diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7440b3bc..05dd06e9 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -119,3 +119,7 @@ rustdoc-args = ["--cfg", "docsrs"]
 [[bench]]
 name = "throughput"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "xtra_vs_tokio_mpsc"
+harness = false
diff --git a/benches/xtra_vs_tokio_mpsc.rs b/benches/xtra_vs_tokio_mpsc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e683d2fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benches/xtra_vs_tokio_mpsc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use criterion::{criterion_group, criterion_main, BatchSize, BenchmarkId, Criterion};
+use tokio::runtime::Runtime;
+use tokio::sync::mpsc;
+use xtra::{Actor, Context, Handler};
+
+struct Counter(u64);
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl Actor for Counter {
+    type Stop = ();
+    async fn stopped(self) -> Self::Stop {}
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct Increment {}
+struct Stop;
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Handler<Increment> for Counter {
+    type Return = ();
+
+    async fn handle(&mut self, _: Increment, _ctx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        self.0 += 1;
+    }
+}
+
+#[async_trait::async_trait]
+impl Handler<Stop> for Counter {
+    type Return = ();
+
+    async fn handle(&mut self, _: Stop, ctx: &mut Context<Self>) {
+        ctx.stop_self();
+    }
+}
+
+fn mpsc_counter() -> (mpsc::UnboundedSender<Increment>, impl Future<Output = ()>) {
+    let (sender, mut receiver) = mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+
+    let actor = async move {
+        let mut _counter = 0;
+
+        while let Some(Increment {}) = receiver.recv().await {
+            _counter += 1;
+        }
+    };
+
+    (sender, actor)
+}
+
+fn xtra_throughput(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("increment");
+    let runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+    let _g = runtime.enter();
+
+    for num_messages in [100, 1000, 10000] {
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("xtra", num_messages),
+            &num_messages,
+            |b, &num_messages| {
+                b.to_async(&runtime).iter_batched(
+                    || {
+                        let (xtra_address, xtra_context) = Context::new(None);
+                        runtime.spawn(xtra_context.run(Counter(0)));
+
+                        xtra_address
+                    },
+                    |xtra_address| async move {
+                        for _ in 0..num_messages - 1 {
+                            xtra_address.send(Increment {}).await.unwrap();
+                        }
+
+                        xtra_address.send(Stop).await.unwrap();
+                    },
+                    BatchSize::SmallInput,
+                );
+            },
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+fn mpsc_throughput(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("increment");
+    let runtime = Runtime::new().unwrap();
+    let _g = runtime.enter();
+
+    for num_messages in [100, 1000, 10000] {
+        group.bench_with_input(
+            BenchmarkId::new("mpsc", num_messages),
+            &num_messages,
+            |b, &num_messages| {
+                b.to_async(&runtime).iter_batched(
+                    || {
+                        let (mpsc_address, mpsc_actor) = mpsc_counter();
+                        runtime.spawn(mpsc_actor);
+
+                        mpsc_address
+                    },
+                    |mpsc_address| async move {
+                        for _ in 0..num_messages - 1 {
+                            mpsc_address.send(Increment {}).unwrap();
+                        }
+
+                        drop(mpsc_address);
+                    },
+                    BatchSize::SmallInput,
+                );
+            },
+        );
+    }
+}
+
+criterion_group!(benches, xtra_throughput, mpsc_throughput);
+criterion_main!(benches);