diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index 5f1a1a898..b80df7a25 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,31 @@
     <jmh.version>1.37</jmh.version>
     <simpleclient.version>0.16.0</simpleclient.version>
     <codahale.version>3.0.2</codahale.version>
+    <!-- TODO: remove once opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha ships with otel 1.66.0. -->
+    <benchmark.otel.version>1.66.0</benchmark.otel.version>
     <coverage.skip>true</coverage.skip>
     <javadoc.skip>true</javadoc.skip>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
     <dependencies>
+      <!-- TODO: remove these two BOM imports once opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha
+           ships with otel 1.66.0. They must be listed before the instrumentation BOM so
+           their versions win. -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom</artifactId>
+        <version>${benchmark.otel.version}</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+        <artifactId>opentelemetry-bom-alpha</artifactId>
+        <version>${benchmark.otel.version}-alpha</version>
+        <type>pom</type>
+        <scope>import</scope>
+      </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
         <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha</artifactId>
@@ -73,6 +92,10 @@
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-api-incubator</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
     <finalName>${project.artifactId}</finalName>
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/CounterBenchmark.java b/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/CounterBenchmark.java
index 06d2648f9..c0cb16b1d 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/CounterBenchmark.java
+++ b/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/CounterBenchmark.java
@@ -3,10 +3,15 @@
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.metrics.BoundDoubleCounter;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.metrics.BoundLongCounter;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.metrics.ExtendedDoubleCounter;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.metrics.ExtendedLongCounter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleCounter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.LongCounter;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.ExemplarFilter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.resources.Resource;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.testing.exporter.InMemoryMetricReader;
@@ -136,6 +141,7 @@ public OpenTelemetryCounter() {
           SdkMeterProvider.builder()
               .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
               .setResource(Resource.getDefault())
+              .setExemplarFilter(ExemplarFilter.alwaysOff())
               .build();
       OpenTelemetry openTelemetry =
           OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(sdkMeterProvider).build();
@@ -153,6 +159,45 @@ public OpenTelemetryCounter() {
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * OpenTelemetry counter using the incubator "bound instrument" API, which pre-binds a set of
+   * attributes at initialization time to avoid a per-record attribute map lookup.
+   */
+  @State(Scope.Benchmark)
+  public static class OpenTelemetryBoundCounter {
+
+    final BoundLongCounter longCounter;
+    final BoundDoubleCounter doubleCounter;
+
+    public OpenTelemetryBoundCounter() {
+
+      SdkMeterProvider sdkMeterProvider =
+          SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+              .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
+              .setResource(Resource.getDefault())
+              .setExemplarFilter(ExemplarFilter.alwaysOff())
+              .build();
+      OpenTelemetry openTelemetry =
+          OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(sdkMeterProvider).build();
+      Meter meter =
+          openTelemetry
+              .meterBuilder("instrumentation-library-name")
+              .setInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0")
+              .build();
+      Attributes attributes =
+          Attributes.of(
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("path"), "/",
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("status"), "200");
+      this.longCounter =
+          ((ExtendedLongCounter) meter.counterBuilder("test1").setDescription("test").build())
+              .bind(attributes);
+      this.doubleCounter =
+          ((ExtendedDoubleCounter)
+                  meter.counterBuilder("test2").ofDoubles().setDescription("test").build())
+              .bind(attributes);
+    }
+  }
+
   @Benchmark
   @Threads(4)
   public CounterDataPoint prometheusAdd(RandomNumbers randomNumbers, PrometheusCounter counter) {
@@ -198,6 +243,25 @@ public LongCounter openTelemetryIncNoLabels(OpenTelemetryCounter counter) {
     return counter.longCounter;
   }
 
