diff --git a/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/README.md b/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/README.md
index d5c54817c..564f0981d 100644
--- a/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/README.md
+++ b/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/README.md
@@ -19,3 +19,19 @@ d.b.t.batch_optimized  avgt    2  2008.081          ns/op
 d.b.t.copy_foldable    avgt    2   306.674          ns/op
 d.b.t.copy_stream      avgt    2   382.481          ns/op
 ```
+
+`bench/Jmh/run -wi 500 -i 1500 -f 1 doobie.bench.insert`
+```
+# JMH version: 1.37
+# VM version: JDK 21.0.8, OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM
+Benchmark          Mode   Cnt     Score     Error  Units
+d.b.i.array_512      ss  1500  2108.146 ±  29.363  ns/op
+d.b.i.array_1024     ss  1500  1282.125 ±  17.193  ns/op
+d.b.i.array_2048     ss  1500   901.204 ±  27.426  ns/op
+d.b.i.batch_512      ss  1500  3610.360 ±  49.533  ns/op
+d.b.i.batch_1024     ss  1500  2824.224 ± 158.971  ns/op
+d.b.i.batch_2048     ss  1500  2413.790 ±  15.661  ns/op
+d.b.i.values_512     ss  1500  2661.017 ±  70.472  ns/op
+d.b.i.values_1024    ss  1500  1930.406 ±  25.466  ns/op
+d.b.i.values_2048    ss  1500  1759.005 ±  13.514  ns/op
+```
diff --git a/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/insert.scala b/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/insert.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fb8e64462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/bench/src/main/scala/doobie/bench/insert.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+package doobie.bench
+
+import cats.syntax.apply.*
+import cats.syntax.foldable.*
+import cats.syntax.functor.*
+import doobie.free.connection.ConnectionIO
+import doobie.syntax.string.*
+import doobie.util.Write
+import doobie.util.update.Update
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.*
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit
+
+@BenchmarkMode(Array(Mode.SingleShotTime))
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+class insert {
+  import insert.*
+
+  private def batch(n: Int) = {
+    val widgets = Widget.generate(n)
+    insertBatch.updateMany(widgets)
+  }
+
+  private def values(n: Int) = {
+    val widgets = Widget.generate(n)
+    insertValues(widgets).run
+  }
+
+  private def array(n: Int) = {
+    val widgets = Widget.generate(n)
+    insertArrayValues(widgets).run
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(512)
+  def batch_512(state: state): Int = state.transact(batch(512))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(1024)
+  def batch_1024(state: state): Int = state.transact(batch(1024))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(2048)
+  def batch_2048(state: state): Int = state.transact(batch(2048))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(512)
+  def values_512(state: state): Int = state.transact(values(512))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(1024)
+  def values_1024(state: state): Int = state.transact(values(1024))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(2048)
+  def values_2048(state: state): Int = state.transact(values(2048))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(512)
+  def array_512(state: state): Int = state.transact(array(512))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(1024)
+  def array_1024(state: state): Int = state.transact(array(1024))
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @OperationsPerInvocation(2048)
+  def array_2048(state: state): Int = state.transact(array(2048))
+}
+object insert {
+  import doobie.postgres.instances.array.*
+
+  final case class Widget(name: String, extensions: Int)
+  object Widget {
+    implicit val write: Write[Widget] = Write.derived
+
+    def generate(n: Int) = List.fill(n)(Widget("widget", n))
+  }
+
+  private val insertBatch = {
+    val sql = """
+      INSERT INTO bench_widget
+      (name, extensions)
+      VALUES
+      (?, ?)
+    """
+    Update[Widget](sql)
+  }
+
+  private def insertValues(widgets: List[Widget]) = {
+    val sql = fr"""
+      INSERT INTO bench_widget
+      (name, extensions)
+      VALUES
+      ${widgets.map(w => fr"(${w.name}, ${w.extensions})").intercalate(fr",")}
+    """
+    sql.update
+  }
+
+  private def insertArrayValues(widgets: List[Widget]) = {
+    val n = widgets.length
+    val names = Array.ofDim[String](n)
+    val extensions = Array.ofDim[Int](n)
+    var i = 0
+    widgets.foreach { w =>
+      names(i) = w.name
+      extensions(i) = w.extensions
+      i = i + 1
+    }
+
+    val sql = fr"""
+      INSERT INTO bench_widget
+      (name, extensions)
+      SELECT * FROM unnest(
+        $names::text[],
+        $extensions::int4[]
+      )
+    """
+    sql.update
+  }
+
+  private val ddl: ConnectionIO[Unit] =
+    sql"drop table if exists bench_widget".update.run *>
+      sql"""create table bench_widget (
+        name text not null,
+        extensions integer not null
+      )""".update.run.void
+
+  @State(Scope.Thread)
+  class state extends PostgresConnectionState {
+
+    @Setup()
+    override def setup(): Unit = {
+      super.setup()
+      transact(ddl)
+    }
+
+    @TearDown()
+    override def tearDown(): Unit = super.tearDown()
+  }
+}