diff --git a/arrow-ipc/Cargo.toml b/arrow-ipc/Cargo.toml
index 4988eed4a5e..701f4316111 100644
--- a/arrow-ipc/Cargo.toml
+++ b/arrow-ipc/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,4 +47,10 @@ default = []
 lz4 = ["lz4_flex"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
+criterion = "0.5.1"
 tempfile = "3.3"
+tokio = "1.43.0"
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "stream_writer"
+harness = false
diff --git a/arrow-ipc/benches/stream_writer.rs b/arrow-ipc/benches/stream_writer.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..95e1aec5f8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/arrow-ipc/benches/stream_writer.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+use arrow_array::builder::{Date32Builder, Decimal128Builder, Int32Builder};
+use arrow_array::{builder::StringBuilder, RecordBatch};
+use arrow_ipc::writer::StreamWriter;
+use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field, Schema};
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
+use std::sync::Arc;
+
+fn criterion_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("arrow_ipc_stream_writer");
+
+    group.bench_function("write_single_batch", |b| {
+        let batch = create_batch(8192, true);
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let buffer = vec![];
+            let mut writer = StreamWriter::try_new(buffer, batch.schema().as_ref()).unwrap();
+            writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
+            writer.finish().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("write_multiple_batches", |b| {
+        let batch = create_batch(8192, true);
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let buffer = vec![];
+            let mut writer = StreamWriter::try_new(buffer, batch.schema().as_ref()).unwrap();
+            for _ in 0..10 {
+                writer.write(&batch).unwrap();
+            }
+            writer.finish().unwrap();
+        })
+    });
+}
+
+fn create_batch(num_rows: usize, allow_nulls: bool) -> RecordBatch {
+    let schema = Arc::new(Schema::new(vec![
+        Field::new("c0", DataType::Int32, true),
+        Field::new("c1", DataType::Utf8, true),
+        Field::new("c2", DataType::Date32, true),
+        Field::new("c3", DataType::Decimal128(11, 2), true),
+    ]));
+    let mut a = Int32Builder::new();
+    let mut b = StringBuilder::new();
+    let mut c = Date32Builder::new();
+    let mut d = Decimal128Builder::new()
+        .with_precision_and_scale(11, 2)
+        .unwrap();
+    for i in 0..num_rows {
+        a.append_value(i as i32);
+        c.append_value(i as i32);
+        d.append_value((i * 1000000) as i128);
+        if allow_nulls && i % 10 == 0 {
+            b.append_null();
+        } else {
+            b.append_value(format!("this is string number {i}"));
+        }
+    }
+    let a = a.finish();
+    let b = b.finish();
+    let c = c.finish();
+    let d = d.finish();
+    RecordBatch::try_new(
+        schema.clone(),
+        vec![Arc::new(a), Arc::new(b), Arc::new(c), Arc::new(d)],
+    )
+    .unwrap()
+}
+
+fn config() -> Criterion {
+    Criterion::default()
+}
+
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches;
+    config = config();
+    targets = criterion_benchmark
+}
+criterion_main!(benches);