diff --git a/client_bench_test.go b/client_bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e617d05b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client_bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+package meilisearch
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func Benchmark_ExecuteRequest(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/test" {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte(`{"message":"get successful"}`))
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	c := newClient(&http.Client{}, ts.URL, "testApiKey", clientConfig{
+		disableRetry: true,
+	})
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		err := c.executeRequest(context.Background(), &internalRequest{
+			endpoint:            "/test",
+			method:              http.MethodGet,
+			withResponse:        &mockResponse{},
+			acceptedStatusCodes: []int{http.StatusOK},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark_ExecuteRequestWithEncoding(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method == http.MethodPost && r.URL.Path == "/test" {
+			accept := r.Header.Get("Accept-Encoding")
+			ce := r.Header.Get("Content-Encoding")
+
+			reqEnc := newEncoding(ContentEncoding(ce), DefaultCompression)
+			respEnc := newEncoding(ContentEncoding(accept), DefaultCompression)
+			req := new(mockData)
+
+			if len(ce) != 0 {
+				body, err := io.ReadAll(r.Body)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+
+				err = reqEnc.Decode(body, req)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+			}
+
+			if len(accept) != 0 {
+				d, err := json.Marshal(req)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				res, err := respEnc.Encode(bytes.NewReader(d))
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				_, _ = w.Write(res.Bytes())
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+			}
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	c := newClient(&http.Client{}, ts.URL, "testApiKey", clientConfig{
+		disableRetry:             true,
+		contentEncoding:          GzipEncoding,
+		encodingCompressionLevel: DefaultCompression,
+	})
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		err := c.executeRequest(context.Background(), &internalRequest{
+			endpoint:            "/test",
+			method:              http.MethodPost,
+			contentType:         contentTypeJSON,
+			withRequest:         &mockData{Name: "foo", Age: 30},
+			withResponse:        &mockData{},
+			acceptedStatusCodes: []int{http.StatusOK},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func Benchmark_ExecuteRequestWithoutRetries(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	retryCount := 0
+	ts := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		if r.Method == http.MethodGet && r.URL.Path == "/test" {
+			if retryCount == 2 {
+				w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+				return
+			}
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadGateway)
+			retryCount++
+		} else {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusNotFound)
+		}
+	}))
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	c := newClient(&http.Client{}, ts.URL, "testApiKey", clientConfig{
+		disableRetry: false,
+		maxRetries:   3,
+		retryOnStatus: map[int]bool{
+			502: true,
+			503: true,
+			504: true,
+		},
+	})
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		err := c.executeRequest(context.Background(), &internalRequest{
+			endpoint:            "/test",
+			method:              http.MethodGet,
+			withResponse:        nil,
+			withRequest:         nil,
+			acceptedStatusCodes: []int{http.StatusOK},
+		})
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}
+}