# Render without displaying for performance
**URL:** https://discourse.processing.org/t/render-without-displaying-for-performance/32307
**Category:** Coding Questions
**Created:** [September 19, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/render-without-displaying-for-performance/32307 "2021-09-19T02:34:59Z")
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### Author:  [@shishironeal](https://discourse.processing.org/u/shishironeal)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2021, 2:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/render-without-displaying-for-performance/32307/1 "2021-09-19T02:34:59Z")
Is it possible to render frames without having to display them?
Would this be faster than normal rendering (with JAVA2D or P2D)? (i.e. with saveFrame)
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### Author:  [@CodeMasterX](https://discourse.processing.org/u/CodeMasterX)
#### Post date: [September 19, 2021, 10:26am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/render-without-displaying-for-performance/32307/2 "2021-09-19T10:26:01Z")
The only way I can think of, is to use PGraphics. They are the same as normal Processing canvas, but function as an image.
> **[Reference](https://processing.org/reference/PGraphics.html)**
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> Main graphics and rendering context, as well as the base API implementation for processing "core". Use this class if you need to draw into an off-screen graphics buffer. A PGraphics object can be cons…
a thing to keep in mind is that you need to use graphic.begin/endDraw(); to change them. The rest is in the link provided.
As for performance, I have no idea. It is SLIGHTLY faster since displaying a black canvas is faster than an image but I don’t know by how much. Probably depends on the GPU you have.