q2,[x1(t), y1(t), x2(t), y2(t), x3(t), y3(t)],[X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3]);
Q3_num = subs(Q3,[x1(t), y1(t), x2(t), y2(t), x3(t), y3(t)],[X1, Y1, X2, Y2, X3, Y3]);
syms vx1 vy1 vx2 vy2 vx3 vy3
state_dot = [
vx1;
vy1;
vx2;
vy2;
vx3;
vy3;
Q1_num(1)/m1;
Q1_num(2)/m1;
Q2_num(1)/m2;
Q2_num(2)/m2;
Q3_num(1)/m3;
Q3_num(2)/m3
];
f = matlabFunction(state_dot, 'Vars', {sym('t'), [X1; Y1; X2; Y2; X3; Y3; vx1; vy1; vx2; vy2; vx3; vy3]});
u0 = [-1e5; %x1
0; %y1
1e5; %x2
0; %y2
0; %x3
sqrt(3)*1e5; %y3
-11/2 * 1e-3; %vx1
11/2*sqrt(3)*1e-3; %vy1
-11/2 * 1e-3; %vx2
-11/2*sqrt(3)*1e-3; %vy2
11e-3; %vx3
0]; %vy3
tspan = [0, 1e9];
%options = odeset('RelTol', 1e-15, 'AbsTol', 1e-20);
[t_sol, u_sol] = ode45(f, tspan, u0);
t_anim = linspace(t_sol(1), t_sol(end), 5000);
u_anim = interp1(t_sol, u_sol, t_anim);
%%
% figure;
tor_1 = plot(u_anim(:,1), u_anim(:,2), 'r', 'LineWidth',1.5); hold on;
tor_2 = plot(u_anim(:,3), u_anim(:,4), 'g', 'LineWidth',1.5);
tor_3 = plot(u_anim(:,5), u_anim(:,6), 'b', 'LineWidth',1.5);
% xlabel('x [m]');
% ylabel('y [m]');
% legend('Ciało 1', 'Ciało 2', 'Ciało 3');
% title('Trajektorie ciał w układzie trzech ciał');
% axis equal
% grid on;
pozycja_1 = plot(u_anim(1,1),u_anim(1,2),'ro','markersize',10,'markerface','r'); hold on
pozycja_2 = plot(u_anim(1,3),u_anim(1,4),'go','markersize',10,'markerface','g');
pozycja_3 = plot(u_anim(1,5),u_anim(1,6),'bo','markersize',10,'markerface','b');
% xlim([-2e5,2e5])
% ylim([-2e5,2e5])
axis equal
for i = 1 : 1 : length(t_sol)
set(pozycja_1,'XData', u_anim(i,1),'YData', u_anim(i,2));
set(pozycja_2,'XData', u_anim(i,3),'YData', u_anim(i,4));
set(pozycja_3,'XData', u_anim(i,5),'YData', u_anim(i,6));
set(tor_1,'XData', u_anim(1:i,1),'YData', u_anim(1:i,2));
set(tor_2,'XData', u_anim(1:i,3),'YData', u_anim(1:i,4));
set(tor_3,'XData', u_anim(1:i,5),'YData', u_anim(1:i,6));
drawnow;
% pause(0.001);
end
Wladimir
Wladimir on 16 May 2025
I am also experiencing this issue. I am happy to read an official statement from MathWorks.
Steven Lord
Steven Lord on 15 May 2025 (Edited on 16 May 2025)

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