+  @Benchmark
+  @Threads(4)
+  public BoundDoubleCounter openTelemetryBoundAdd(
+      RandomNumbers randomNumbers, OpenTelemetryBoundCounter counter) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < randomNumbers.randomNumbers.length; i++) {
+      counter.doubleCounter.add(randomNumbers.randomNumbers[i]);
+    }
+    return counter.doubleCounter;
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @Threads(4)
+  public BoundLongCounter openTelemetryBoundInc(OpenTelemetryBoundCounter counter) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < 10 * 1024; i++) {
+      counter.longCounter.add(1);
+    }
+    return counter.longCounter;
+  }
+
   @Benchmark
   @Threads(4)
   public io.prometheus.client.Counter.Child simpleclientAdd(
diff --git a/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/HistogramBenchmark.java b/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/HistogramBenchmark.java
index 41b7097db..29f730e6f 100644
--- a/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/HistogramBenchmark.java
+++ b/benchmarks/src/main/java/io/prometheus/metrics/benchmarks/HistogramBenchmark.java
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 package io.prometheus.metrics.benchmarks;
 
 import io.opentelemetry.api.OpenTelemetry;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.AttributeKey;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.common.Attributes;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.metrics.BoundDoubleHistogram;
+import io.opentelemetry.api.incubator.metrics.ExtendedDoubleHistogram;
 import io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.Meter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.OpenTelemetrySdk;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.Aggregation;
+import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.ExemplarFilter;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.InstrumentSelector;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.SdkMeterProvider;
 import io.opentelemetry.sdk.metrics.View;
@@ -88,6 +93,7 @@ public SimpleclientHistogram() {
   public static class OpenTelemetryClassicHistogram {
 
     final io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogram histogram;
+    final Attributes attributes;
 
     public OpenTelemetryClassicHistogram() {
 
@@ -95,6 +101,7 @@ public OpenTelemetryClassicHistogram() {
           SdkMeterProvider.builder()
               .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
               .setResource(Resource.getDefault())
+              .setExemplarFilter(ExemplarFilter.alwaysOff())
               .registerView(
                   InstrumentSelector.builder().setName("test").build(),
                   View.builder()
@@ -112,6 +119,10 @@ public OpenTelemetryClassicHistogram() {
               .setInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0")
               .build();
       this.histogram = meter.histogramBuilder("test").setDescription("test").build();
+      this.attributes =
+          Attributes.of(
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("path"), "/",
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("status"), "200");
     }
   }
 
@@ -119,6 +130,7 @@ public OpenTelemetryClassicHistogram() {
   public static class OpenTelemetryExponentialHistogram {
 
     final io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogram histogram;
+    final Attributes attributes;
 
