diff --git a/domain/consensus/datastructures/utxodiffstore/utxodiffstore_test.go b/domain/consensus/datastructures/utxodiffstore/utxodiffstore_test.go
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+package utxodiffstore
+
+import (
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/model/externalapi"
+	"github.com/kaspanet/kaspad/domain/consensus/utils/utxo"
+	"math/rand"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func BenchmarkUTXODiffSerialization(b *testing.B) {
+	utxoDiffStore := New(0).(*utxoDiffStore)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		b.StopTimer()
+		testUTXODiff := buildTestUTXODiff(b)
+		b.StartTimer()
+		_, err := utxoDiffStore.serializeUTXODiff(testUTXODiff)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Could not serialize UTXO diff: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkUTXODiffDeserialization(b *testing.B) {
+	utxoDiffStore := New(0).(*utxoDiffStore)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		b.StopTimer()
+		testUTXODiff := buildTestUTXODiff(b)
+		serializedUTXODiff, err := utxoDiffStore.serializeUTXODiff(testUTXODiff)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Could not serialize UTXO diff: %s", err)
+		}
+		b.StartTimer()
+		_, err = utxoDiffStore.deserializeUTXODiff(serializedUTXODiff)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Could not deserialize UTXO diff: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkUTXODiffSerializationAndDeserialization(b *testing.B) {
+	utxoDiffStore := New(0).(*utxoDiffStore)
+
+	b.ResetTimer()
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		b.StopTimer()
+		testUTXODiff := buildTestUTXODiff(b)
+		b.StartTimer()
+		serializedUTXODiff, err := utxoDiffStore.serializeUTXODiff(testUTXODiff)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Could not serialize UTXO diff: %s", err)
+		}
+		_, err = utxoDiffStore.deserializeUTXODiff(serializedUTXODiff)
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Fatalf("Could not deserialize UTXO diff: %s", err)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func buildTestUTXODiff(b *testing.B) model.UTXODiff {
+	toAdd := buildTestUTXOCollection()
+	toRemove := buildTestUTXOCollection()
+
+	utxoDiff, err := utxo.NewUTXODiffFromCollections(toAdd, toRemove)
+	if err != nil {
+		b.Fatalf("Could not create UTXODiff from toAdd and toRemove collections: %s", err)
+	}
+	return utxoDiff
+}
+
+func buildTestUTXOCollection() model.UTXOCollection {
+	utxoMap := make(map[externalapi.DomainOutpoint]externalapi.UTXOEntry)
+
+	for i := 0; i < 100_000; i++ {
+		var outpointTransactionIDBytes [32]byte
+		rand.Read(outpointTransactionIDBytes[:])
+		outpointTransactionID := externalapi.NewDomainTransactionIDFromByteArray(&outpointTransactionIDBytes)
+		outpointIndex := rand.Uint32()
+		outpoint := externalapi.NewDomainOutpoint(outpointTransactionID, outpointIndex)
+
+		utxoEntryAmount := rand.Uint64()
+		var utxoEntryScriptPublicKeyScript [256]byte
+		rand.Read(utxoEntryScriptPublicKeyScript[:])
+		utxoEntryScriptPublicKeyVersion := uint16(0)
+		utxoEntryScriptPublicKey := &externalapi.ScriptPublicKey{
+			Script:  utxoEntryScriptPublicKeyScript[:],
+			Version: utxoEntryScriptPublicKeyVersion,
+		}
+		isCoinbase := rand.Float32() > 0.5
+		blockBlueScore := rand.Uint64()
+		utxoEntry := utxo.NewUTXOEntry(utxoEntryAmount, utxoEntryScriptPublicKey, isCoinbase, blockBlueScore)
+
+		utxoMap[*outpoint] = utxoEntry
+	}
+
+	return utxo.NewUTXOCollection(utxoMap)
+}