diff --git a/crates/shielder-circuits/Cargo.toml b/crates/shielder-circuits/Cargo.toml
index 53089534..9d9e6e62 100644
--- a/crates/shielder-circuits/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/shielder-circuits/Cargo.toml
@@ -44,3 +44,8 @@ regex = { workspace = true }
 name = "benchmarks"
 path = "benches/bench.rs"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "batching"
+path = "benches/batching.rs"
+harness = false
diff --git a/crates/shielder-circuits/benches/batching.rs b/crates/shielder-circuits/benches/batching.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0624f385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/shielder-circuits/benches/batching.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
+use halo2_proofs::halo2curves::bn256::Fr;
+use halo2_proofs::plonk::{create_proof, verify_proof};
+use halo2_proofs::poly::commitment::ParamsProver;
+use halo2_proofs::poly::kzg::strategy::AccumulatorStrategy;
+use halo2_proofs::transcript::TranscriptWriterBuffer;
+use rand::prelude::StdRng;
+use rand::Rng;
+use rand_core::SeedableRng;
+use shielder_circuits::circuits::{Params, ProvingKey};
+use shielder_circuits::merkle::MerkleCircuit;
+use shielder_circuits::{
+    circuits::merkle::MerkleProverKnowledge,
+    consts::merkle_constants::{ARITY, NOTE_TREE_HEIGHT},
+    generate_keys_with_min_k, generate_setup_params, CommitmentScheme, Prover, ProverKnowledge,
+    PublicInputProvider, Verifier, MAX_K,
+};
+use transcript::Keccak256Transcript;
+
+criterion_main! {
+    batching
+}
+
+criterion_group! {
+    name = batching;
+    config = Criterion::default().sample_size(10);
+    targets = bench_batching
+}
+
+type Circuit = MerkleCircuit<NOTE_TREE_HEIGHT>;
+type PK = MerkleProverKnowledge<NOTE_TREE_HEIGHT, Fr>;
+const BATCH_SIZE: usize = 100;
+
+pub fn bench_batching(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    // ==================================== SETUP PHASE ==================================== //
+    let mut rng = StdRng::from_seed([41; 32]);
+
+    let full_params = generate_setup_params(MAX_K, &mut rng);
+    let (reduced_params, k, pk, vk) =
+        generate_keys_with_min_k(Circuit::default(), full_params).unwrap();
+
+    // ==================================== DATA PHASE ==================================== //
+    let (mut circuits, mut instances_owned) = (vec![], vec![]);
+    for _ in 0..BATCH_SIZE {
+        let prover_knowledge = PK::random_correct_example(&mut rng);
+        circuits.push(prover_knowledge.create_circuit());
+        instances_owned.push(vec![prover_knowledge.serialize_public_input()]);
+    }
+    let instances_less_owned = instances_owned
+        .iter()
+        .map(|instance_column| {
+            instance_column
+                .iter()
+                .map(|i| i.as_slice())
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+        })
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+    let instances = instances_less_owned
+        .iter()
+        .map(|instance_column| instance_column.as_slice())
+        .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+    // ==================================== PROVING PHASE ==================================== //
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("Batch proving / verifying");
+
+    // Actually generate a proof, for future verification bench.
+    group.bench_function(
+        BenchmarkId::new(
+            "Batch proving",
+            format!("batch size = {BATCH_SIZE}, k={k}, arity={ARITY}, height={NOTE_TREE_HEIGHT}"),
+        ),
+        |b| {
+            b.iter(|| {
+                black_box(generate_batched_proof(
+                    &reduced_params,
+                    &pk,
+                    &circuits,
+                    &instances,
+                    &mut rng,
+                ))
+            })
+        },
+    );
+
+    // Actually generate a proof, for future verification bench.
+    let proof = generate_batched_proof(&reduced_params, &pk, &circuits, &instances, &mut rng);
+
+    // ==================================== VERIFYING PHASE ==================================== //
+    group.bench_function(
+        BenchmarkId::new(
+            "Batch verifying",
+            format!("batch size = {BATCH_SIZE}, k={k}, arity={ARITY}, height={NOTE_TREE_HEIGHT}"),
+        ),
+        |b| {
+            b.iter(|| {
+                let mut transcript = Keccak256Transcript::new(proof.as_slice());
+                black_box(verify_proof::<CommitmentScheme, Verifier, _, _, _>(
+                    reduced_params.verifier_params(),
+                    &vk,
+                    AccumulatorStrategy::new(reduced_params.verifier_params()),
+                    &instances,
+                    &mut transcript,
+                ))
+            })
+        },
+    );
+}
+
+fn generate_batched_proof(
+    params: &Params,
+    pk: &ProvingKey,
+    circuits: &[Circuit],
+    instances: &[&[&[Fr]]],
+    rng: &mut impl Rng,
+) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut transcript = Keccak256Transcript::new(Vec::new());
+    create_proof::<CommitmentScheme, Prover, _, _, _, Circuit>(
+        params,
+        pk,
+        circuits,
+        instances,
+        rng,
+        &mut transcript,
+    )
+    .unwrap();
+    transcript.finalize().to_vec()
+}