     public OpenTelemetryExponentialHistogram() {
 
@@ -126,6 +138,7 @@ public OpenTelemetryExponentialHistogram() {
           SdkMeterProvider.builder()
               .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
               .setResource(Resource.getDefault())
+              .setExemplarFilter(ExemplarFilter.alwaysOff())
               .registerView(
                   InstrumentSelector.builder().setName("test").build(),
                   View.builder()
@@ -140,6 +153,89 @@ public OpenTelemetryExponentialHistogram() {
               .setInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0")
               .build();
       this.histogram = meter.histogramBuilder("test").setDescription("test").build();
+      this.attributes =
+          Attributes.of(
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("path"), "/",
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("status"), "200");
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * OpenTelemetry classic histogram using the incubator "bound instrument" API to pre-bind
+   * attributes at initialization time.
+   */
+  @State(Scope.Benchmark)
+  public static class OpenTelemetryBoundClassicHistogram {
+
+    final BoundDoubleHistogram histogram;
+
+    public OpenTelemetryBoundClassicHistogram() {
+      SdkMeterProvider sdkMeterProvider =
+          SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+              .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
+              .setResource(Resource.getDefault())
+              .setExemplarFilter(ExemplarFilter.alwaysOff())
+              .registerView(
+                  InstrumentSelector.builder().setName("test").build(),
+                  View.builder()
+                      .setAggregation(
+                          Aggregation.explicitBucketHistogram(
+                              Arrays.asList(
+                                  .005, .01, .025, .05, .1, .25, .5, 1.0, 2.5, 5.0, 10.0)))
+                      .build())
+              .build();
+      OpenTelemetry openTelemetry =
+          OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(sdkMeterProvider).build();
+      Meter meter =
+          openTelemetry
+              .meterBuilder("instrumentation-library-name")
+              .setInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0")
+              .build();
+      Attributes attributes =
+          Attributes.of(
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("path"), "/",
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("status"), "200");
+      this.histogram =
+          ((ExtendedDoubleHistogram) meter.histogramBuilder("test").setDescription("test").build())
+              .bind(attributes);
+    }
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * OpenTelemetry exponential histogram using the incubator "bound instrument" API to pre-bind
+   * attributes at initialization time.
+   */
+  @State(Scope.Benchmark)
+  public static class OpenTelemetryBoundExponentialHistogram {
+
+    final BoundDoubleHistogram histogram;
+
+    public OpenTelemetryBoundExponentialHistogram() {
+      SdkMeterProvider sdkMeterProvider =
+          SdkMeterProvider.builder()
+              .registerMetricReader(InMemoryMetricReader.create())
+              .setResource(Resource.getDefault())
+              .setExemplarFilter(ExemplarFilter.alwaysOff())
+              .registerView(
+                  InstrumentSelector.builder().setName("test").build(),
+                  View.builder()
+                      .setAggregation(Aggregation.base2ExponentialBucketHistogram(10_000, 5))
+                      .build())
+              .build();
+      OpenTelemetry openTelemetry =
+          OpenTelemetrySdk.builder().setMeterProvider(sdkMeterProvider).build();
+      Meter meter =
+          openTelemetry
+              .meterBuilder("instrumentation-library-name")
+              .setInstrumentationVersion("1.0.0")
+              .build();
+      Attributes attributes =
+          Attributes.of(
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("path"), "/",
+              AttributeKey.stringKey("status"), "200");
+      this.histogram =
+          ((ExtendedDoubleHistogram) meter.histogramBuilder("test").setDescription("test").build())
+              .bind(attributes);
     }
   }
 
@@ -198,7 +294,7 @@ public io.prometheus.client.Histogram simpleclient(
   public io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogram openTelemetryClassic(
       RandomNumbers randomNumbers, OpenTelemetryClassicHistogram histogram) {
     for (int i = 0; i < randomNumbers.randomNumbers.length; i++) {
-      histogram.histogram.record(randomNumbers.randomNumbers[i]);
+      histogram.histogram.record(randomNumbers.randomNumbers[i], histogram.attributes);
     }
     return histogram.histogram;
   }
@@ -207,6 +303,26 @@ public io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogram openTelemetryClassic(
   @Threads(4)
   public io.opentelemetry.api.metrics.DoubleHistogram openTelemetryExponential(
       RandomNumbers randomNumbers, OpenTelemetryExponentialHistogram histogram) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < randomNumbers.randomNumbers.length; i++) {
+      histogram.histogram.record(randomNumbers.randomNumbers[i], histogram.attributes);
+    }
+    return histogram.histogram;
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @Threads(4)
+  public BoundDoubleHistogram openTelemetryBoundClassic(
+      RandomNumbers randomNumbers, OpenTelemetryBoundClassicHistogram histogram) {
+    for (int i = 0; i < randomNumbers.randomNumbers.length; i++) {
+      histogram.histogram.record(randomNumbers.randomNumbers[i]);
+    }
+    return histogram.histogram;
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  @Threads(4)
+  public BoundDoubleHistogram openTelemetryBoundExponential(
+      RandomNumbers randomNumbers, OpenTelemetryBoundExponentialHistogram histogram) {
     for (int i = 0; i < randomNumbers.randomNumbers.length; i++) {
       histogram.histogram.record(randomNumbers.randomNumbers[i]);
     }