diff --git a/benchmark/parser/bench_element.rb b/benchmark/parser/bench_element.rb
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+require_relative '../../lib/oga'
+require 'benchmark/ips'
+
+simple     = '<p>Hello world</p>'
+attributes = '<p class="foo">Hello world</p>'
+nested     = '<p>Hello<strong>world</strong></p>'
+
+Benchmark.ips do |bench|
+  bench.report 'text only' do
+    Oga::XML::Parser.new(simple).parse
+  end
+
+  bench.report 'text + attributes' do
+    Oga::XML::Parser.new(attributes).parse
+  end
+
+  bench.report 'text + children' do
+    Oga::XML::Parser.new(nested).parse
+  end
+end
diff --git a/benchmark/parser/bench_html.rb b/benchmark/parser/bench_html.rb
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+require_relative '../../lib/oga'
+require 'benchmark/ips'
+
+html = File.read(File.expand_path('../../fixtures/hrs.html', __FILE__))
+
+Benchmark.ips do |bench|
+  bench.report 'parse HTML' do
+    Oga::HTML::Parser.new(html).parse
+  end
+end