diff --git a/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool-benchmark.c b/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool-benchmark.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0574048196
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool-benchmark.c
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*  Copyright 2024 Red Hat, Inc.
+ *
+ * GTK is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * GTK is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with GTK; see the file COPYING.  If not,
+ * see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * Author: Benjamin Otte
+ */
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+#include <glib/gi18n-lib.h>
+#include <glib/gprintf.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include "gtk-rendernode-tool.h"
+
+static void
+benchmark_node (GskRenderNode *node,
+                const char    *renderer_name,
+                guint          runs,
+                gboolean       download)
+{
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  GskRenderer *renderer;
+  guint i;
+
+  renderer = create_renderer (renderer_name, &error);
+  if (renderer == NULL)
+    {
+      g_printerr ("Could not benchmark renderer \"%s\": %s\n", renderer_name, error->message);
+      g_clear_error (&error);
+      return;
+    }
+
+  for (i = 0; i < runs; i++)
+    {
+      GdkTexture *texture;
+      gint64 start_time, end_time, duration;
+
+      start_time = g_get_monotonic_time ();
+
+      texture = gsk_renderer_render_texture (renderer, node, NULL);
+      if (download)
+        {
+          GdkTextureDownloader *downloader;
+          GBytes *bytes;
+          gsize stride;
+
+          downloader = gdk_texture_downloader_new (texture);
+          bytes = gdk_texture_downloader_download_bytes (downloader, &stride);
+          g_bytes_unref (bytes);
+          gdk_texture_downloader_free (downloader);
+        }
+
+      end_time = g_get_monotonic_time ();
+
+      duration = end_time - start_time;
+      g_print ("%s\t%lld.%03ds\n",
+               renderer_name,
+               (long long) duration / G_USEC_PER_SEC,
+               (int) ((duration * 1000 / G_USEC_PER_SEC) % 1000)); 
+      g_object_unref (texture);
+    }
+
+  gsk_renderer_unrealize (renderer);
+  g_object_unref (renderer);
+}
+
+void
+do_benchmark (int          *argc,
+              const char ***argv)
+{
+  GOptionContext *context;
+  char **filenames = NULL;
+  char **renderers = NULL;
+  gboolean nodownload = FALSE;
+  int runs = 3;
+  const GOptionEntry entries[] = {
+    { "renderer", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_STRING_ARRAY, &renderers, N_("Add renderer to benchmark"), N_("RENDERER") },
+    { "runs", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_INT, &runs, N_("Number of runs with each renderer"), N_("RUNS") },
+    { "no-download", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, &nodownload, N_("Dont download result/wait for GPU to finish"), NULL },
+    { G_OPTION_REMAINING, 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_FILENAME_ARRAY, &filenames, NULL, N_("FILE…") },
+    { NULL, }
+  };
+  GskRenderNode *node;
+  GError *error = NULL;
+  gsize i;
+
+  if (gdk_display_get_default () == NULL)
+    {
+      g_printerr (_("Could not initialize windowing system\n"));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  g_set_prgname ("gtk4-rendernode-tool benchmark");
+  context = g_option_context_new (NULL);
+  g_option_context_set_translation_domain (context, GETTEXT_PACKAGE);
+  g_option_context_add_main_entries (context, entries, NULL);
+  g_option_context_set_summary (context, _("Benchmark rendering of a .node file."));
+
+  if (!g_option_context_parse (context, argc, (char ***)argv, &error))
+    {
+      g_printerr ("%s\n", error->message);
+      g_error_free (error);
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  g_option_context_free (context);
+
+  if (filenames == NULL)
+    {
+      g_printerr (_("No .node file specified\n"));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (g_strv_length (filenames) > 1)
+    {
+      g_printerr (_("Can only benchmark a single .node file\n"));
+      exit (1);
+    }
+
+  if (renderers == NULL || renderers[0] == NULL)
+    renderers = g_strdupv ((char **) (const char *[]) { "gl", "ngl", "vulkan", "cairo", NULL });
+  
+  node = load_node_file (filenames[0]);
+
+  for (i = 0; renderers[i] != NULL; i++)
+    {
+      benchmark_node (node, renderers[i], runs, !nodownload);
+    }
+
+  gsk_render_node_unref (node);
+
+  g_strfreev (filenames);
+  g_strfreev (renderers);
+}
diff --git a/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.c b/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.c
index f45bea6bf3..26c9d11656 100644
--- a/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.c
+++ b/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ usage (void)
              "Perform various tasks on GTK render nodes.\n"
              "\n"
              "Commands:\n"
+             "  benchmark    Benchmark rendering of a node\n"
              "  info         Provide information about the node\n"
              "  show         Show the node\n"
              "  render       Take a screenshot of the node\n"
@@ -113,6 +114,8 @@ main (int argc, const char *argv[])
     do_render (&argc, &argv);
   else if (strcmp (argv[0], "info") == 0)
     do_info (&argc, &argv);
+  else if (strcmp (argv[0], "benchmark") == 0)
+    do_benchmark (&argc, &argv);
   else
     usage ();
 
diff --git a/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.h b/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.h
index 27410d7619..1de1454314 100644
--- a/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.h
+++ b/tools/gtk-rendernode-tool.h
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-void do_show    (int *argc, const char ***argv);
-void do_render  (int *argc, const char ***argv);
-void do_info    (int *argc, const char ***argv);
+void do_benchmark   (int *argc, const char ***argv);
+void do_info        (int *argc, const char ***argv);
+void do_show        (int *argc, const char ***argv);
+void do_render      (int *argc, const char ***argv);
 
 GskRenderNode *load_node_file (const char *filename);
 GskRenderer   *create_renderer (const char *name, GError **error);
diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
index b7b8fd4976..21abe4c139 100644
--- a/tools/meson.build
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ gtk_tools = [
                          'gtk-builder-tool-preview.c',
                          'fake-scope.c'], [libgtk_dep] ],
   ['gtk4-rendernode-tool', ['gtk-rendernode-tool.c',
+                        'gtk-rendernode-tool-benchmark.c',
                         'gtk-rendernode-tool-info.c',
                         'gtk-rendernode-tool-render.c',
                         'gtk-rendernode-tool-show.c',