diff --git a/src/runtime/utils/tv.ts b/src/runtime/utils/tv.ts
index bce1cfd44f..033c46b1c3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/utils/tv.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/utils/tv.ts
@@ -104,13 +104,78 @@ function applyReplacer(replacer: SlotClassReplacer, slotProps: Record<string, an
   return cnMerge(replacer(resolveDefaults()), ...plainClasses(slotProps.class), ...plainClasses(slotProps.className))(config) ?? ''
 }
 
+/**
+ * A slot invocation is memoizable only when its output is fully determined by a
+ * serializable key: primitives and arrays of primitives. Objects (clsx-style
+ * class maps) and functions (replacers) bail to the uncached path.
+ */
+function isMemoizable(value: unknown, depth = 0): boolean {
+  if (value === undefined || value === null) {
+    return true
+  }
+  const type = typeof value
+  if (type === 'string' || type === 'boolean') {
+    return true
+  }
+  // `JSON.stringify` turns NaN/Infinity into `null`, colliding with real `null`
+  // keys that tv resolves differently (default variant vs `key || "false"` lookup).
+  if (type === 'number') {
+    return Number.isFinite(value)
+  }
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    // Stop a few levels down rather than recurse without bound: a cyclic array
+    // reaching a variant would blow the stack, where tv itself resolves it. The
+    // arrays components pass (`[props.ui?.td, ...]`) are one or two deep.
+    if (depth >= 4) {
+      return false
+    }
+    for (const item of value) {
+      if (!isMemoizable(item, depth + 1)) {
+        return false
+      }
+    }
+    return true
+  }
+  return false
+}
+
+function memoKey(slotProps: Record<string, any>): string | undefined {
+  // Only plain objects: an exotic prototype could carry inherited enumerable
+  // props that tv would read but `JSON.stringify` would drop from the key,
+  // making two different inputs share one cache entry.
+  const proto = Object.getPrototypeOf(slotProps)
+  if (proto !== Object.prototype && proto !== null) {
+    return undefined
+  }
+
+  // `Object.keys` matches exactly what `JSON.stringify` serializes (own
+  // enumerable keys), so everything the key omits is also never inspected here.
+  for (const key of Object.keys(slotProps)) {
+    if (!isMemoizable(slotProps[key])) {
+      return undefined
+    }
+  }
+  // `JSON.stringify` drops `undefined`-valued keys, matching tv's semantics
+  // (an undefined variant is the same as an absent one).
+  return JSON.stringify(slotProps)
+}
+
 /**
  * Wrap the slot functions returned by `tv()` so a replacer (from `:ui` / `class`
  * at call time, or from `app.config.ui` at construction time) drops the slot's
  * baked-in default chain and returns only its replacement. Without a replacer the
  * original slot function runs untouched, so the common merge path is unaffected.
+ *
+ * Repeated invocations with identical simple args (re-renders, table cells) are
+ * memoized per slot: variant resolution + twMerge only run once per distinct
+ * input. The cache lives on the invocation result, so a factory rebuild (e.g.
+ * `app.config.ui` change) or variant-prop recompute starts fresh.
  */
 function wrapSlots(slots: Record<string, any>, directives?: Record<string, SlotClassReplacer>) {
+  // `undefined` is a real slot result: `tv` returns it (not `''`) for a slot
+  // whose chain resolves to no classes, so it can't double as a miss sentinel.
+  const memo = new Map<string, Map<string, string | undefined>>()
+
   return new Proxy(slots, {
     get(target, key: string) {
       const slot = target[key]
@@ -121,7 +186,30 @@ function wrapSlots(slots: Record<string, any>, directives?: Record<string, SlotC
       return (slotProps: Record<string, any> = {}) => {
         const replacer = findReplacer(slotProps.class) ?? findReplacer(slotProps.className) ?? directives?.[key]
         if (!replacer) {
-          return slot(slotProps)
+          const cacheKey = memoKey(slotProps)
+          if (cacheKey === undefined) {
+            return slot(slotProps)
+          }
+
+          let cache = memo.get(key)
+          if (!cache) {
+            cache = new Map()
+            memo.set(key, cache)
+          }
+
+          let result = cache.get(cacheKey)
+          // The extra `has` only runs for the rare slot that resolves to no
+          // classes, so the hot path stays a single lookup.
+          if (result === undefined && !cache.has(cacheKey)) {
+            if (cache.size >= 500) {
+              // Pathological dynamic inputs (e.g. per-row generated classes):
+              // reset rather than grow unbounded.
+              cache.clear()
+            }
+            result = slot(slotProps) as string
+            cache.set(cacheKey, result)
+          }
+          return result
         }
         return applyReplacer(replacer, slotProps, () => slot({ ...slotProps, class: undefined, className: undefined }))
       }
diff --git a/test/utils/tv.spec.ts b/test/utils/tv.spec.ts
index 7ad5ba34db..c88fe4771a 100644
--- a/test/utils/tv.spec.ts
+++ b/test/utils/tv.spec.ts
@@ -122,3 +122,153 @@ describe('tv class replace (slotless component)', () => {
     expect(ui()).toBe('block')
   })
 })
+
+describe('tv slot memoization', () => {
+  const theme = {
+    slots: { base: 'inline-flex text-sm', label: 'truncate' },
+    variants: {
+      active: {
+        true: { base: 'font-bold' },
+        false: { base: 'font-light' }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  const build = () => tvt({ extend: tvt(theme) })()
+
+  // Counts how often the `active` variant is read. Building the cache key reads
+  // it a fixed number of times per call, so a call served from the cache reads
+  // it strictly fewer times than one that runs the slot, without either test
+  // having to pin the exact counts.
