diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/Android.bp b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/Android.bp
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+++ b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/Android.bp
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+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+cc_defaults {
+    name: "nativewindow_benchmark_defaults_cc",
+    shared_libs: ["libnativewindow"],
+    static_libs: [
+        "libbase",
+        "libgoogle-benchmark-main",
+    ],
+    test_suites: [
+        "device-tests",
+        "NativeWindowBenchmarks",
+    ],
+}
+
+cc_benchmark {
+    name: "nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_cc",
+    srcs: ["buffer_benchmarks.cc"],
+    defaults: ["nativewindow_benchmark_defaults_cc"],
+}
+
+rust_defaults {
+    name: "nativewindow_benchmark_defaults_rs",
+    rustlibs: [
+        "libnativewindow_rs",
+        "libcriterion",
+    ],
+    test_suites: [
+        "device-tests",
+        "NativeWindowBenchmarks",
+    ],
+}
+
+rust_benchmark {
+    name: "nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_rs",
+    srcs: ["buffer_benchmarks.rs"],
+    defaults: ["nativewindow_benchmark_defaults_rs"],
+}
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/README.md b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/README.md
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+++ b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/README.md
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+# libnativewindow Benchmarks
+
+This directory contains benchmarks for the C++ and Rust variants of
+libnativewindow.
+
+## Running
+
+It is currently a little tricky to get statistics from Rust benchmarks directly
+from tradefed. But we can hack it by using atest to build/push, then running
+the benchmarks by hand to get stats.
+
+```
+  $ atest nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_rs nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_cc -d
+  $ adb shell /data/local/tmp/nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_cc/x86_64/nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_cc
+  $ adb shell /data/local/tmp/nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_rs/x86_64/nativewindow_buffer_benchmarks_rs --bench
+```
+
+## Results
+
+On a remote emulator, the results we see from the benchmarks from Rust and C++
+seem to be roughly equivalent! Allocating/deallocating a 720p buffer takes
+~2.3ms on each.
diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/buffer_benchmarks.cc b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/buffer_benchmarks.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0ead1a2
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+++ b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/buffer_benchmarks.cc
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+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+#include <android-base/macros.h>
+#include <android/hardware_buffer.h>
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+static void BM_BufferAllocationDeallocation(benchmark::State& state) {
+    AHardwareBuffer_Desc buffer_desc = {.width = 1280,
+                                        .height = 720,
+                                        .layers = 1,
+                                        .format = AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
+                                        .usage = AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_OFTEN,
+                                        .stride = 0};
+    AHardwareBuffer* buffer = nullptr;
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        int status = AHardwareBuffer_allocate(&buffer_desc, &buffer);
+        if (UNLIKELY(status != 0)) {
+            state.SkipWithError("Unable to allocate buffer.");
+        }
+        AHardwareBuffer_release(buffer);
+        buffer = nullptr;
+    }
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_BufferAllocationDeallocation);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();
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diff --git a/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/buffer_benchmarks.rs b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/buffer_benchmarks.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3ef0f5e
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+++ b/libs/nativewindow/tests/benchmark/buffer_benchmarks.rs
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+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Android Open Source Project
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+//! Benchmark for libnativewindow AHardwareBuffer bindings
+
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+#![allow(missing_docs)]
+
+use criterion::*;
+use nativewindow::*;
+
+fn allocate_deallocate() {
+    let buffer = AHardwareBuffer::new(
+        1280,
+        720,
+        1,
+        AHardwareBuffer_Format::AHARDWAREBUFFER_FORMAT_R8G8B8A8_UNORM,
+        AHardwareBuffer_UsageFlags::AHARDWAREBUFFER_USAGE_CPU_READ_OFTEN,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    drop(buffer);
+}
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    c.bench_function("allocate_deallocate", |b| b.iter(allocate_deallocate));
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, criterion_benchmark);
+criterion_main!(benches);