atomic vs nonatomic Posted by hasancanakgunduz on January 22, 2018 Default is atomic for properties. Atomic is slower because it waits one thread to finish accessor method and then handle other accessor method. Nonatomic does not guarentee that and you can get unexpected behaviours in a multithread environment. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Like Loading... Related