diff --git a/internal/metrics/benchmark_test.go b/internal/metrics/benchmark_test.go
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+// Copyright (c) 2024 The Jaeger Authors.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package benchmark_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+
+	promsdk "github.com/prometheus/client_golang/prometheus"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/bridge/opencensus"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/metric"
+	sdkmetric "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric"
+
+	promExporter "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/exporters/prometheus"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkVarags(b *testing.B) {
+	f := func(opts ...string) int {
+		return len(opts)
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		f("x", "y", "z")
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkAddConfig(b *testing.B) {
+	attrSet := attribute.NewSet(attribute.String("tag1", "value1"))
+	attrOpt := metric.WithAttributeSet(attrSet)
+	f := func(opts ...metric.AddOption) int {
+		metric.NewAddConfig(opts)
+		return len(opts)
+	}
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		f(attrOpt)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkPrometheusCounter(b *testing.B) {
+	reg := promsdk.NewRegistry()
+	opts := promsdk.CounterOpts{
+		Name: "test_counter",
+		Help: "help",
+	}
+	cv := promsdk.NewCounterVec(opts, []string{"tag1"})
+	reg.MustRegister(cv)
+	counter := cv.WithLabelValues("value1")
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		counter.Add(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkOTELCounter(b *testing.B) {
+	counter := otelCounter(b)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		counter.Add(ctx, 1)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCencusCounter(b *testing.B) {
+	counter := censusCounter(b)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		counter.Add(ctx, 1)
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkOTELCounterWithLabel(b *testing.B) {
+	counter := otelCounter(b)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	attrSet := attribute.NewSet(attribute.String("tag1", "value1"))
+	attrOpt := metric.WithAttributeSet(attrSet)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		counter.Add(ctx, 1, attrOpt)
+	}
+}
+func BenchmarkCencusCounterWithLabel(b *testing.B) {
+	counter := censusCounter(b)
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	attrSet := attribute.NewSet(attribute.String("tag1", "value1"))
+	attrOpt := metric.WithAttributeSet(attrSet)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		counter.Add(ctx, 1, attrOpt)
+	}
+}
+
+func otelCounter(b *testing.B) metric.Int64Counter {
+	registry := promsdk.NewRegistry()
+	exporter, err := promExporter.New(promExporter.WithRegisterer(registry))
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	meterProvider := sdkmetric.NewMeterProvider(
+		sdkmetric.WithReader(exporter),
+	)
+
+	meter := meterProvider.Meter("test")
+	counter, err := meter.Int64Counter("test_counter")
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	return counter
+}
+
+func censusCounter(b *testing.B) metric.Int64Counter {
+	registry := promsdk.NewRegistry()
+	exporter, err := promExporter.New(
+		promExporter.WithRegisterer(registry),
+		promExporter.WithProducer(opencensus.NewMetricProducer()),
+	)
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	meterProvider := sdkmetric.NewMeterProvider(
+		sdkmetric.WithReader(exporter),
+	)
+
+	meter := meterProvider.Meter("test")
+	counter, err := meter.Int64Counter("test_counter")
+	require.NoError(b, err)
+	return counter
+}