diff --git a/lib/java/test/org/apache/thrift/protocol/BenchmarkProtocols.java b/lib/java/test/org/apache/thrift/protocol/BenchmarkProtocols.java
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+package org.apache.thrift.protocol;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.apache.thrift.Fixtures;
+import org.apache.thrift.TException;
+import org.apache.thrift.transport.TMemoryBuffer;
+
+public class BenchmarkProtocols {
+
+  private static final Set<TProtocolFactory> FACTORIES = new LinkedHashSet<TProtocolFactory>(){{
+    add(new TTupleProtocol.Factory());
+    add(new TCompactProtocol.Factory());
+    add(new TBinaryProtocol.Factory());
+  }};
+
+  private static final int NUM_REPS = 100000;
+  private static final int NUM_TRIALS = 10;
+
+  public static void main(String[] args) throws TException {
+    Map<TProtocolFactory, List<Long>> timesByFactory = new HashMap<TProtocolFactory, List<Long>>();
+
+    for (int trial = 0; trial < NUM_TRIALS; trial++) {
+      for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
+        System.gc();
+      }
+//      TProtocol proto = factory.getProtocol(new TTransport() {
+//        @Override
+//        public void write(byte[] buf, int off, int len) throws TTransportException {
+//        }
+//
+//        @Override
+//        public int read(byte[] buf, int off, int len) throws TTransportException {
+//          return 0;
+//        }
+//
+//        @Override
+//        public void open() throws TTransportException {
+//        }
+//
+//        @Override
+//        public boolean isOpen() {
+//          return true;
+//        }
+//
+//        @Override
+//        public void close() {
+//        }
+//      });
+
+
+      for (TProtocolFactory factory : FACTORIES) {
+        if (timesByFactory.get(factory) == null) {
+          timesByFactory.put(factory, new ArrayList<Long>());
+        }
+
+        long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        for (int rep = 0; rep < NUM_REPS; rep++) {
+          TProtocol proto = factory.getProtocol(new TMemoryBuffer(128*1024));
+          Fixtures.compactProtoTestStruct.write(proto);
+          Fixtures.nesting.write(proto);
+        }
+        long end = System.currentTimeMillis();
+        timesByFactory.get(factory).add(end-start);
+      }
+    }
+
+    for (TProtocolFactory factory : FACTORIES) {
+      List<Long> times = timesByFactory.get(factory);
+//      System.out.println("raw times pre-drop: " + times );
+      times.remove(Collections.max(times));
+      long total = 0;
+      for (long t : times) {
+        total += t;
+      }
+      Collections.sort(times);
+      System.out.println(factory.getClass().getName() + " average time: " + (total / times.size()) + "ms");
+      System.out.println("raw times: " + times);
+    }
+  }
+
+}