diff --git a/src/benchmark/Benchmark.zig b/src/benchmark/Benchmark.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b7d9b6ad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/benchmark/Benchmark.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+//! A single benchmark case.
+const Benchmark = @This();
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const macos = @import("macos");
+const build_config = @import("../build_config.zig");
+
+ptr: *anyopaque,
+vtable: VTable,
+
+/// Create a new benchmark from a pointer and a vtable.
+///
+/// This usually is only called by benchmark implementations, not
+/// benchmark users.
+pub fn init(
+    pointer: anytype,
+    vtable: VTable,
+) Benchmark {
+    const Ptr = @TypeOf(pointer);
+    assert(@typeInfo(Ptr) == .pointer); // Must be a pointer
+    assert(@typeInfo(Ptr).pointer.size == .one); // Must be a single-item pointer
+    assert(@typeInfo(@typeInfo(Ptr).pointer.child) == .@"struct"); // Must point to a struct
+    return .{ .ptr = pointer, .vtable = vtable };
+}
+
+/// Run the benchmark.
+pub fn run(
+    self: Benchmark,
+    mode: RunMode,
+) Error!RunResult {
+    // Run our setup function if it exists. We do this first because
+    // we don't want this part of our benchmark and we want to fail fast.
+    if (self.vtable.setupFn) |func| try func(self.ptr);
+    defer if (self.vtable.teardownFn) |func| func(self.ptr);
+
+    // Our result accumulator. This will be returned at the end of the run.
+    var result: RunResult = .{};
+
+    // If we're on macOS, we setup signposts so its easier to find
+    // the results in Instruments. There's a lot of nasty comptime stuff
+    // here but its just to ensure this does nothing on other platforms.
+    const signpost_name = "Ghostty Benchmark";
+    const signpost: if (builtin.target.os.tag.isDarwin()) struct {
+        log: *macos.os.Log,
+        id: macos.os.signpost.Id,
+    } else void = if (comptime builtin.os.tag == .macos) macos: {
+        const log = macos.os.Log.create(
+            build_config.bundle_id,
+            macos.os.signpost.Category.points_of_interest,
+        );
+        const id = macos.os.signpost.Id.generate(log);
+        macos.os.signpost.intervalBegin(log, id, signpost_name);
+        break :macos .{ .log = log, .id = id };
+    } else {};
+    defer if (comptime builtin.os.tag == .macos) {
+        macos.os.signpost.intervalEnd(
+            signpost.log,
+            signpost.id,
+            signpost_name,
+        );
+        signpost.log.release();
+    };
+
+    const start = std.time.Instant.now() catch return error.BenchmarkFailed;
+    while (true) {
+        // Run our step function. If it fails, we return the error.
+        try self.vtable.stepFn(self.ptr);
+        result.iterations += 1;
+
+        // Get our current monotonic time and check our exit conditions.
+        const now = std.time.Instant.now() catch return error.BenchmarkFailed;
+        const exit = switch (mode) {
+            .once => true,
+            .duration => |ns| now.since(start) >= ns,
+        };
+
+        if (exit) {
+            result.duration = now.since(start);
+            return result;
+        }
+    }
+
+    // We exit within the loop body.
+    unreachable;
+}
+
+/// The type of benchmark run. This is used to determine how the benchmark
+/// is executed.
+pub const RunMode = union(enum) {
+    /// Run the benchmark exactly once.
+    once,
+
+    /// Run the benchmark for a fixed duration in nanoseconds. This
+    /// will not interrupt a running step so if the granularity of the
+    /// duration is too low, benchmark results may be inaccurate.
+    duration: u64,
+};
+
+/// The result of a benchmark run.
+pub const RunResult = struct {
+    /// The total iterations that step was executed. For "once" run
+    /// modes this will always be 1.
+    iterations: u32 = 0,
+
+    /// The total time taken for the run. For "duration" run modes
+    /// this will be relatively close to the requested duration.
+    /// The units are nanoseconds.
+    duration: u64 = 0,
+};
+
+/// The possible errors that can occur during various stages of the
+/// benchmark. Right now its just "failure" which ends the benchmark.
+pub const Error = error{BenchmarkFailed};
+
+/// The vtable that must be provided to invoke the real implementation.
+pub const VTable = struct {
+    /// A single step to execute the benchmark. This should do the work
+    /// that is under test. This may be called multiple times if we're
+    /// testing throughput.
+    stepFn: *const fn (ptr: *anyopaque) Error!void,
+
+    /// Setup and teardown functions. These are called once before
+    /// the first step and once after the last step. They are not part
+    /// of the benchmark results (unless you're benchmarking the full
+    /// binary).
