diff --git a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
index 101d54932d..86cca395c6 100644
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c
@@ -5263,6 +5263,69 @@ pynumber_tobase(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
 }
 
 
+static PyObject*
+bench_tuple0(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t loops;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n", &loops)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    _PyTime_t t = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter();
+    for (Py_ssize_t i=0; i<loops; i++) {
+        PyObject *tuple = PyTuple_New(0);
+        Py_DECREF(tuple);
+    }
+    t = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter() - t;
+    return PyFloat_FromDouble(_PyTime_AsSecondsDouble(t));
+}
+
+
+static PyObject*
+bench_tuple1(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t loops;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n", &loops)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    _PyTime_t t = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter();
+    for (Py_ssize_t i=0; i<loops; i++) {
+        PyObject *tuple = PyTuple_New(1);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, 0, Py_None);
+        Py_DECREF(tuple);
+    }
+    t = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter() - t;
+    return PyFloat_FromDouble(_PyTime_AsSecondsDouble(t));
+}
+
+
+static PyObject*
+bench_tuple5(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t loops;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "n", &loops)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    _PyTime_t t = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter();
+    for (Py_ssize_t i=0; i<loops; i++) {
+        PyObject *tuple = PyTuple_New(5);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, 0, Py_None);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, 1, Py_None);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, 2, Py_None);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, 3, Py_None);
+        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+        PyTuple_SET_ITEM(tuple, 4, Py_None);
+        Py_DECREF(tuple);
+    }
+    t = _PyTime_GetPerfCounter() - t;
+    return PyFloat_FromDouble(_PyTime_AsSecondsDouble(t));
+}
+
+
 static PyObject *test_buildvalue_issue38913(PyObject *, PyObject *);
 
 static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
@@ -5523,6 +5586,9 @@ static PyMethodDef TestMethods[] = {
     {"meth_fastcall", (PyCFunction)(void(*)(void))meth_fastcall, METH_FASTCALL},
     {"meth_fastcall_keywords", (PyCFunction)(void(*)(void))meth_fastcall_keywords, METH_FASTCALL|METH_KEYWORDS},
     {"pynumber_tobase", pynumber_tobase, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"bench_tuple0", bench_tuple0, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"bench_tuple1", bench_tuple1, METH_VARARGS},
+    {"bench_tuple5", bench_tuple5, METH_VARARGS},
     {NULL, NULL} /* sentinel */
 };