# Introduction to Performance Tuning

There features improve the performance of Check Point [Security Gateway](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_PerformanceTuning_AdminGuide/Content/Topics-PTG/Introduction-to-Performance-Tuning.htm#) / ClusterXL / Scalable Platform:

- SecureXL - accelerates traffic (see [SecureXL](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_PerformanceTuning_AdminGuide/Content/Topics-PTG/SecureXL.htm))
- CoreXL - runs multiple Firewall instances at the same time (see [CoreXL](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_PerformanceTuning_AdminGuide/Content/Topics-PTG/CoreXL.htm))
- HyperFlow - handles elephant connections on more than one CPU core in parallel (see [HyperFlow](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_PerformanceTuning_AdminGuide/Content/Topics-PTG/HyperFlow.htm))
- Multi-Queue - configures multiple traffic queues for each network interface (see [Multi-Queue](https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R81.20/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R81.20_PerformanceTuning_AdminGuide/Content/Topics-PTG/Multi-Queue.htm))

20 January 2026