diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
index dcc70a4b6d9..c3db3370c62 100644
--- a/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -300,7 +300,8 @@ ConfigureBench(
 )
 
 ConfigureNVBench(
-  STRINGS_NVBENCH string/like.cpp string/reverse.cpp string/lengths.cpp string/case.cpp
+  STRINGS_NVBENCH string/case.cpp string/char_types.cpp string/lengths.cpp string/like.cpp
+  string/reverse.cpp
 )
 
 # ##################################################################################################
diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/string/char_types.cpp b/cpp/benchmarks/string/char_types.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8e9e595fcef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/string/char_types.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+#include <benchmarks/common/generate_input.hpp>
+
+#include <cudf/strings/char_types/char_types.hpp>
+#include <cudf/strings/strings_column_view.hpp>
+#include <cudf/utilities/default_stream.hpp>
+
+#include <nvbench/nvbench.cuh>
+
+static void bench_char_types(nvbench::state& state)
+{
+  auto const num_rows  = static_cast<cudf::size_type>(state.get_int64("num_rows"));
+  auto const row_width = static_cast<cudf::size_type>(state.get_int64("row_width"));
+  auto const api_type  = state.get_string("api");
+
+  if (static_cast<std::size_t>(num_rows) * static_cast<std::size_t>(row_width) >=
+      static_cast<std::size_t>(std::numeric_limits<cudf::size_type>::max())) {
+    state.skip("Skip benchmarks greater than size_type limit");
+  }
+
+  data_profile const table_profile = data_profile_builder().distribution(
+    cudf::type_id::STRING, distribution_id::NORMAL, 0, row_width);
+  auto const table =
+    create_random_table({cudf::type_id::STRING}, row_count{num_rows}, table_profile);
+  cudf::strings_column_view input(table->view().column(0));
+  auto input_types = cudf::strings::string_character_types::SPACE;
+
+  state.set_cuda_stream(nvbench::make_cuda_stream_view(cudf::get_default_stream().value()));
+  // gather some throughput statistics as well
+  auto chars_size = input.chars_size();
+  state.add_global_memory_reads<nvbench::int8_t>(chars_size);   // all bytes are read;
+  if (api_type == "all") {
+    state.add_global_memory_writes<nvbench::int8_t>(num_rows);  // output is a bool8 per row
+  } else {
+    state.add_global_memory_writes<nvbench::int8_t>(chars_size);
+  }
+
+  state.exec(nvbench::exec_tag::sync, [&](nvbench::launch& launch) {
+    if (api_type == "all") {
+      auto result = cudf::strings::all_characters_of_type(input, input_types);
+    } else {
+      auto result = cudf::strings::filter_characters_of_type(input, input_types);
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+NVBENCH_BENCH(bench_char_types)
+  .set_name("char_types")
+  .add_int64_axis("row_width", {32, 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, 4096})
+  .add_int64_axis("num_rows", {4096, 32768, 262144, 2097152, 16777216})
+  .add_string_axis("api", {"all", "filter"});
diff --git a/cpp/src/strings/char_types/char_types.cu b/cpp/src/strings/char_types/char_types.cu
index a403061ba0e..b87fb80fcc2 100644
--- a/cpp/src/strings/char_types/char_types.cu
+++ b/cpp/src/strings/char_types/char_types.cu
@@ -31,59 +31,84 @@
 #include <rmm/cuda_stream_view.hpp>
 
 #include <thrust/iterator/counting_iterator.h>
-#include <thrust/logical.h>
 #include <thrust/transform.h>
 
