diff --git a/fs/ggml/gguf_test.go b/fs/ggml/gguf_test.go
index e56bab8d26..091e5feea5 100644
--- a/fs/ggml/gguf_test.go
+++ b/fs/ggml/gguf_test.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"math/rand/v2"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -81,3 +83,47 @@ func TestWriteGGUF(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkReadArray(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+
+	create := func(tb testing.TB, kv KV) string {
+		tb.Helper()
+		f, err := os.CreateTemp(b.TempDir(), "")
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		if err := WriteGGUF(f, kv, nil); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		return f.Name()
+	}
+
+	cases := map[string]any{
+		"int32":   slices.Repeat([]int32{42}, 1_000_000),
+		"uint32":  slices.Repeat([]uint32{42}, 1_000_000),
+		"float32": slices.Repeat([]float32{42.}, 1_000_000),
+		"string":  slices.Repeat([]string{"42"}, 1_000_000),
+	}
+
+	for name, bb := range cases {
+		for _, maxArraySize := range []int{-1, 0, 1024} {
+			b.Run(name+"-maxArraySize="+strconv.Itoa(maxArraySize), func(b *testing.B) {
+				p := create(b, KV{"array": bb})
+				for b.Loop() {
+					f, err := os.Open(p)
+					if err != nil {
+						b.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					if _, err := Decode(f, maxArraySize); err != nil {
+						b.Fatal(err)
+					}
+					f.Close()
+				}
+			})
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/fs/gguf/gguf_test.go b/fs/gguf/gguf_test.go
index eea28a4808..b119c5cf12 100644
--- a/fs/gguf/gguf_test.go
+++ b/fs/gguf/gguf_test.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package gguf_test
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -247,3 +248,43 @@ func BenchmarkRead(b *testing.B) {
 		f.Close()
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkReadArray(b *testing.B) {
+	b.ReportAllocs()
+
+	create := func(tb testing.TB, kv ggml.KV) string {
+		tb.Helper()
+		f, err := os.CreateTemp(b.TempDir(), "")
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+		defer f.Close()
+
+		if err := ggml.WriteGGUF(f, kv, nil); err != nil {
+			b.Fatal(err)
+		}
+
+		return f.Name()
+	}
+
+	cases := map[string]any{
+		"int32":   slices.Repeat([]int32{42}, 1_000_000),
+		"uint32":  slices.Repeat([]uint32{42}, 1_000_000),
+		"float32": slices.Repeat([]float32{42.}, 1_000_000),
+		"string":  slices.Repeat([]string{"42"}, 1_000_000),
+	}
+
+	for name, bb := range cases {
+		b.Run(name, func(b *testing.B) {
+			p := create(b, ggml.KV{"array": bb})
+			for b.Loop() {
+				f, err := gguf.Open(p)
+				if err != nil {
+					b.Fatal(err)
+				}
+				_ = f.KeyValue("array")
+				f.Close()
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}