# CPU Cost

> The degree of processor time a technique consumes, often traded against memory savings.

Record: `lexicon:cpu-cost`
Kind: quality-attribute
Layer: [Performance Core](https://banes-lab.com/records/layer/performance-core.md)
Canonical: https://banes-lab.com/ontology/lexicon#lexicon-cpu-cost

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [Cost/Limit](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cost-limit.md) and before [Cross-Shard Queries](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/cross-shard-queries.md).

## Category

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon-category/scalability-performance-optimization.md)

## In tension with

- [Memory Efficiency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/memory-efficiency.md)
- [Memory Efficiency / CPU Cost](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/cpu-cost-memory-efficiency.md)

## Linked from

- [Scalability / Performance / Optimization](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/principles/architecture-category-scalability-performance-optimization.md)
- [The resolutions](https://banes-lab.com/ontology/schema/the-resolutions.md)