diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4da7802269..4ae248c363 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2353,6 +2353,7 @@ version = "5.0.0"
 dependencies = [
  "aurora-engine-modexp",
  "c-kzg",
+ "criterion",
  "k256",
  "once_cell",
  "revm-primitives",
@@ -2678,6 +2679,7 @@ version = "0.28.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d24b59d129cdadea20aea4fb2352fa053712e5d713eee47d700cd4b2bc002f10"
 dependencies = [
+ "rand",
  "secp256k1-sys",
 ]
 
diff --git a/crates/precompile/Cargo.toml b/crates/precompile/Cargo.toml
index 1ad51ffdb6..9022e3146e 100644
--- a/crates/precompile/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/precompile/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,8 +29,12 @@ k256 = { version = "0.13.3", default-features = false, features = ["ecdsa"] }
 secp256k1 = { version = "0.28.2", default-features = false, features = [
     "alloc",
     "recovery",
+    "rand",
+    "global-context",
 ], optional = true }
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+criterion = { version = "0.5" }
 
 [features]
 default = ["std", "c-kzg", "secp256k1", "portable"]
@@ -65,3 +69,8 @@ portable = ["revm-primitives/portable", "c-kzg?/portable"]
 # The problem that `secp256k1` has is it fails to build for `wasm` target on Windows and Mac as it is c lib.
 # In Linux it passes. If you don't require to build wasm on win/mac, it is safe to use it and it is enabled by default.
 secp256k1 = ["dep:secp256k1"]
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "bench"
+path = "benches/bench.rs"
+harness = false
diff --git a/crates/precompile/benches/bench.rs b/crates/precompile/benches/bench.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a37013dea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/precompile/benches/bench.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use revm_precompile::{
+    bn128::{
+        pair::{ISTANBUL_PAIR_BASE, ISTANBUL_PAIR_PER_POINT},
+        run_pair,
+    },
+    kzg_point_evaluation::run,
+    secp256k1::ec_recover_run,
+    Bytes,
+};
+use revm_primitives::{hex, keccak256, Env, U256, VERSIONED_HASH_VERSION_KZG};
+use secp256k1::{rand, Message, SecretKey, SECP256K1};
+use sha2::{Digest, Sha256};
+
+/// Benchmarks different cryptography-related precompiles.
+pub fn benchmark_crypto_precompiles(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("Crypto Precompile benchmarks");
+    let group_name = |description: &str| format!("precompile bench | {description}");
+
+    // === ECPAIRING ===
+
+    // set up ecpairing input
+    let input = hex::decode(
+        "\
+        1c76476f4def4bb94541d57ebba1193381ffa7aa76ada664dd31c16024c43f59\
+        3034dd2920f673e204fee2811c678745fc819b55d3e9d294e45c9b03a76aef41\
+        209dd15ebff5d46c4bd888e51a93cf99a7329636c63514396b4a452003a35bf7\
+        04bf11ca01483bfa8b34b43561848d28905960114c8ac04049af4b6315a41678\
+        2bb8324af6cfc93537a2ad1a445cfd0ca2a71acd7ac41fadbf933c2a51be344d\
+        120a2a4cf30c1bf9845f20c6fe39e07ea2cce61f0c9bb048165fe5e4de877550\
+        111e129f1cf1097710d41c4ac70fcdfa5ba2023c6ff1cbeac322de49d1b6df7c\
+        2032c61a830e3c17286de9462bf242fca2883585b93870a73853face6a6bf411\
+        198e9393920d483a7260bfb731fb5d25f1aa493335a9e71297e485b7aef312c2\
+        1800deef121f1e76426a00665e5c4479674322d4f75edadd46debd5cd992f6ed\
+        090689d0585ff075ec9e99ad690c3395bc4b313370b38ef355acdadcd122975b\
+        12c85ea5db8c6deb4aab71808dcb408fe3d1e7690c43d37b4ce6cc0166fa7daa",
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+
+    let res = run_pair(
+        &input,
+        ISTANBUL_PAIR_PER_POINT,
+        ISTANBUL_PAIR_BASE,
+        u64::MAX,
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+    .0;
+
+    println!("gas used by regular pairing call: {:?}", res);
+
+    // === ECRECOVER ===
+
+    // generate secp256k1 signature
+    let data = hex::decode("1337133713371337").unwrap();
+    let hash = keccak256(data);
+    let secret_key = SecretKey::new(&mut rand::thread_rng());
+
+    let message = Message::from_digest_slice(&hash[..]).unwrap();
+    let s = SECP256K1.sign_ecdsa_recoverable(&message, &secret_key);
+    let (rec_id, data) = s.serialize_compact();
+    let mut rec_id = rec_id.to_i32() as u8;
+    assert_eq!(rec_id, 0);
+    rec_id += 27;
+
+    let mut message_and_signature = [0u8; 128];
+    message_and_signature[0..32].copy_from_slice(&hash[..]);
+
+    // fit signature into format the precompile expects
+    let rec_id = U256::from(rec_id as u64);
+    message_and_signature[32..64].copy_from_slice(&rec_id.to_be_bytes::<32>());
+    message_and_signature[64..128].copy_from_slice(&data);
+
+    let message_and_signature = Bytes::from(message_and_signature);
+    let gas = ec_recover_run(&message_and_signature, u64::MAX).unwrap();
+    println!("gas used by ecrecover precompile: {:?}", gas);
+
+    // === POINT_EVALUATION ===
+
+    // now check kzg precompile gas
+    let commitment = hex!("8f59a8d2a1a625a17f3fea0fe5eb8c896db3764f3185481bc22f91b4aaffcca25f26936857bc3a7c2539ea8ec3a952b7").to_vec();
+    let mut versioned_hash = Sha256::digest(&commitment).to_vec();
+    versioned_hash[0] = VERSIONED_HASH_VERSION_KZG;
+    let z = hex!("73eda753299d7d483339d80809a1d80553bda402fffe5bfeffffffff00000000").to_vec();
+    let y = hex!("1522a4a7f34e1ea350ae07c29c96c7e79655aa926122e95fe69fcbd932ca49e9").to_vec();
+    let proof = hex!("a62ad71d14c5719385c0686f1871430475bf3a00f0aa3f7b8dd99a9abc2160744faf0070725e00b60ad9a026a15b1a8c").to_vec();
+
+    let kzg_input = [versioned_hash, z, y, commitment, proof].concat().into();
+
+    let gas = 50000;
+    let env = Env::default();
+    let (actual_gas, _actual_output) = run(&kzg_input, gas, &env).unwrap();
+    println!("gas used by kzg precompile: {:?}", actual_gas);
+
+    group.bench_function(group_name("ecrecover precompile"), |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            ec_recover_run(&message_and_signature, u64::MAX).unwrap();
+            black_box(())
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function(group_name("ecpairing precompile"), |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            run_pair(
+                &input,
+                ISTANBUL_PAIR_PER_POINT,
+                ISTANBUL_PAIR_BASE,
+                u64::MAX,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+            black_box(())
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function(group_name("kzg precompile"), |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            run(&kzg_input, gas, &env).unwrap();
+            black_box(())
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches;
+    config = Criterion::default();
+    targets = benchmark_crypto_precompiles
+}
+criterion_main!(benches);
diff --git a/crates/precompile/src/bn128.rs b/crates/precompile/src/bn128.rs
index 7ec51354db..f88a5a9599 100644
--- a/crates/precompile/src/bn128.rs
+++ b/crates/precompile/src/bn128.rs
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ pub mod pair {
 
