diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fcdbd98e..c550e20f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
     "test:autobahn": "cd test/autobahn && ./run-wstest.js",
     "bench": "vitest bench --run --config vitest.bench.config.mjs",
     "bench:baseline": "node test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs save",
+    "bench:compare": "node test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs compare",
     "bench:check": "node test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs check",
     "lint": "eslint lib/**/*.js test/**/*.js",
     "lint:fix": "eslint lib/**/*.js test/**/*.js --fix"
diff --git a/test/benchmark/baseline.json b/test/benchmark/baseline.json
index bcbd72d1..1da79efb 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/baseline.json
+++ b/test/benchmark/baseline.json
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
 {
-  "timestamp": "2025-10-06T16:43:17.731Z",
+  "timestamp": "2025-10-06T17:27:59.641Z",
   "results": {
-    "WebSocketConnection Performance 3866ms": {
-      "create connection instance": 28323.39,
-      "send small UTF-8 message": 28201.35,
-      "send medium UTF-8 message (1KB)": 24615.97,
-      "send binary message (1KB)": 24889.31,
-      "send ping frame": 31562.37,
-      "send pong frame": 32393.72
+    "WebSocketConnection Performance 7359ms": {
+      "create connection instance": 28847.63,
+      "send small UTF-8 message": 914160.4,
+      "send medium UTF-8 message (1KB)": 108086.21,
+      "send binary message (1KB)": 222918.81,
+      "send ping frame": 2375454.67,
+      "send pong frame": 1935975.19
     },
-    "WebSocketFrame Performance 10001ms": {
-      "serialize small text frame (17 bytes, unmasked)": 4427042.23,
-      "serialize small text frame (17 bytes, masked)": 3005215.87,
-      "serialize medium binary frame (1KB)": 4239270.36,
-      "serialize large binary frame (64KB)": 4024552.34
-    },
-    "WebSocketConnection Performance": {},
-    "WebSocketFrame Performance": {}
+    "WebSocketFrame Performance 9745ms": {
+      "serialize small text frame (17 bytes, unmasked)": 4240401.67,
+      "serialize small text frame (17 bytes, masked)": 3070532.44,
+      "serialize medium binary frame (1KB)": 4418217.61,
+      "serialize large binary frame (64KB)": 3918678.38
+    }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/benchmark/connection-operations.bench.mjs b/test/benchmark/connection-operations.bench.mjs
index dc15c13b..efe48a7f 100644
--- a/test/benchmark/connection-operations.bench.mjs
+++ b/test/benchmark/connection-operations.bench.mjs
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ import WebSocketConnection from '../../lib/WebSocketConnection.js';
 import { MockSocket } from '../helpers/mocks.mjs';
 
 describe('WebSocketConnection Performance', () => {
+  // Pre-allocate messages and buffers outside benchmarks
+  const smallMessage = 'Hello, WebSocket!';
+  const mediumMessage = 'x'.repeat(1024);
+  const binaryBuffer = Buffer.alloc(1024);
+
+  // Shared connection for send operations (created once, reused across all iterations)
+  // Note: We initialize this directly rather than using beforeAll() because Vitest's
+  // benchmark runner doesn't execute hooks before benchmarks in the same way as test()
+  const sharedSocket = new MockSocket();
+  const sharedConnection = new WebSocketConnection(sharedSocket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
+  sharedConnection._addSocketEventListeners();
+  sharedConnection.state = 'open';
+
   bench('create connection instance', () => {
     const socket = new MockSocket();
     const connection = new WebSocketConnection(socket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
@@ -10,44 +23,22 @@ describe('WebSocketConnection Performance', () => {
   });
 
   bench('send small UTF-8 message', () => {
-    const socket = new MockSocket();
-    const connection = new WebSocketConnection(socket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
-    connection._addSocketEventListeners();
-    connection.state = 'open';
-    connection.sendUTF('Hello, WebSocket!');
+    sharedConnection.sendUTF(smallMessage);
   });
 
   bench('send medium UTF-8 message (1KB)', () => {
-    const socket = new MockSocket();
-    const connection = new WebSocketConnection(socket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
-    connection._addSocketEventListeners();
-    connection.state = 'open';
-    const message = 'x'.repeat(1024);
-    connection.sendUTF(message);
+    sharedConnection.sendUTF(mediumMessage);
   });
 
   bench('send binary message (1KB)', () => {
-    const socket = new MockSocket();
-    const connection = new WebSocketConnection(socket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
-    connection._addSocketEventListeners();
-    connection.state = 'open';
-    const buffer = Buffer.alloc(1024);
-    connection.sendBytes(buffer);
+    sharedConnection.sendBytes(binaryBuffer);
   });
 
   bench('send ping frame', () => {
-    const socket = new MockSocket();
-    const connection = new WebSocketConnection(socket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
-    connection._addSocketEventListeners();
-    connection.state = 'open';
-    connection.ping();
+    sharedConnection.ping();
   });
 
   bench('send pong frame', () => {
-    const socket = new MockSocket();
-    const connection = new WebSocketConnection(socket, [], 'echo-protocol', false, {});
-    connection._addSocketEventListeners();
-    connection.state = 'open';
-    connection.pong();
+    sharedConnection.pong();
   });
 });
diff --git a/test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs b/test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs
index ba959b19..469a6675 100755
--- a/test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs
+++ b/test/benchmark/track-performance.mjs
@@ -35,13 +35,17 @@ function parseBenchmarkOutput(output) {
     // Detect suite name
     if (line.includes('> WebSocket')) {
       currentSuite = line.match(/> (.*)/)[1].trim();
-      results[currentSuite] = {};
+      // Don't initialize suite here - wait until first benchmark is found
     }
 
     // Parse benchmark results
     const benchMatch = line.match(/^\s*[·•]\s+(.+?)\s+(\d+(?:,\d+)*(?:\.\d+)?)\s/);
     if (benchMatch && currentSuite) {
       const [, name, hz] = benchMatch;
+      // Lazily initialize suite only when first benchmark is found
+      if (!results[currentSuite]) {
+        results[currentSuite] = {};
+      }
       results[currentSuite][name.trim()] = parseFloat(hz.replace(/,/g, ''));
     }
   }
diff --git a/vitest.bench.config.mjs b/vitest.bench.config.mjs
index 00d879a8..b10803ec 100644
--- a/vitest.bench.config.mjs
+++ b/vitest.bench.config.mjs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { defineConfig } from 'vitest/config';
 
 export default defineConfig({
   test: {
-    include: ['test/benchmark/**/*.bench.mjs'],
     benchmark: {
       include: ['test/benchmark/**/*.bench.mjs'],
       exclude: ['node_modules/', 'test/unit/', 'test/integration/'],