diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench.yml b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
index 9cb0c86..06750fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: mix deps.get --only $MIX_ENV
       - run: mix compile --warnings-as-errors
       - run: mkdir results
+      - run: mix run bench/encode.exs | tee results/encode.txt
       - run: mix run bench/insert.exs | tee results/insert.txt
       - run: mix run bench/stream.exs | tee results/stream.txt
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/bench/encode.exs b/bench/encode.exs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c8f160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/encode.exs
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+types = [Ch.Types.u64(), Ch.Types.string(), Ch.Types.array(Ch.Types.u8()), Ch.Types.datetime()]
+encoding_types = Ch.RowBinary.encoding_types(types)
+
+rows = fn count ->
+  Enum.map(1..count, fn i ->
+    [i, "Golang SQL database driver", [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9], NaiveDateTime.utc_now()]
+  end)
+end
+
+alias Ch.{RowBinary, Native}
+
+defmodule NativeBuffer do
+  def encode_row(row, buffer) do
+    Native.add_row(buffer, row)
+  end
+
+  def encode_rows(rows, types) do
+    rows
+    |> Enum.reduce(Native.new_buffer(types), &__MODULE__.encode_row/2)
+    |> Native.to_iodata()
+  end
+end
+
+Benchee.run(
+  %{
+    "control" => fn rows -> Enum.each(rows, fn _row -> [] end) end,
+    "RowBinary.encode_rows/2" => fn rows -> RowBinary.encode_rows(rows, types) end,
+    "RowBinary._encode_rows/2" => fn rows -> RowBinary._encode_rows(rows, encoding_types) end,
+    "Native.add_row/2" => fn rows -> NativeBuffer.encode_rows(rows, types) end
+  },
+  inputs: %{
+    # TODO more inputs (take some from Plausible write buffer)
+    "1_000_000 rows" => rows.(1_000_000)
+  }
+)
diff --git a/lib/ch/native.ex b/lib/ch/native.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2b956b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ch/native.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+defmodule Ch.Native do
+  @moduledoc """
+  Helpers for working with ClickHouse [`Native`](https://clickhouse.com/docs/en/sql-reference/formats#native) format.
+  """
+
+  @opaque buffer :: list()
+
+  @spec new_buffer([String.t()]) :: buffer
+  def new_buffer(types) do
+    encoding_types = Ch.RowBinary.encoding_types(types)
+    Enum.map(encoding_types, fn t -> [t | _column = []] end)
+  end
+
+  @spec add_row(buffer, [term]) :: buffer
+  def add_row(buffer, row)
+
+  def add_row([[type | column] | buffer_rest], [value | row_rest]) do
+    [[type | [column | Ch.RowBinary.encode(type, value)]] | add_row(buffer_rest, row_rest)]
+  end
+
+  def add_row([] = done, []), do: done
+
+  @spec to_iodata(buffer) :: iodata
+  def to_iodata(buffer) do
+    Enum.map(buffer, fn [_type | column] -> column end)
+  end
+end