diff --git a/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_benchmark_test.go b/exporters/trace/jaeger/jaeger_benchmark_test.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+//
+// Licensed 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.
+
+package jaeger
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/instrumentation"
+	tracesdk "go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/trace"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace"
+)
+
+var (
+	traceID     trace.TraceID
+	spanID      trace.SpanID
+	spanContext trace.SpanContext
+
+	instrLibName = "benchmark.tests"
+)
+
+func init() {
+	var err error
+	traceID, err = trace.TraceIDFromHex("0102030405060708090a0b0c0d0e0f10")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	spanID, err = trace.SpanIDFromHex("0102030405060708")
+	if err != nil {
+		panic(err)
+	}
+	spanContext = trace.NewSpanContext(trace.SpanContextConfig{
+		TraceID: traceID,
+		SpanID:  spanID,
+	})
+}
+
+func spans(n int) []*tracesdk.SpanSnapshot {
+	now := time.Now()
+	s := make([]*tracesdk.SpanSnapshot, n)
+	for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+		name := fmt.Sprintf("span %d", i)
+		s[i] = &tracesdk.SpanSnapshot{
+			SpanContext: spanContext,
+			Name:        name,
+			StartTime:   now,
+			EndTime:     now,
+			SpanKind:    trace.SpanKindClient,
+			InstrumentationLibrary: instrumentation.Library{
+				Name: instrLibName,
+			},
+		}
+	}
+	return s
+}
+
+func benchmarkExportSpans(b *testing.B, o EndpointOption, i int) {
+	ctx := context.Background()
+	s := spans(i)
+	exp, err := NewRawExporter(o, WithBatchMaxCount(i+1), WithBufferMaxCount(i+1))
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		if err := exp.ExportSpans(ctx, s); err != nil {
+			b.Error(err)
+		}
+		exp.bundler.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+func benchmarkCollector(b *testing.B, i int) {
+	benchmarkExportSpans(b, withTestCollectorEndpoint(), i)
+}
+
+func benchmarkAgent(b *testing.B, i int) {
+	benchmarkExportSpans(b, WithAgentEndpoint(), i)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCollectorExportSpans1(b *testing.B)     { benchmarkCollector(b, 1) }
+func BenchmarkCollectorExportSpans10(b *testing.B)    { benchmarkCollector(b, 10) }
+func BenchmarkCollectorExportSpans100(b *testing.B)   { benchmarkCollector(b, 100) }
+func BenchmarkCollectorExportSpans1000(b *testing.B)  { benchmarkCollector(b, 1000) }
+func BenchmarkCollectorExportSpans10000(b *testing.B) { benchmarkCollector(b, 10000) }
+func BenchmarkAgentExportSpans1(b *testing.B)         { benchmarkAgent(b, 1) }
+func BenchmarkAgentExportSpans10(b *testing.B)        { benchmarkAgent(b, 10) }
+func BenchmarkAgentExportSpans100(b *testing.B)       { benchmarkAgent(b, 100) }
+
+/*
+* BUG: These tests are not possible currently because the thrift payload size
+* does not fit in a UDP packet with the default size (65000) and will return
+* an error.
+
+func BenchmarkAgentExportSpans1000(b *testing.B)      { benchmarkAgent(b, 1000) }
+func BenchmarkAgentExportSpans10000(b *testing.B)     { benchmarkAgent(b, 10000) }
+
+*/