diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e8184b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Benchmarks
+
+on:
+  push:
+   branches:
+    - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Benchmark library
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Install Nargo
+        uses: noir-lang/noirup@v0.1.3
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.0.0-beta.0
+
+      - name: Install bb
+        run: |
+          npm install -g bbup
+          bbup -nv 1.0.0-beta.0
+
+      - name: Build Noir benchmark programs
+        run: nargo export
+      
+      - name: create the export directory
+        run: mkdir -p export
+
+      - name: Generate gates report
+        run: ./scripts/build-gates-report.sh
+        env:
+          BACKEND: /home/runner/.bb/bb
+
+      - name: Compare gates reports
+        id: gates_diff
+        uses: noir-lang/noir-gates-diff@1931aaaa848a1a009363d6115293f7b7fc72bb87
+        with:
+          report: gates_report.json
+          summaryQuantile: 0.9 # only display the 10% most significant circuit size diffs in the summary (defaults to 20%)
+
+      - name: Add gates diff to sticky comment
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'pull_request_target'
+        uses: marocchino/sticky-pull-request-comment@v2
+        with:
+          # delete the comment in case changes no longer impact circuit sizes
+          delete: ${{ !steps.gates_diff.outputs.markdown }}
+          message: ${{ steps.gates_diff.outputs.markdown }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 1db5d1ed..fba3f1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
-  MINIMUM_NOIR_VERSION: v0.36.0
+  MINIMUM_NOIR_VERSION: v1.0.0-beta.0
 
 jobs:
   noir-version-list:
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f99b23da..1e8e74ce 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 target
 .vscode/launch.json
+gates_report.json
+export/*.*
diff --git a/gates_report.json b/gates_report.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d8657c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gates_report.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{"programs": [
+{"package_name": "test_add_BN.json", "functions": [{
+  "acir_opcodes": 4,
+  "circuit_size": 20,
+  "gates_per_opcode": [
+    2,
+    1,
+    1,
+    1
+  ],
+  "name": "main"
+}]
+}
+]}
diff --git a/scripts/build-gates-report.sh b/scripts/build-gates-report.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..28f0a633
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build-gates-report.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+BACKEND=${BACKEND:-bb}
+
+cd $(dirname "$0")/../
+
+artifacts_path="./export"
+artifacts=$(ls $artifacts_path)
+
+echo "{\"programs\": [" > gates_report.json
+
+# Bound for checking where to place last parentheses 
+NUM_ARTIFACTS=$(ls -1q "$artifacts_path" | wc -l)
+
+ITER="1"
+for artifact in $artifacts; do    
+    ARTIFACT_NAME=$(basename "$artifact")
+
+    GATES_INFO=$($BACKEND gates -b "$artifacts_path/$artifact")
+    MAIN_FUNCTION_INFO=$(echo $GATES_INFO | jq -r '.functions[0] | .name = "main"')
+    echo "{\"package_name\": \"$ARTIFACT_NAME\", \"functions\": [$MAIN_FUNCTION_INFO]" >> gates_report.json
+
+    if (($ITER == $NUM_ARTIFACTS)); then
+        echo "}" >> gates_report.json
+    else 
+        echo "}, " >> gates_report.json
+    fi
+
+    ITER=$(( $ITER + 1 ))
+done
+
+echo "]}" >> gates_report.json 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/bignum_bench.nr b/src/benchmarks/bignum_bench.nr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0db2dada
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/benchmarks/bignum_bench.nr
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use crate::utils::u60_representation::U60Repr;
+
+use crate::bignum::BigNum;
+use crate::bignum::BigNumTrait;
+
+use crate::params::BigNumParams;
+use crate::params::BigNumParamsGetter;
+
+use crate::fields::bls12_381Fq::BLS12_381_Fq_Params;
+use crate::fields::bn254Fq::BN254_Fq_Params;
+use crate::fields::U256::U256Params;
+
+struct Test2048Params {}
+
+// See https://github.com/noir-lang/noir/issues/6172
+
+type Fq = BigNum<3, 254, BN254_Fq_Params>;
+type BN256 = BigNum<3, 257, U256Params>;
+type BN381 = BigNum<4, 381, BLS12_381_Fq_Params>;
+type BN2048 = BigNum<18, 2048, Test2048Params>;
+
+#[export]
+fn test_add_BN() {
+    let mut a: Fq = BigNum::modulus();
+    let mut b: Fq = BigNum::modulus();
+    let mut expected: Fq = BigNum::modulus();
+
+    a.limbs[0] -= 1;
+    b.limbs[0] -= 1;
+    expected.limbs[0] -= 2;
+
+    let result = a + b;
+    assert(result == expected);
+}
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/mod.nr b/src/benchmarks/mod.nr
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c1eddc0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/benchmarks/mod.nr
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+mod bignum_bench;
diff --git a/src/bignum.nr b/src/bignum.nr
index 52002bd7..94f0e60c 100644
--- a/src/bignum.nr
+++ b/src/bignum.nr
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ use crate::fns::{
     constrained_ops::{
         add, assert_is_not_equal, conditional_select, derive_from_seed, div, eq, mul, neg, sub,
         udiv, udiv_mod, umod, validate_in_field, validate_in_range,
-    }, expressions::{__compute_quadratic_expression, evaluate_quadratic_expression},
+    },
+    expressions::{__compute_quadratic_expression, evaluate_quadratic_expression},
     serialization::{from_be_bytes, to_le_bytes},
     unconstrained_ops::{
         __add, __batch_invert, __batch_invert_slice, __derive_from_seed, __div, __eq, __invmod,
diff --git a/src/fns/constrained_ops.nr b/src/fns/constrained_ops.nr
index 758e23dc..30ded4ea 100644
--- a/src/fns/constrained_ops.nr
+++ b/src/fns/constrained_ops.nr
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use crate::fns::{
     unconstrained_helpers::{
         __add_with_flags, __neg_with_flags, __sub_with_flags, __validate_gt_remainder,
         __validate_in_field_compute_borrow_flags,
-    }, unconstrained_ops::{__div, __mul, __udiv_mod},
+    },
+    unconstrained_ops::{__div, __mul, __udiv_mod},
 };
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/lib.nr b/src/lib.nr
index fa8840ff..f379afdd 100644
--- a/src/lib.nr
+++ b/src/lib.nr
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ pub use runtime_bignum::RuntimeBigNum;
 
 // Tests
 mod tests;
+
+mod benchmarks;
diff --git a/src/runtime_bignum.nr b/src/runtime_bignum.nr
index 0325ca54..ec141ebd 100644
--- a/src/runtime_bignum.nr
+++ b/src/runtime_bignum.nr
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ use crate::fns::{
     constrained_ops::{
         add, assert_is_not_equal, conditional_select, derive_from_seed, div, eq, mul, neg, sub,
         udiv, udiv_mod, umod, validate_in_field, validate_in_range,
-    }, expressions::{__compute_quadratic_expression, evaluate_quadratic_expression},
+    },
+    expressions::{__compute_quadratic_expression, evaluate_quadratic_expression},
     serialization::{from_be_bytes, to_le_bytes},
     unconstrained_ops::{
         __add, __batch_invert, __batch_invert_slice, __derive_from_seed, __div, __eq, __invmod,