diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5440fb6b1..789aef24b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ build:
 # GO commands
 go_build:
 	@echo "\n....Building $(GO_PROJECT_NAME)"
-	go build $(GO_BUILD_MOD) -ldflags "-s -w" -o ./bin/$(GO_PROJECT_NAME) cmd/hive/main.go
+	GOEXPERIMENT=greenteagc go build $(GO_BUILD_MOD) -ldflags "-s -w" -o ./bin/$(GO_PROJECT_NAME) cmd/hive/main.go
 
 go_run:
 	@echo "\n....Running $(GO_PROJECT_NAME)...."
diff --git a/scripts/benchmark-gc.sh b/scripts/benchmark-gc.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..29c1fb23c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/benchmark-gc.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# scripts/benchmark-gc.sh
+# Benchmark script to compare Go GC performance (Standard vs GreenteaGC)
+
+set -e
+
+PROJECT_ROOT="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
+BIN_PATH="$PROJECT_ROOT/bin/hive"
+DATA_DIR="$HOME/hive"
+LOGS_DIR="$DATA_DIR/logs"
+ITERATIONS=500
+CONCURRENCY=12
+
+# Ensure AWS profile is set
+export AWS_PROFILE=hive
+# Skip SSL verification for local testing
+export AWS_CA_BUNDLE="$DATA_DIR/config/server.pem"
+
+# Function to build the binary
+build_binary() {
+    local experiment="$1"
+    echo "🔨 Building with GOEXPERIMENT=$experiment..."
+    cd "$PROJECT_ROOT"
+    # Clean build to ensure no stale artifacts
+    rm -f "$BIN_PATH"
+    if [ "$experiment" == "none" ]; then
+        go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o "$BIN_PATH" cmd/hive/main.go
+    else
+        GOEXPERIMENT="$experiment" go build -ldflags "-s -w" -o "$BIN_PATH" cmd/hive/main.go
+    fi
+}
+
+# Function to start services with GC tracing
+start_services_traced() {
+    echo "🚀 Starting services with GODEBUG=gctrace=1..."
+    export GODEBUG=gctrace=1
+    "$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/start-dev.sh" "$DATA_DIR"
+    sleep 10 # More time for services to stabilize
+}
+
+# Function to run load test
+run_load() {
+    echo "🔥 Warming up (20 requests)..."
+    seq 20 | xargs -I{} -P $CONCURRENCY aws ec2 describe-instances > /dev/null
+
+    echo "🏃 Running load test ($ITERATIONS requests)..."
+    local start_time=$(date +%s%N)
+
+    seq $ITERATIONS | xargs -I{} -P $CONCURRENCY aws ec2 describe-instances > /dev/null
+
+    local end_time=$(date +%s%N)
+    local duration=$(( (end_time - start_time) / 1000000 ))
+    echo "⏱️  Load test completed in ${duration}ms"
+    echo "$duration" > "$LOGS_DIR/last_duration.txt"
+}
+
+# Function to analyze GC logs
+analyze_logs() {
+    local label="$1"
+    echo "📊 Analyzing logs for $label..."
+
+    # Analyze the AWS Gateway log (usually the most active)
+    local log_file="$LOGS_DIR/awsgw.log"
+
+    if [ ! -f "$log_file" ]; then
+        echo "❌ Log file $log_file not found"
+        return
+    fi
+
+    # Extract GC stats: gc N @T ... total_time ...
+    # Format: gc 1 @0.012s 5%: 0.016+0.45+0.003 ms clock, 0.25+0.45/0.70/1.2+0.054 ms cpu, 4->4->0 MB, 5 MB goal, 8 P
+    local gc_count=$(grep -c "^gc " "$log_file" || echo 0)
+    local total_gc_ms=$(grep "^gc " "$log_file" | awk -F'ms clock' '{print $1}' | awk '{print $NF}' | awk -F'+' '{sum += $1+$2+$3} END {print sum}')
+
+    # Memory usage (max RSS of the process)
+    local max_rss=$(ps aux | grep "hive service awsgw start" | grep -v grep | awk '{print $6}' | sort -nr | head -n1)
+
+    local duration=$(cat "$LOGS_DIR/last_duration.txt")
+
+    echo "----------------------------------------"
+    echo "Results for $label:"
+    echo "Requests:     $ITERATIONS"
+    echo "Concurrency:  $CONCURRENCY"
+    echo "Total Time:   ${duration}ms"
+    echo "Avg Latency:  $(( duration / ITERATIONS ))ms"
+    echo "GC Cycles:    $gc_count"
+    echo "Total GC Time: ${total_gc_ms}ms"
+    echo "Max RSS:      ${max_rss} KB"
+    echo "----------------------------------------"
+
+    # Save to a summary file
+    echo "$label,$duration,$gc_count,$total_gc_ms,$max_rss" >> "$PROJECT_ROOT/gc_benchmark_summary.csv"
+}
+
+# Cleanup
+echo "Cleaning up previous runs..."
+"$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/stop-dev.sh" || true
+rm -f "$PROJECT_ROOT/gc_benchmark_summary.csv"
+echo "Label,TotalTime_ms,GCCycles,TotalGCTime_ms,MaxRSS_KB" > "$PROJECT_ROOT/gc_benchmark_summary.csv"
+
+# 1. Standard GC Benchmark
+echo "🔵 PHASE 1: Standard GC"
+build_binary "none"
+start_services_traced
+run_load
+analyze_logs "Standard"
+"$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/stop-dev.sh"
+sleep 5
+
+# 2. GreenteaGC Benchmark
+echo "🟢 PHASE 2: GreenteaGC"
+build_binary "greenteagc"
+start_services_traced
+run_load
+analyze_logs "GreenteaGC"
+"$PROJECT_ROOT/scripts/stop-dev.sh"
+
+echo "✅ Benchmarking complete! Summary saved to gc_benchmark_summary.csv"
+cat "$PROJECT_ROOT/gc_benchmark_summary.csv" | column -t -s,