diff --git a/simdnbt/Cargo.toml b/simdnbt/Cargo.toml
index 6cff479..39aced1 100644
--- a/simdnbt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/simdnbt/Cargo.toml
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@ debug = true
 
 [[bench]]
 harness = false
-name = "nbt"
+name = "nbt_borrow"
+[[bench]]
+harness = false
+name = "nbt_owned"
 
 [[bench]]
 harness = false
diff --git a/simdnbt/benches/nbt.rs b/simdnbt/benches/nbt_borrow.rs
similarity index 96%
rename from simdnbt/benches/nbt.rs
rename to simdnbt/benches/nbt_borrow.rs
index 5705fbd..e8b1232 100644
--- a/simdnbt/benches/nbt.rs
+++ b/simdnbt/benches/nbt_borrow.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ fn bench_file(filename: &str, c: &mut Criterion) {
 
     let mut decoded_src_stream = Cursor::new(&decoded_src[..]);
 
-    let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!("nbt/{filename}"));
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!("nbt_borrow/{filename}"));
 
     group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(decoded_src.len() as u64));
 
diff --git a/simdnbt/benches/nbt_owned.rs b/simdnbt/benches/nbt_owned.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e46f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/simdnbt/benches/nbt_owned.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion, Throughput};
+use flate2::read::GzDecoder;
+use std::{
+    fs::File,
+    io::{Cursor, Read},
+};
+
+fn bench_file(filename: &str, c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut file = File::open(format!("tests/{filename}")).unwrap();
+    let mut contents = Vec::new();
+    file.read_to_end(&mut contents).unwrap();
+    let mut src = &contents[..];
+
+    // decode the original src so most of the time isn't spent on unzipping
+    let mut decoded_src_decoder = GzDecoder::new(&mut src);
+    let mut decoded_src = Vec::new();
+    if decoded_src_decoder.read_to_end(&mut decoded_src).is_err() {
+        // oh probably wasn't gzipped then
+        decoded_src = contents;
+    }
+
+    let mut decoded_src_stream = Cursor::new(&decoded_src[..]);
+
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group(format!("nbt_owned/{filename}"));
+
+    group.throughput(Throughput::Bytes(decoded_src.len() as u64));
+
+    group.bench_function("Decode", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            black_box(simdnbt::owned::Nbt::read(&mut decoded_src_stream).unwrap());
+            decoded_src_stream.set_position(0);
+        })
+    });
+
+    let nbt = simdnbt::owned::Nbt::read(&mut decoded_src_stream)
+        .unwrap()
+        .unwrap();
+    group.bench_function("Get", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let level = nbt.compound("abilities").unwrap();
+            for (k, _) in level.iter() {
+                black_box(level.get(black_box(&k.to_str())));
+            }
+        })
+    });
+    group.bench_function("Encode", |b| {
+        b.iter(|| {
+            let mut out = Vec::new();
+            nbt.write(&mut out);
+            black_box(out);
+        })
+    });
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: mimalloc::MiMalloc = mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+
+fn bench(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    bench_file("bigtest.nbt", c);
+    bench_file("simple_player.dat", c);
+    bench_file("complex_player.dat", c);
+    bench_file("level.dat", c);
+
+    // bench_file("stringtest.nbt", c);
+    // bench_file("inttest16.nbt", c);
+
+    // bench_file("inttest1023.nbt", c);
+    // bench_file("inttest3.nbt", c);
+}
+
+criterion_group!(nbt, bench);
+criterion_main!(nbt);