

# Understanding the dollar estimate of the CPU cost for frames
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Amazon CodeGuru Profiler provides an estimated dollar value for the active CPU cost of a frame. The value is an estimation that can help you understand where your optimization efforts will be most valuable. 

To view a frame's dollar estimate, pause over the frame. When you pause over other frames, you see a dollar value estimation that's based on that frame's portion of the total CPU time.

**Note**  
This estimated value does not represent your monthly bill. 

The estimated dollar value shown on the **ALL** frame represents the yearly cost of the compute fleet seen during profiling. This is based on the on-demand AWS compute pricing in the AWS Region of your profiling group. 

To view information about your compute fleet, choose **Actions**, then choose **Additional proﬁling data information**.