diff --git a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index e758f7c8b0b..ef200979db3 100644
--- a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 add_subdirectory(sha256)
-add_subdirectory(external)
\ No newline at end of file
+add_subdirectory(external)
+add_subdirectory(celer)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/celer/CMakeLists.txt b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/celer/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e79cbdf5776
--- /dev/null
+++ b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/celer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+barretenberg_module(celer stdlib_sha256)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/celer/sha256.bench.cpp b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/celer/sha256.bench.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d160c1b8d77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/circuits/cpp/barretenberg/cpp/src/barretenberg/stdlib/hash/benchmarks/celer/sha256.bench.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+/**
+ * @file sha256.bench.cpp
+ * @author Rumata888
+ * @brief This file contains benchmarks for an external benchmark project https://github.com/celer-network/zk-benchmark
+ * @version 0.1
+ * @date 2023-08-02
+ *
+ */
+#include "barretenberg/stdlib/hash/sha256/sha256.hpp"
+#include "barretenberg/plonk/composer/ultra_composer.hpp"
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+#include <bit>
+
+using namespace benchmark;
+
+using Builder = proof_system::UltraCircuitBuilder;
+using Composer = proof_system::plonk::UltraComposer;
+using Prover = proof_system::plonk::UltraProver;
+using Verifier = proof_system::plonk::UltraVerifier;
+
+constexpr size_t NUM_HASHES = 20;
+constexpr size_t CHUNK_SIZE = 64;
+constexpr size_t MINIMUM_CHUNKS = 1;
+constexpr size_t MAXIMUM_CHUNKS = 1024;
+
+/**
+ * @brief Generate a circuit computing sha256 hash of a 0-filled array of num_bytes
+ *
+ * @param builder circuit builder
+ * @param num_bytes Length of the array
+ */
+void generate_test_plonk_circuit(Builder& builder, size_t num_bytes)
+{
+    std::string in;
+    in.resize(num_bytes);
+    proof_system::plonk::stdlib::packed_byte_array<Builder> input(&builder, in);
+
+    proof_system::plonk::stdlib::sha256<Builder>(input);
+}
+
+// Because of the way we do internal allocations in some of our more complex structures, we can't just globally allocate
+// them
+Builder* builders[NUM_HASHES];
+Composer* composers[NUM_HASHES];
+Prover provers[NUM_HASHES];
+Verifier verifiers[NUM_HASHES];
+plonk::proof proofs[NUM_HASHES];
+
+/**
+ * @brief Benchmark for constructing the circuit, witness polynomials, proving and verification key
+ *
+ * @param state
+ */
+void preprocess_and_construct_witnesses_bench(State& state) noexcept
+{
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        size_t num_chunks = static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0));
+        size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(std::countr_zero(num_chunks));
+        builders[idx] = new Builder();
+        generate_test_plonk_circuit(*builders[idx], num_chunks * CHUNK_SIZE);
+        composers[idx] = new Composer();
+        provers[idx] = (composers[idx])->create_prover(*builders[idx]);
+        std::cout << "prover subgroup size = " << provers[idx].key->small_domain.size << std::endl;
+
+        verifiers[idx] = (composers[idx])->create_verifier(*builders[idx]);
+    }
+}
+BENCHMARK(preprocess_and_construct_witnesses_bench)
+    ->RangeMultiplier(2)
+    ->Range(MINIMUM_CHUNKS, MAXIMUM_CHUNKS)
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Benchmark for creating the proof with preprocessed data
+ *
+ * @param state
+ */
+void construct_proofs_bench(State& state) noexcept
+{
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        size_t num_chunks = static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0));
+        size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(std::countr_zero(num_chunks));
+
+        proofs[idx] = provers[idx].construct_proof();
+        std::cout << "Plonk proof size: " << proofs[idx].proof_data.size() << std::endl;
+        state.PauseTiming();
+        provers[idx].reset();
+        state.ResumeTiming();
+    }
+}
+BENCHMARK(construct_proofs_bench)
+    ->RangeMultiplier(2)
+    ->Range(MINIMUM_CHUNKS, MAXIMUM_CHUNKS)
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond);
+
+/**
+ * @brief Benchmark for proof verification
+ *
+ * @param state
+ */
+void verify_proofs_bench(State& state) noexcept
+{
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        size_t num_chunks = static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0));
+        size_t idx = static_cast<size_t>(std::countr_zero(num_chunks));
+        verifiers[idx].verify_proof(proofs[idx]);
+    }
+}
+BENCHMARK(verify_proofs_bench)
+    ->RangeMultiplier(2)
+    ->Range(MINIMUM_CHUNKS, MAXIMUM_CHUNKS)
+    ->Unit(benchmark::kMillisecond);
+
+BENCHMARK_MAIN();