diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/Cargo.toml
index 57411d1a..36627df5 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ wiremock = "0.6"
 futures = "0.3"
 num_cpus = "1.16"
 lz4_flex = { version = "0.11" }
+criterion = {version = "0.6"}
+rand = {version = "0.9"}
 
 [lints]
 workspace = true
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/bench.rs b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a07a3333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod benchmarks {
+    use crate::payload_encoder::lz4_chunked_compression::lz4_chunked_compression;
+    use criterion::{BenchmarkId, Criterion, Throughput};
+    use rand::{rngs::StdRng, Rng, SeedableRng};
+    use std::hint::black_box;
+
+    fn setup_test_data(size: usize) -> Vec<u8> {
+        let mut data = vec![0u8; size];
+        let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(42);
+        rng.fill(&mut data[..]);
+        data
+    }
+
+    /*
+        - Criterion benchmarks (lz4_chunked_compression, lz4_flex backend):
+
+            | Input size  | Median time        | Throughput         |
+            |-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
+            | 1 byte      | ~533 ns            | ~1.6 MiB/s         |
+            | 1 KiB       | ~597 ns           | ~1.5 GiB/s        |
+            | 1 MiB       | ~42 us           | ~22.1 GiB/s         |
+        - No significant regressions or improvements detected.
+        - Machine: Apple M4 Pro, 24 GB,  Total Number of Cores:	14 (10 performance and 4 efficiency)
+    */
+    #[test]
+    #[ignore = "benchmark on crate private, ignored by default during normal test runs"]
+    /// To run: $cargo test --release lz4_benchmark -- --nocapture --ignored
+    fn lz4_benchmark() {
+        let mut criterion = Criterion::default();
+
+        let mut group = criterion.benchmark_group("lz4_compression");
+
+        for size in [1, 1024, 1024 * 1024] {
+            let data = setup_test_data(size);
+
+            group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(size as u64));
+            group.bench_with_input(BenchmarkId::new("lz4_flex", size), &data, |b, data| {
+                b.iter(|| black_box(lz4_chunked_compression(data).unwrap()));
+            });
+        }
+
+        group.finish();
+        criterion.final_summary();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/lib.rs b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/lib.rs
index 8a853c05..c5cf70fa 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/lib.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 mod config_service;
 pub mod ingestion_service;
-mod payload_encoder;
+pub(crate) mod payload_encoder;
 
 mod uploader;
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod bench;
+
 #[allow(unused_imports)]
 pub(crate) use config_service::client::{
     AuthMethod, GenevaConfigClient, GenevaConfigClientConfig, GenevaConfigClientError,
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/lz4_chunked_compression.rs b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/lz4_chunked_compression.rs
index 2b4d5630..aa860c4d 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/lz4_chunked_compression.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/lz4_chunked_compression.rs
@@ -39,7 +39,13 @@ use lz4_flex::block::{compress_into, get_maximum_output_size};
 pub(crate) fn lz4_chunked_compression(
     input: &[u8],
 ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, lz4_flex::block::CompressError> {
-    const CHUNK_SIZE: usize = 64 * 1024;
+    lz4_chunked_compression_custom::<{ 64 * 1024 }>(input)
+}
+
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub(crate) fn lz4_chunked_compression_custom<const CHUNK_SIZE: usize>(
+    input: &[u8],
+) -> Result<Vec<u8>, lz4_flex::block::CompressError> {
     let max_chunk_compressed = get_maximum_output_size(CHUNK_SIZE);
 
     // Pre-allocate an output buffer large enough for the worst-case total output size:
diff --git a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/mod.rs b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/mod.rs
index 84ee9d81..3aae0dd6 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/mod.rs
+++ b/opentelemetry-exporter-geneva/geneva-uploader/src/payload_encoder/mod.rs
@@ -1 +1 @@
-mod lz4_chunked_compression;
+pub(crate) mod lz4_chunked_compression;