diff --git a/src/bench/page-init.sh b/src/bench/page-init.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f54df627b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/page-init.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# This is a trivial helper script to help run the page init benchmark.
+# You probably want to tweak this script depending on what you're
+# trying to measure.
+
+# Uncomment to test with an active terminal state.
+# ARGS=" --terminal"
+
+hyperfine \
+  --warmup 10 \
+  -n alloc \
+  "./zig-out/bin/bench-page-init --mode=alloc${ARGS} </tmp/ghostty_bench_data"
+
diff --git a/src/bench/page-init.zig b/src/bench/page-init.zig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1540c59e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bench/page-init.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+//! This benchmark tests the speed to create a terminal "page". This is
+//! the internal data structure backing a terminal screen. The creation speed
+//! is important because it is one of the primary bottlenecks for processing
+//! large amounts of plaintext data.
+
+const std = @import("std");
+const assert = std.debug.assert;
+const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const ArenaAllocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator;
+const cli = @import("../cli.zig");
+const terminal = @import("../terminal/main.zig");
+
+const Args = struct {
+    mode: Mode = .alloc,
+
+    /// The number of pages to create sequentially.
+    count: usize = 20_000,
+
+    /// This is set by the CLI parser for deinit.
+    _arena: ?ArenaAllocator = null,
+
+    pub fn deinit(self: *Args) void {
+        if (self._arena) |arena| arena.deinit();
+        self.* = undefined;
+    }
+};
+
+const Mode = enum {
+    /// The default allocation strategy of the structure.
+    alloc,
+};
+
+pub const std_options: std.Options = .{
+    .log_level = .debug,
+};
+
+pub fn main() !void {
+    // We want to use the c allocator because it is much faster than GPA.
+    const alloc = std.heap.c_allocator;
+
+    // Parse our args
+    var args: Args = .{};
+    defer args.deinit();
+    {
+        var iter = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(alloc);
+        defer iter.deinit();
+        try cli.args.parse(Args, alloc, &args, &iter);
+    }
+
+    // Handle the modes that do not depend on terminal state first.
+    switch (args.mode) {
+        .alloc => try benchAlloc(args.count),
+    }
+}
+
+noinline fn benchAlloc(count: usize) !void {
+    for (0..count) |_| {
+        _ = try terminal.new.Page.init(terminal.new.Page.std_capacity);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/build_config.zig b/src/build_config.zig
index 803e3ee4d..742a2b692 100644
--- a/src/build_config.zig
+++ b/src/build_config.zig
@@ -143,4 +143,5 @@ pub const ExeEntrypoint = enum {
     bench_stream,
     bench_codepoint_width,
     bench_grapheme_break,
+    bench_page_init,
 };
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 8cad7ec9f..3a5357471 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -10,4 +10,5 @@ pub usingnamespace switch (build_config.exe_entrypoint) {
     .bench_stream => @import("bench/stream.zig"),
     .bench_codepoint_width => @import("bench/codepoint-width.zig"),
     .bench_grapheme_break => @import("bench/grapheme-break.zig"),
+    .bench_page_init => @import("bench/page-init.zig"),
 };
diff --git a/src/terminal/main.zig b/src/terminal/main.zig
index 45da8564e..ab5bad4d6 100644
--- a/src/terminal/main.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/main.zig
@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ pub usingnamespace if (builtin.target.isWasm()) struct {
     pub usingnamespace @import("wasm.zig");
 } else struct {};
 
+/// The new stuff. TODO: remove this before merge.
+pub const new = @import("new/main.zig");
+
 test {
     @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
-
-    _ = @import("new/main.zig");
 }
diff --git a/src/terminal/new/main.zig b/src/terminal/new/main.zig
index 93ea0e04e..caf7c1920 100644
--- a/src/terminal/new/main.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/new/main.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 
+const page = @import("page.zig");
 pub const Terminal = @import("Terminal.zig");
+pub const Page = page.Page;
 
 test {
     @import("std").testing.refAllDecls(@This());
diff --git a/src/terminal/new/page.zig b/src/terminal/new/page.zig
index af3d4d6dc..ce21e6b79 100644
--- a/src/terminal/new/page.zig
+++ b/src/terminal/new/page.zig
@@ -91,6 +91,16 @@ pub const Page = struct {
     const grapheme_bytes_default = grapheme_count_default * grapheme_chunk;
     const GraphemeMap = AutoOffsetHashMap(Offset(Cell), Offset(u21).Slice);
 
+    /// The standard capacity for a page that doesn't have special
+    /// requirements. This is enough to support a very large number of cells.
+    /// The standard capacity is chosen as the fast-path for allocation.
+    pub const std_capacity: Capacity = .{
+        .cols = 250,
+        .rows = 250,
+        .styles = 128,
+        .grapheme_bytes = 1024,
+    };
+
     /// The size of this page.
     pub const Size = struct {
         cols: size.CellCountInt,
@@ -319,9 +329,10 @@ pub const Cell = packed struct(u64) {
 //     const total_size = alignForward(
 //         usize,
 //         Page.layout(.{
-//             .cols = 333,
-//             .rows = 81,
-//             .styles = 32,
+//             .cols = 250,
+//             .rows = 250,
+//             .styles = 128,
+//             .grapheme_bytes = 1024,
 //         }).total_size,
 //         std.mem.page_size,
 //     );