diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 5c8a39444f115c..9514385efda232 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -15148,6 +15148,23 @@ dependencies = [
  "typed-store",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sui-rpc-benchmark"
+version = "1.39.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "async-trait",
+ "clap",
+ "futures",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+ "sui-sdk",
+ "sui-types",
+ "telemetry-subscribers",
+ "tokio",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "sui-rpc-loadgen"
 version = "1.39.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c33adee27a8a61..201f316630b1a0 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ members = [
     "crates/sui-replay",
     "crates/sui-rest-api",
     "crates/sui-rosetta",
+    "crates/sui-rpc-benchmark",
     "crates/sui-rpc-loadgen",
     "crates/sui-sdk",
     "crates/sui-security-watchdog",
diff --git a/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/Cargo.toml b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..230b8a38b3c4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[package]
+name = "sui-rpc-benchmark"
+version.workspace = true
+authors = ["Mysten Labs <build@mystenlabs.com>"]
+license = "Apache-2.0"
+publish = false
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow.workspace = true
+async-trait.workspace = true
+clap = { workspace = true, features = ["derive"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, features = ["full"] }
+tracing.workspace = true
+futures.workspace = true
+serde.workspace = true
+serde_json.workspace = true
+
+sui-types.workspace = true
+sui-sdk.workspace = true
+telemetry-subscribers.workspace = true
+
+[[bin]]
+name = "sui-rpc-benchmark"
+path = "src/main.rs"
diff --git a/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/README.md b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f6e6f36a2b39b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+# sui-rpc-benchmark: Benchmarking Tool for SUI RPC Performance
+
+`sui-rpc-benchmark` is a benchmarking utility designed to measure and compare performance across different RPC access methods in Sui:
+
+- Direct database reads
+- JSON RPC endpoints 
+- GraphQL queries
+
+## Overview
+
+The benchmark tool helps evaluate:
+- Query latency and throughput
+- Resource utilization
+- Performance at scale
+
+## Usage Examples
+
+Run benchmarks with:
+
+```
+# Direct database queries:
+cargo run --release --bin sui-rpc-benchmark direct --num-queries 100 --num-threads 1
+
+# JSON RPC endpoints:
+cargo run --release --bin sui-rpc-benchmark jsonrpc --endpoint http://127.0.0.1:9000 --num-queries 100 --num-threads 1
+
+# GraphQL queries:
+cargo run --release --bin sui-rpc-benchmark graphql --endpoint http://127.0.0.1:9000/graphql --num-queries 100 --num-threads 1
+```
+
+
+
diff --git a/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/src/lib.rs b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..9de43b6332b8d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+// Copyright (c) Mysten Labs, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+#[clap(
+    name = "sui-rpc-benchmark",
+    about = "Benchmark tool for comparing Sui RPC access methods"
+)]
+pub struct Opts {
+    #[clap(subcommand)]
+    pub command: Command,
+}
+
+#[derive(Subcommand)]
+pub enum Command {
+    /// Benchmark direct database queries
+    #[clap(name = "direct")]
+    DirectQuery {
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "100")]
+        num_queries: u64,
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "1")]
+        num_threads: usize,
+    },
+
+    /// Benchmark JSON RPC endpoints
+    #[clap(name = "jsonrpc")]
+    JsonRpc {
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "http://127.0.0.1:9000")]
+        endpoint: String,
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "100")] 
+        num_queries: u64,
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "1")]
+        num_threads: usize,
+    },
+
+    /// Benchmark GraphQL queries
+    #[clap(name = "graphql")]
+    GraphQL {
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "http://127.0.0.1:9000/graphql")]
+        endpoint: String,
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "100")]
+        num_queries: u64,
+        #[clap(long, default_value = "1")]
+        num_threads: usize,
+    },
+}
+
+pub fn run_benchmarks() -> Result<()> {
+    let opts: Opts = Opts::parse();
+
+    match opts.command {
+        Command::DirectQuery { num_queries, num_threads } => {
+            println!("Running direct query benchmark with {} queries and {} threads", num_queries, num_threads);
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Command::JsonRpc { endpoint, num_queries, num_threads } => {
+            println!("Running JSON RPC benchmark against {} with {} queries and {} threads", endpoint, num_queries, num_threads);
+            // TODO: Implement JSON RPC benchmark
+            Ok(())
+        }
+        Command::GraphQL { endpoint, num_queries, num_threads } => {
+            println!("Running GraphQL benchmark against {} with {} queries and {} threads", endpoint, num_queries, num_threads);
+            // TODO: Implement GraphQL benchmark
+            Ok(())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/src/main.rs b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/src/main.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1f206ed8bffab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/sui-rpc-benchmark/src/main.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Copyright (c) Mysten Labs, Inc.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+
+use sui_rpc_benchmark::run_benchmarks; 
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() -> Result<()> {
+    run_benchmarks()
+}