# 5.x fulltext index time is much longer than 4.x fulltext index time

**URL:** <https://community.neo4j.com/t/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index-time/58623>\
**Category:** Neo4j Graph Platform\
**Tags:** migrated\
**Created:** [November 30, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index-time/58623 "2022-11-30T03:46:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dongho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/dongho/32/3279_2.png) [@Dongho](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Dongho)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2022, 3:46am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index-time/58623/1 "2022-11-30T03:46:19Z")

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I installed neo4j 5.2 and tested several index methods. Fulltext index on News(3.7M nodes) title and content took 9 mins in 5.2 but it took 1 min only in 4.4.12. on my desktop. (BTW text index took 12 mins on News content only in Neo4j 5.2)

It looks fulltext index is not optimized in 5.x though fulltext query performance is almost same with 4.4.12 fulltext index.

Anyone has the similar experience with me? The figures will be different on different machine but the magnitude would be similar.

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**Author:** ![Dongho](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/dongho/32/3279_2.png) [@Dongho](https://community.neo4j.com/u/Dongho)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 6:04am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index-time/58623/2 "2022-12-02T06:04:47Z")

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Yes, it it.  
(migrated from khoros post [Re: 5.x fulltext index time is much longer than 4.... - Neo4j - 62621](https://community.neo4j.com/t5/neo4j-graph-platform/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index/m-p/62762#M37083))

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**Author:** ![saravananraj2196](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/saravananraj2196/32/29412_2.png) [@saravananraj2196](https://community.neo4j.com/u/saravananraj2196)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index-time/58623/3 "2023-06-11T04:06:15Z")

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I have a similar problem. Recently migrated database from 4.4.7 to 5.7.0. A cypher query which ran in 4.4.7 in 1 min keeps on loading in 5.7.0. It's a simple query looking up two nodes A and B which has 1L nodes each and has equal joins.

Does your issue got sorted out @Dongho ?

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**Author:** ![glilienfield](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex021/user_avatar/community.neo4j.com/glilienfield/32/27534_2.png) [@glilienfield](https://community.neo4j.com/u/glilienfield)\
**Post date:** [June 11, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://community.neo4j.com/t/5-x-fulltext-index-time-is-much-longer-than-4-x-fulltext-index-time/58623/4 "2023-06-11T12:34:54Z")

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Can you post your query?