 namespace cudf {
 namespace strings {
 namespace detail {
-//
-std::unique_ptr<column> all_characters_of_type(strings_column_view const& strings,
+namespace {
+
+/**
+ * @brief Returns true for each string where all characters match the given types.
+ *
+ * Only the characters that match to `verify_types` are checked.
+ * Returns false if no characters are checked or one character does not match `types`.
+ * Returns true if at least one character is checked and all checked characters match `types`.
+ */
+struct char_types_fn {
+  column_device_view const d_column;
+  character_flags_table_type const* d_flags;
+  string_character_types const types;
+  string_character_types const verify_types;
+
+  __device__ bool operator()(size_type idx) const
+  {
+    if (d_column.is_null(idx)) { return false; }
+    auto const d_str = d_column.element<string_view>(idx);
+    auto const end   = d_str.data() + d_str.size_bytes();
+
+    bool type_matched     = !d_str.empty();  // require at least one character;
+    size_type check_count = 0;               // count checked characters
+    for (auto itr = d_str.data(); type_matched && (itr < end); ++itr) {
+      uint8_t const chr = static_cast<uint8_t>(*itr);
+      if (is_utf8_continuation_char(chr)) { continue; }
+      auto u8 = static_cast<char_utf8>(chr);  // holds UTF8 value
+      // using max(int8) here since max(char)=255 on ARM systems
+      if (u8 > std::numeric_limits<int8_t>::max()) { to_char_utf8(itr, u8); }
+
+      // lookup flags in table by codepoint
+      auto const code_point = utf8_to_codepoint(u8);
+      auto const flag       = code_point <= 0x00'FFFF ? d_flags[code_point] : 0;
+
+      if ((verify_types & flag) ||                   // should flag be verified;
+          (flag == 0 && verify_types == ALL_TYPES))  // special edge case
+      {
+        type_matched = (types & flag) > 0;
+        ++check_count;
+      }
+    }
+
+    return type_matched && (check_count > 0);
+  }
+};
+}  // namespace
+
+std::unique_ptr<column> all_characters_of_type(strings_column_view const& input,
                                                string_character_types types,
                                                string_character_types verify_types,
                                                rmm::cuda_stream_view stream,
                                                rmm::mr::device_memory_resource* mr)
 {
-  auto strings_count  = strings.size();
-  auto strings_column = column_device_view::create(strings.parent(), stream);
-  auto d_column       = *strings_column;
+  auto d_strings = column_device_view::create(input.parent(), stream);
 
   // create output column
-  auto results      = make_numeric_column(data_type{type_id::BOOL8},
-                                     strings_count,
-                                     cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(strings.parent(), stream, mr),
-                                     strings.null_count(),
+  auto results = make_numeric_column(data_type{type_id::BOOL8},
+                                     input.size(),
+                                     cudf::detail::copy_bitmask(input.parent(), stream, mr),
+                                     input.null_count(),
                                      stream,
                                      mr);
-  auto results_view = results->mutable_view();
-  auto d_results    = results_view.data<bool>();
   // get the static character types table
   auto d_flags = detail::get_character_flags_table();
+
   // set the output values by checking the character types for each string
   thrust::transform(rmm::exec_policy(stream),
                     thrust::make_counting_iterator<size_type>(0),
-                    thrust::make_counting_iterator<size_type>(strings_count),
-                    d_results,
-                    [d_column, d_flags, types, verify_types, d_results] __device__(size_type idx) {
-                      if (d_column.is_null(idx)) return false;
-                      auto d_str            = d_column.element<string_view>(idx);
-                      bool check            = !d_str.empty();  // require at least one character
-                      size_type check_count = 0;
-                      for (auto itr = d_str.begin(); check && (itr != d_str.end()); ++itr) {
-                        auto code_point = detail::utf8_to_codepoint(*itr);
-                        // lookup flags in table by code-point
-                        auto flag = code_point <= 0x00'FFFF ? d_flags[code_point] : 0;
-                        if ((verify_types & flag) ||                   // should flag be verified
-                            (flag == 0 && verify_types == ALL_TYPES))  // special edge case
-                        {
-                          check = (types & flag) > 0;
-                          ++check_count;
-                        }
-                      }
-                      return check && (check_count > 0);
-                    });
-  //
-  results->set_null_count(strings.null_count());
+                    thrust::make_counting_iterator<size_type>(input.size()),
+                    results->mutable_view().data<bool>(),
+                    char_types_fn{*d_strings, d_flags, types, verify_types});
+
+  results->set_null_count(input.null_count());
   return results;
 }