diff --git a/core/types/types_test.go b/core/types/types_test.go
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+// Copyright 2021 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package types
+
+import (
+	"math/big"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/crypto"
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/rlp"
+)
+
+type devnull struct{ len int }
+
+func (d *devnull) Write(p []byte) (int, error) {
+	d.len += len(p)
+	return len(p), nil
+}
+
+func BenchmarkEncodeRLP(b *testing.B) {
+	benchRLP(b, true)
+}
+
+func BenchmarkDecodeRLP(b *testing.B) {
+	benchRLP(b, false)
+}
+
+func benchRLP(b *testing.B, encode bool) {
+	key, _ := crypto.HexToECDSA("b71c71a67e1177ad4e901695e1b4b9ee17ae16c6668d313eac2f96dbcda3f291")
+	to := common.HexToAddress("0x00000000000000000000000000000000deadbeef")
+	signer := NewLondonSigner(big.NewInt(1337))
+	for _, tc := range []struct {
+		name string
+		obj  interface{}
+	}{
+		{
+			"legacy-header",
+			&Header{
+				Difficulty: big.NewInt(10000000000),
+				Number:     big.NewInt(1000),
+				GasLimit:   8_000_000,
+				GasUsed:    8_000_000,
+				Time:       555,
+				Extra:      make([]byte, 32),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"london-header",
+			&Header{
+				Difficulty: big.NewInt(10000000000),
+				Number:     big.NewInt(1000),
+				GasLimit:   8_000_000,
+				GasUsed:    8_000_000,
+				Time:       555,
+				Extra:      make([]byte, 32),
+				BaseFee:    big.NewInt(10000000000),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"receipt-for-storage",
+			&ReceiptForStorage{
+				Status:            ReceiptStatusSuccessful,
+				CumulativeGasUsed: 0x888888888,
+				Logs:              make([]*Log, 0),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"receipt-full",
+			&Receipt{
+				Status:            ReceiptStatusSuccessful,
+				CumulativeGasUsed: 0x888888888,
+				Logs:              make([]*Log, 0),
+			},
+		},
+		{
+			"legacy-transaction",
+			MustSignNewTx(key, signer,
+				&LegacyTx{
+					Nonce:    1,
+					GasPrice: big.NewInt(500),
+					Gas:      1000000,
+					To:       &to,
+					Value:    big.NewInt(1),
+				}),
+		},
+		{
+			"access-transaction",
+			MustSignNewTx(key, signer,
+				&AccessListTx{
+					Nonce:    1,
+					GasPrice: big.NewInt(500),
+					Gas:      1000000,
+					To:       &to,
+					Value:    big.NewInt(1),
+				}),
+		},
+		{
+			"1559-transaction",
+			MustSignNewTx(key, signer,
+				&DynamicFeeTx{
+					Nonce:     1,
+					Gas:       1000000,
+					To:        &to,
+					Value:     big.NewInt(1),
+					GasTipCap: big.NewInt(500),
+					GasFeeCap: big.NewInt(500),
+				}),
+		},
+	} {
+		if encode {
+			b.Run(tc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+				b.ReportAllocs()
+				var null = &devnull{}
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					rlp.Encode(null, tc.obj)
+				}
+				b.SetBytes(int64(null.len / b.N))
+			})
+		} else {
+			data, _ := rlp.EncodeToBytes(tc.obj)
+			// Test decoding
+			b.Run(tc.name, func(b *testing.B) {
+				b.ReportAllocs()
+				for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+					if err := rlp.DecodeBytes(data, tc.obj); err != nil {
+						b.Fatal(err)
+					}
+				}
+				b.SetBytes(int64(len(data)))
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}