diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
index 171296e3ef..a884287e49 100644
--- a/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/Cargo.toml
@@ -115,6 +115,12 @@ name = "log"
 harness = false
 required-features = ["logs"]
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "span_processor_api"
+harness = false
+required-features = ["testing"]
+
+
 [lib]
 bench = false
 
diff --git a/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/span_processor_api.rs b/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/span_processor_api.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0e48bfe006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/opentelemetry-sdk/benches/span_processor_api.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use opentelemetry::{
+    trace::{Span, Tracer, TracerProvider},
+    Context, KeyValue,
+};
+use opentelemetry_sdk::trace as sdktrace;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+use pprof::criterion::{Output, PProfProfiler};
+
+/*
+Adding results in comments for a quick reference.
+  Chip:	Apple M1 Max
+  Total Number of Cores:	10 (8 performance and 2 efficiency)
+
+SpanProcessorApi/0_processors
+    time:   [187.54 ns 187.82 ns 188.12 ns]
+SpanProcessorApi/1_processors
+    time:   [219.85 ns 220.30 ns 220.77 ns]
+SpanProcessorApi/2_processors
+    time:   [392.89 ns 393.84 ns 394.80 ns]
+SpanProcessorApi/4_processors
+    time:   [561.02 ns 566.89 ns 576.55 ns]
+*/
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct NoopSpanProcessor;
+
+impl sdktrace::SpanProcessor for NoopSpanProcessor {
+    fn on_start(&self, _span: &mut sdktrace::Span, _parent_cx: &Context) {}
+    fn on_end(&self, _span: sdktrace::SpanData) {}
+    fn force_flush(&self) -> opentelemetry_sdk::error::OTelSdkResult {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+    fn shutdown_with_timeout(&self, _timeout: Duration) -> opentelemetry_sdk::error::OTelSdkResult {
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+fn create_tracer(span_processors_count: usize) -> sdktrace::SdkTracer {
+    let mut builder = sdktrace::SdkTracerProvider::builder();
+    for _ in 0..span_processors_count {
+        builder = builder.with_span_processor(NoopSpanProcessor);
+    }
+    builder.build().tracer("tracer")
+}
+
+fn create_span(tracer: &sdktrace::Tracer) {
+    let mut span = tracer.start("foo");
+    span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new("key1", false));
+    span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new("key2", "hello"));
+    span.set_attribute(KeyValue::new("key4", 123.456));
+    span.end();
+}
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("SpanProcessorApi");
+    for i in [0, 1, 2, 4] {
+        group.bench_function(format!("{}_processors", i), |b| {
+            let tracer = create_tracer(i);
+            b.iter(|| {
+                black_box(create_span(&tracer));
+            });
+        });
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(not(target_os = "windows"))]
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches;
+    config = Criterion::default().with_profiler(PProfProfiler::new(100, Output::Flamegraph(None)))
+                               .warm_up_time(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1))
+                               .measurement_time(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
+    targets = criterion_benchmark
+}
+
+#[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches;
+    config = Criterion::default().warm_up_time(std::time::Duration::from_secs(1))
+                               .measurement_time(std::time::Duration::from_secs(2));
+    targets = criterion_benchmark
+}
+
+criterion_main!(benches);