# Throughput/Batching

> The degree to which batching work raises throughput at the cost of per-item latency.

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

Listed in [Lexicon terms](https://banes-lab.com/api/records/lexicon.md), after [State Access Latency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/state-access-latency.md) and before [Warm-Up Latency](https://banes-lab.com/records/lexicon/warm-up-latency.md).

## Category

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

## In tension with

- [Latency](https://banes-lab.com/records/architecture/latency.md)
- [Latency / Throughput/Batching](https://banes-lab.com/records/tension/latency-throughput-batching.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)