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# Compute Units

Compute units are a measure of the total computational resources your apps are using on Alchemy. You can think of this as how you would pay Amazon for compute usage on AWS. Some queries are lightweight and fast to run (e.g., `health`) and others can be more intense (e.g.`genesis`). Each method is assigned a quantity of compute units, derived from global average durations. 

## Raw Method Costs

### Tendermint 

| Method                | CU |
| --------------------- | -- |
| health                | 10 |
| tx\_search            | 10 |
| blockchain            | 12 |
| braodcast\_tx\_commit | 12 |
| status                | 13 |
| block                 | 13 |
| commit                | 13 |
| validators            | 13 |
| tx                    | 13 |
| broadcast\_tx\_sync   | 13 |
| broadcast\_tx\_async  | 13 |
| check\_tx             | 13 |
| block\_by\_hash       | 14 |
| block\_results        | 14 |
| abci\_info            | 14 |
| abci\_query           | 14 |
| genesis               | 17 |

### gRPC 

| Method                      | CU |
| --------------------------- | -- |
| blocks/latest               | 10 |
| blocks/{height}             | 10 |
| cosmos/auth methods         | 10 |
| cosmos/distribution methods | 10 |
| cosmos/gov methods          | 10 |
| cosmos/params methods       | 10 |
| cosmos/upgrade methods      | 10 |
| ibc/core methods            | 10 |
| ibc/applications methods    | 10 |
| cosmos/base methods         | 10 |
| cosmos/tx methods           | 10 |
| syncing                     | 11 |
| validators/latest           | 11 |
| validators/{height}         | 11 |
| cosmos/bank methods         | 11 |
| cosmos/evidence methods     | 11 |
| cosmos/slashing methods     | 13 |
| cosmos/staking methods      | 19 |
| cosmos/mint methods         | 22 |
| node\_info                  | 26 |


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