+    setupFn: ?*const fn (ptr: *anyopaque) Error!void = null,
+    teardownFn: ?*const fn (ptr: *anyopaque) void = null,
+};
+
+test Benchmark {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const Simple = struct {
+        const Self = @This();
+
+        setup_i: usize = 0,
+        step_i: usize = 0,
+
+        pub fn benchmark(self: *Self) Benchmark {
+            return .init(self, .{
+                .stepFn = step,
+                .setupFn = setup,
+            });
+        }
+
+        fn setup(ptr: *anyopaque) Error!void {
+            const self: *Self = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+            self.setup_i += 1;
+        }
+
+        fn step(ptr: *anyopaque) Error!void {
+            const self: *Self = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+            self.step_i += 1;
+        }
+    };
+
+    var s: Simple = .{};
+    const b = s.benchmark();
+    const result = try b.run(.once);
+    try testing.expectEqual(1, s.setup_i);
+    try testing.expectEqual(1, s.step_i);
+    try testing.expectEqual(1, result.iterations);
+    try testing.expect(result.duration > 0);
+}
diff --git a/src/benchmark/TerminalStream.zig b/src/benchmark/TerminalStream.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8580695f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/benchmark/TerminalStream.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+//! This benchmark tests the performance of the terminal stream
+//! handler from input to terminal state update. This is useful to
+//! test general throughput of VT parsing and handling.
+//!
+//! Note that the handler used for this benchmark isn't the full
+//! terminal handler, since that requires a significant amount of
+//! state. This is a simplified version that only handles specific
+//! terminal operations like printing characters. We should expand
+//! this to include more operations to improve the accuracy of the
+//! benchmark.
+//!
+//! It is a fairly broad benchmark that can be used to determine
+//! if we need to optimize something more specific (e.g. the parser).
+const TerminalStream = @This();
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const terminalpkg = @import("../terminal/main.zig");
+const Benchmark = @import("Benchmark.zig");
+const Terminal = terminalpkg.Terminal;
+const Stream = terminalpkg.Stream(*Handler);
+
+terminal: Terminal,
+handler: Handler,
+stream: Stream,
+
+pub const Options = struct {
+    /// The size of the terminal. This affects benchmarking when
+    /// dealing with soft line wrapping and the memory impact
+    /// of page sizes.
+    @"terminal-rows": u16 = 80,
+    @"terminal-cols": u16 = 120,
+};
+
+/// Create a new terminal stream handler for the given arguments.
+pub fn create(
+    alloc: Allocator,
+    args: Options,
+) !*TerminalStream {
+    const ptr = try alloc.create(TerminalStream);
+    errdefer alloc.destroy(ptr);
+
+    ptr.* = .{
+        .terminal = try .init(alloc, .{
+            .rows = args.@"terminal-rows",
+            .cols = args.@"terminal-cols",
+        }),
+        .handler = .{ .t = &ptr.terminal },
+        .stream = .{ .handler = &ptr.handler },
+    };
+
+    return ptr;
+}
+
+pub fn destroy(self: *TerminalStream, alloc: Allocator) void {
+    self.terminal.deinit(alloc);
+    alloc.destroy(self);
+}
+
+pub fn benchmark(self: *TerminalStream) Benchmark {
+    return .init(self, .{
+        .stepFn = step,
+        .setupFn = setup,
+    });
+}
+
+fn setup(ptr: *anyopaque) Benchmark.Error!void {
+    const self: *TerminalStream = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+    self.terminal.fullReset();
+}
+
+fn step(ptr: *anyopaque) Benchmark.Error!void {
+    const self: *TerminalStream = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+    _ = self;
+}
+
+/// Implements the handler interface for the terminal.Stream.
+/// We should expand this to include more operations to make
+/// our benchmark more realistic.
+const Handler = struct {
+    t: *Terminal,
+
+    pub fn print(self: *Handler, cp: u21) !void {
+        try self.t.print(cp);
+    }
+};
+
+test TerminalStream {
+    const testing = std.testing;
+    const alloc = testing.allocator;
+
+    const impl: *TerminalStream = try .create(alloc, .{});
+    defer impl.destroy(alloc);
+
+    const bench = impl.benchmark();
+    _ = try bench.run(.once);
+}
diff --git a/src/benchmark/main.zig b/src/benchmark/main.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..802519e29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/benchmark/main.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+pub const Benchmark = @import("Benchmark.zig");
+pub const TerminalStream = @import("TerminalStream.zig");
+
+test {
+    _ = @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
+}
diff --git a/src/main_ghostty.zig b/src/main_ghostty.zig
index b747fe6f0..fb29303f1 100644
--- a/src/main_ghostty.zig
+++ b/src/main_ghostty.zig
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ test {
     _ = @import("surface_mouse.zig");
 
     // Libraries
+    _ = @import("benchmark/main.zig");
     _ = @import("crash/main.zig");
     _ = @import("datastruct/main.zig");
     _ = @import("inspector/main.zig");