+  function countingProps(active: boolean) {
+    const counter = { reads: 0 }
+    const props = {
+      get active() {
+        counter.reads++
+        return active
+      }
+    }
+    return [props, counter] as const
+  }
+
+  it('runs the slot once for repeated identical args', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    const [props, counter] = countingProps(true)
+
+    expect(ui.base(props)).toContain('font-bold')
+    const miss = counter.reads
+
+    counter.reads = 0
+    expect(ui.base(props)).toContain('font-bold')
+    expect(counter.reads).toBeLessThan(miss)
+  })
+
+  it('caches a slot whose chain resolves to no classes', () => {
+    // `tv` returns `undefined` for such a slot rather than `''`, so it can't
+    // double as the "not cached yet" sentinel (`navigation-menu` has two).
+    const ui = tvt({ extend: tvt({ slots: { base: '' }, variants: { active: { true: {}, false: {} } } }) })()
+    const [props, counter] = countingProps(true)
+
+    expect(ui.base(props)).toBeUndefined()
+    const miss = counter.reads
+
+    counter.reads = 0
+    expect(ui.base(props)).toBeUndefined()
+    expect(counter.reads).toBeLessThan(miss)
+  })
+
+  it('returns correct output for repeated identical args', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    const first = ui.base({ active: true, class: 'p-2' })
+    expect(ui.base({ active: true, class: 'p-2' })).toBe(first)
+    expect(first).toContain('font-bold')
+    expect(first).toContain('p-2')
+  })
+
+  it('never shares entries across distinct args', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    expect(ui.base({ active: true })).toContain('font-bold')
+    expect(ui.base({ active: false })).toContain('font-light')
+    expect(ui.base({ active: true, class: 'p-2' })).toContain('p-2')
+    expect(ui.base({ active: true })).not.toContain('p-2')
+    // String and array class forms resolve to the same output independently.
+    expect(ui.base({ class: ['p-2', undefined] })).toContain('p-2')
+  })
+
+  it('treats an `undefined`-valued key the same as an absent one', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    expect(ui.base({ active: undefined, class: 'p-2' })).toBe(ui.base({ class: 'p-2' }))
+  })
+
+  it('returns identical output for reordered keys (a cache miss, not a shared entry)', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    expect(ui.base({ active: true, class: 'p-2' })).toBe(ui.base({ class: 'p-2', active: true }))
+  })
+
+  it('does not share entries between NaN and null variant values', () => {
+    const ui = tvt({ extend: tvt(theme), defaultVariants: { active: true } })()
+    // Both serialize to `"null"`, but tv resolves `null` to the default variant
+    // while NaN falls through the `key || "false"` lookup.
+    expect(ui.base({ active: Number.NaN })).toContain('font-light')
+    expect(ui.base({ active: null })).toContain('font-bold')
+  })
+
+  it('does not poison the cache through clsx object classes', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    // Object classes bail out of the memo but still resolve...
+    expect(ui.label({ class: { 'font-bold': true, 'opacity-50': false } })).toBe('truncate font-bold')
+    // ...and cached plain calls before/after stay independent.
+    expect(ui.label({})).toBe('truncate')
+    expect(ui.label({ class: { 'font-bold': false } })).toBe('truncate')
+  })
+
+  it('does not poison the cache through replacers', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    expect(ui.label({ class: 'p-2' })).toBe('truncate p-2')
+    expect(ui.label({ class: () => 'block' })).toBe('block')
+    expect(ui.label({ class: 'p-2' })).toBe('truncate p-2')
+  })
+
+  it('falls back to the uncached path for a cyclic array', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    const cyclic: any[] = ['p-2']
+    cyclic.push(cyclic)
+    // tv resolves this to the default variant (`String(cyclic)` matches no key),
+    // so keying it must stop recursing rather than blow the stack.
+    expect(() => ui.base({ active: cyclic })).not.toThrow()
+  })
+
+  it('keeps each slot cache bounded', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    const counter = { reads: 0 }
+    const props = (i: number) => ({
+      class: `w-[${i}px]`,
+      get active() {
+        counter.reads++
+        return true
+      }
+    })
+
+    for (let i = 0; i < 600; i++) {
+      ui.base(props(i))
+    }
+
+    // The 501st distinct key resets the cache, so it now holds 500 onwards.
+    counter.reads = 0
+    expect(ui.base(props(599))).toContain('w-[599px]')
+    const hit = counter.reads
+
+    // Entry 0 went with the reset and has to be resolved again.
+    counter.reads = 0
+    expect(ui.base(props(0))).toContain('w-[0px]')
+    expect(counter.reads).toBeGreaterThan(hit)
+  })
+
+  it('does not key inputs carrying inherited enumerable props as plain ones', () => {
+    const ui = build()
+    // Inherited `class` is read by tv but invisible to `JSON.stringify`: without
+    // the plain-object guard this would cache a `font-bold` result under `{}`.
+    expect(ui.label(Object.create({ class: 'font-bold' }))).toBe('truncate font-bold')
+    expect(ui.label({})).toBe('truncate')
+  })
+})