---
type: "Article"
title: "CPU per Page Load: Render Cost vs Snapshot"
description: "Measure the CPU Googlebot spends rendering JS pages. Prerendered HTML cuts render_cost up to 87% and lifts crawl frequency."
resource: "https://prerender.info/blog/cpu-cycles-per-page-load-googlebot"
tags: [Technical Architecture, Googlebot render cost, CPU cycles prerendering, crawl budget, render_cost, JavaScript SEO performance]
timestamp: 2026-04-29T00:00:00Z
---

# CPU per Page Load: Render Cost vs Snapshot

Measure the CPU Googlebot spends rendering JS pages. Prerendered HTML cuts render_cost up to 87% and lifts crawl frequency.

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