# Performance efficiency
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The Performance Efficiency pillar includes the ability to use cloud resources efficiently to meet performance requirements, and to maintain that efficiency as demand changes and technologies evolve. You can find prescriptive guidance on implementation in the [Performance Efficiency Pillar whitepaper](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/wellarchitected/latest/performance-efficiency-pillar/welcome.html?ref=wellarchitected-wp).

**Topics**
+ [Architecture selection](a-selection.md)
+ [Compute and hardware](a-compute-hardware.md)
+ [Data management](a-data-management.md)
+ [Networking and content delivery](a-networking-delivery.md)
+ [Process and culture](a-process-culture.md)