diff --git a/sdk/log/bench_test.go b/sdk/log/bench_test.go
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+// Copyright The OpenTelemetry Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package log
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"testing"
+	"time"
+
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/log"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkProcessor(b *testing.B) {
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name string
+		f    func() Processor
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "Simple",
+			f: func() Processor {
+				return NewSimpleProcessor(noopExporter{})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "Batch",
+			f: func() Processor {
+				return NewBatchProcessor(noopExporter{})
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ModifyTimestampSimple",
+			f: func() Processor {
+				return timestampDecorator{NewSimpleProcessor(noopExporter{})}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ModifyTimestampBatch",
+			f: func() Processor {
+				return timestampDecorator{NewBatchProcessor(noopExporter{})}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ModifyAttributesSimple",
+			f: func() Processor {
+				return attrDecorator{NewSimpleProcessor(noopExporter{})}
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			name: "ModifyAttributesBatch",
+			f: func() Processor {
+				return attrDecorator{NewBatchProcessor(noopExporter{})}
+			},
+		},
+	} {
+		b.Run(tc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			provider := NewLoggerProvider(WithProcessor(tc.f()))
+			b.Cleanup(func() { assert.NoError(b, provider.Shutdown(context.Background())) })
+			logger := provider.Logger(b.Name())
+
+			b.ReportAllocs()
+			b.RunParallel(func(pb *testing.PB) {
+				for pb.Next() {
+					r := log.Record{}
+					r.SetBody(log.StringValue("message"))
+					r.SetSeverity(log.SeverityInfo)
+					r.AddAttributes(
+						log.String("foo", "bar"),
+						log.Float64("float", 3.14),
+						log.Int("int", 123),
+						log.Bool("bool", true),
+					)
+					logger.Emit(context.Background(), r)
+				}
+			})
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+type timestampDecorator struct {
+	Processor
+}
+
+func (e timestampDecorator) OnEmit(ctx context.Context, r Record) error {
+	r = r.Clone()
+	r.SetObservedTimestamp(time.Date(1988, time.November, 17, 0, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC))
+	return e.Processor.OnEmit(ctx, r)
+}
+
+type attrDecorator struct {
+	Processor
+}
+
+func (e attrDecorator) OnEmit(ctx context.Context, r Record) error {
+	r = r.Clone()
+	r.SetAttributes(log.String("replace", "me"))
+	return e.Processor.OnEmit(ctx, r)
+}