diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c469e456..1a482139 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ if (BUILD_TESTS)
   enable_testing()
 endif()
 
+option(BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build benchmarks" OFF)
+
 option(COVERAGE "Enable code coverage reporting (g++/clang only)" OFF)
 if(COVERAGE AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
   set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" FORCE)
@@ -121,6 +123,10 @@ add_subdirectory(density)
 add_subdirectory(tdigest)
 add_subdirectory(filters)
 
+if (BUILD_BENCHMARKS)
+  add_subdirectory(benchmarks)
+endif()
+
 if (WITH_PYTHON)
   add_subdirectory(python)
 endif()
diff --git a/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a79d852e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+
+if (NOT TARGET benchmark::benchmark_main)
+  include(FetchContent)
+
+  set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_TESTING OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable google-benchmark tests" FORCE)
+  set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_GTEST_TESTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable google-benchmark gtest tests" FORCE)
+  set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_INSTALL OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable google-benchmark install rules" FORCE)
+  set(BENCHMARK_INSTALL_DOCS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable google-benchmark documentation install" FORCE)
+  set(BENCHMARK_ENABLE_WERROR OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable google-benchmark warnings as errors" FORCE)
+
+  FetchContent_Declare(
+    googlebenchmark
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/google/benchmark.git
+    GIT_TAG        v1.7.1
+  )
+
+  FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googlebenchmark)
+endif()
+
+add_executable(count_min_sketch_benchmark)
+
+target_link_libraries(count_min_sketch_benchmark
+  PRIVATE
+    count
+    benchmark::benchmark_main
+)
+
+set_target_properties(count_min_sketch_benchmark PROPERTIES
+  CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED YES
+)
+
+target_sources(count_min_sketch_benchmark
+  PRIVATE
+    benchmark_count_min_sketch.cpp
+)
diff --git a/benchmarks/benchmark_count_min_sketch.cpp b/benchmarks/benchmark_count_min_sketch.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bbff0f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmarks/benchmark_count_min_sketch.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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 <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+#include <count_min.hpp>
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace
+{
+
+using Sketch = datasketches::count_min_sketch<uint64_t>;
+
+// Roughly 99.9% confidence and 0.1% relative error:
+// suggest_num_hashes(0.999) == 7 and suggest_num_buckets(0.001) == 2719.
+constexpr uint8_t NUM_HASHES = 7;
+constexpr uint32_t NUM_BUCKETS = 2719;
+
+std::vector<uint64_t> makeUInt64Keys(size_t size)
+{
+    std::vector<uint64_t> keys;
+    keys.reserve(size);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+        keys.push_back(static_cast<uint64_t>(i * 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15ULL));
+    return keys;
+}
+
+std::vector<std::string> makeStringKeys(size_t size)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> keys;
+    keys.reserve(size);
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < size; ++i)
+        keys.push_back("countmin-key-" + std::to_string(i * 2654435761ULL));
+    return keys;
+}
+
+int64_t totalStringBytes(const std::vector<std::string> & keys)
+{
+    int64_t bytes = 0;
+    for (const auto & key : keys)
+        bytes += static_cast<int64_t>(key.size());
+    return bytes;
+}
+
+void BM_CountMinUpdateUInt64(benchmark::State & state)
+{
+    const auto keys = makeUInt64Keys(static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0)));
+    for (auto _ : state)
+    {
+        state.PauseTiming();
+        Sketch sketch(NUM_HASHES, NUM_BUCKETS);
+        state.ResumeTiming();
+
+        for (const auto key : keys)
+            sketch.update(&key, sizeof(key), 1);
+
+        benchmark::DoNotOptimize(sketch.get_total_weight());
+    }
+
+    state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * static_cast<int64_t>(keys.size()));
+    state.SetBytesProcessed(state.iterations() * static_cast<int64_t>(keys.size() * sizeof(uint64_t)));
+}
+
+void BM_CountMinUpdateStringBytes(benchmark::State & state)
+{
+    const auto keys = makeStringKeys(static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0)));
+    const auto bytes_per_iteration = totalStringBytes(keys);
+
+    for (auto _ : state)
+    {
+        state.PauseTiming();
+        Sketch sketch(NUM_HASHES, NUM_BUCKETS);
+        state.ResumeTiming();
+
+        for (const auto & key : keys)
+            sketch.update(key.data(), key.size(), 1);
+
+        benchmark::DoNotOptimize(sketch.get_total_weight());
+    }
+
+    state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * static_cast<int64_t>(keys.size()));
+    state.SetBytesProcessed(state.iterations() * bytes_per_iteration);
+}
+
+void BM_CountMinEstimateUInt64(benchmark::State & state)
+{
+    const auto keys = makeUInt64Keys(static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0)));
+    Sketch sketch(NUM_HASHES, NUM_BUCKETS);
+    for (const auto key : keys)
+        sketch.update(&key, sizeof(key), 1);
+
+    uint64_t sum = 0;
+    for (auto _ : state)
+    {
+        for (const auto key : keys)
+            sum += sketch.get_estimate(&key, sizeof(key));
+
+        benchmark::DoNotOptimize(sum);
+    }
+
+    state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * static_cast<int64_t>(keys.size()));
+    state.SetBytesProcessed(state.iterations() * static_cast<int64_t>(keys.size() * sizeof(uint64_t)));
+}
+
+void BM_CountMinEstimateStringBytes(benchmark::State & state)
+{
+    const auto keys = makeStringKeys(static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0)));
+    const auto bytes_per_iteration = totalStringBytes(keys);
+
+    Sketch sketch(NUM_HASHES, NUM_BUCKETS);
+    for (const auto & key : keys)
+        sketch.update(key.data(), key.size(), 1);
+
+    uint64_t sum = 0;
+    for (auto _ : state)
+    {
+        for (const auto & key : keys)
+            sum += sketch.get_estimate(key.data(), key.size());
+
+        benchmark::DoNotOptimize(sum);
+    }
+
+    state.SetItemsProcessed(state.iterations() * static_cast<int64_t>(keys.size()));
+    state.SetBytesProcessed(state.iterations() * bytes_per_iteration);
+}
+
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(BM_CountMinUpdateUInt64)->RangeMultiplier(8)->Range(1024, 65536);
+BENCHMARK(BM_CountMinUpdateStringBytes)->RangeMultiplier(8)->Range(1024, 65536);
+BENCHMARK(BM_CountMinEstimateUInt64)->RangeMultiplier(8)->Range(1024, 65536);
+BENCHMARK(BM_CountMinEstimateStringBytes)->RangeMultiplier(8)->Range(1024, 65536);