diff --git a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/benchmark-fmt-ops.c b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/benchmark-fmt-ops.c
index a7e4ecadd..b76a776c5 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/audioconvert/benchmark-fmt-ops.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/audioconvert/benchmark-fmt-ops.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ struct stats {
 #define MAX_SAMPLES	4096
 #define MAX_CHANNELS	11
 
-#define MAX_COUNT 1000
+#define MAX_COUNT 100
 
 static uint8_t samp_in[MAX_SAMPLES * MAX_CHANNELS * 4];
 static uint8_t samp_out[MAX_SAMPLES * MAX_CHANNELS * 4];
diff --git a/spa/tests/benchmark-dict.c b/spa/tests/benchmark-dict.c
index 301bc090c..94d089f11 100644
--- a/spa/tests/benchmark-dict.c
+++ b/spa/tests/benchmark-dict.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #include <spa/utils/dict.h>
 
-#define MAX_COUNT 1000000
+#define MAX_COUNT 100000
 #define MAX_ITEMS 1000
 
 static struct spa_dict_item items[MAX_ITEMS];