     const ADDRESS: Address = crate::u64_to_address(8);
 
-    const ISTANBUL_PAIR_PER_POINT: u64 = 34_000;
-    const ISTANBUL_PAIR_BASE: u64 = 45_000;
+    pub const ISTANBUL_PAIR_PER_POINT: u64 = 34_000;
+    pub const ISTANBUL_PAIR_BASE: u64 = 45_000;
     pub const ISTANBUL: PrecompileWithAddress = PrecompileWithAddress(
         ADDRESS,
         Precompile::Standard(|input, gas_limit| {
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ fn run_mul(input: &[u8]) -> Result<Bytes, Error> {
     Ok(out.into())
 }
 
-fn run_pair(
+pub fn run_pair(
     input: &[u8],
     pair_per_point_cost: u64,
     pair_base_cost: u64,
diff --git a/crates/precompile/src/kzg_point_evaluation.rs b/crates/precompile/src/kzg_point_evaluation.rs
index 94fb60a65a..a39b1724ef 100644
--- a/crates/precompile/src/kzg_point_evaluation.rs
+++ b/crates/precompile/src/kzg_point_evaluation.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const RETURN_VALUE: &[u8; 64] = &hex!(
 /// | versioned_hash |  z  |  y  | commitment | proof |
 /// |     32         | 32  | 32  |     48     |   48  |
 /// with z and y being padded 32 byte big endian values
-fn run(input: &Bytes, gas_limit: u64, env: &Env) -> PrecompileResult {
+pub fn run(input: &Bytes, gas_limit: u64, env: &Env) -> PrecompileResult {
     if gas_limit < GAS_COST {
         return Err(Error::OutOfGas);
     }
diff --git a/crates/precompile/src/lib.rs b/crates/precompile/src/lib.rs
index 771b52d779..53e45641ef 100644
--- a/crates/precompile/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/precompile/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //!
 //! Implementations of EVM precompiled contracts.
 #![warn(rustdoc::all)]
-#![warn(unused_crate_dependencies)]
+#![cfg_attr(not(test), warn(unused_crate_dependencies))]
 #![deny(unused_must_use, rust_2018_idioms)]
 #![cfg_attr(not(feature = "std"), no_std)]
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 extern crate alloc as std;
 
 mod blake2;
-mod bn128;
+pub mod bn128;
 mod hash;
 mod identity;
 #[cfg(feature = "c-kzg")]
diff --git a/crates/precompile/src/secp256k1.rs b/crates/precompile/src/secp256k1.rs
index d35a342bc3..4ad079e1e7 100644
--- a/crates/precompile/src/secp256k1.rs
+++ b/crates/precompile/src/secp256k1.rs
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ mod secp256k1 {
     }
 }
 
-fn ec_recover_run(input: &Bytes, gas_limit: u64) -> PrecompileResult {
+pub fn ec_recover_run(input: &Bytes, gas_limit: u64) -> PrecompileResult {
     const ECRECOVER_BASE: u64 = 3_000;
 
     if ECRECOVER_BASE > gas_limit {