diff --git a/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/benchmarker.py b/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/benchmarker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6305c4a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/benchmarker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+# and limitations under the License.
+
+import pytest
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+from geti_sdk.benchmarking import Benchmarker
+from geti_sdk.data_models.project import Project
+from geti_sdk.geti import Geti
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def fxt_benchmarker(
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    fxt_classification_project: Project,
+    fxt_mocked_geti: Geti,
+) -> Benchmarker:
+    _ = mocker.patch(
+        "geti_sdk.geti.ProjectClient.get_project_by_name",
+        return_value=fxt_classification_project,
+    )
+    _ = mocker.patch(
+        "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.ModelClient"
+    )
+    _ = mocker.patch(
+        "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.TrainingClient"
+    )
+    project_name = "project name"
+    algorithms_to_benchmark = ("ALGO_1", "ALGO_2")
+    precision_levels = ("PRECISION_1", "PRECISION_2")
+    images = ("path_1", "path_2")
+    yield Benchmarker(
+        geti=fxt_mocked_geti,
+        project=project_name,
+        algorithms=algorithms_to_benchmark,
+        precision_levels=precision_levels,
+        benchmark_images=images,
+    )
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def fxt_benchmarker_task_chain(
+    mocker: MockerFixture,
+    fxt_detection_to_classification_project: Project,
+    fxt_mocked_geti: Geti,
+) -> Benchmarker:
+    _ = mocker.patch(
+        "geti_sdk.geti.ProjectClient.get_project_by_name",
+        return_value=fxt_detection_to_classification_project,
+    )
+    model_client_object_mock = mocker.MagicMock()
+    _ = mocker.patch(
+        "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.ModelClient", return_value=model_client_object_mock
+    )
+    active_models = (mocker.MagicMock(), mocker.MagicMock())
+    model_client_object_mock.get_all_active_models.return_value = active_models
+
+    _ = mocker.patch(
+        "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.TrainingClient"
+    )
+    project_name = "project name"
+    precision_levels = ("PRECISION_1", "PRECISION_2")
+    images = ("path_1", "path_2")
+
+    yield Benchmarker(
+        geti=fxt_mocked_geti,
+        project=project_name,
+        precision_levels=precision_levels,
+        benchmark_images=images,
+    )
diff --git a/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/project.py b/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/project.py
index f3fde4f6..84fa66c2 100644
--- a/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/project.py
+++ b/tests/fixtures/unit_tests/project.py
@@ -593,3 +593,10 @@ def fxt_nightly_projects(fxt_nightly_projects_rest) -> List[Project]:
 @pytest.fixture()
 def fxt_classification_project(fxt_nightly_projects: List[Project]) -> Project:
     yield fxt_nightly_projects[0]
+
+
+@pytest.fixture()
+def fxt_detection_to_classification_project(
+    fxt_nightly_projects: List[Project]
+) -> Project:
+    yield fxt_nightly_projects[2]
diff --git a/tests/pre-merge/unit/benchmarking/test_benchmarker.py b/tests/pre-merge/unit/benchmarking/test_benchmarker.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e0de2b47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pre-merge/unit/benchmarking/test_benchmarker.py
@@ -0,0 +1,272 @@
+# Copyright (C) 2024 Intel Corporation
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions
+# and limitations under the License.
+
+import csv
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import pytest
+from pytest_mock import MockerFixture
+
+from geti_sdk import Geti
+from geti_sdk.benchmarking import Benchmarker
+from geti_sdk.data_models import Project
+
+
+class TestBenchmarker:
+    def test_initialize(
+            self,
+            fxt_mocked_geti: Geti,
+            fxt_classification_project: Project,
+            mocker: MockerFixture
+    ):
+        # Arrange
+        mock_get_project_by_name = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.geti.ProjectClient.get_project_by_name",
+            return_value=fxt_classification_project,
+        )
+        mocked_model_client = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.ModelClient"
+        )
+        mocked_training_client = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.TrainingClient"
+        )
+        project_name = "project name"
+        algorithms_to_benchmark = ("ALGO_1", "ALGO_2")
+        precision_levels = ("PRECISION_1", "PRECISION_2")
+        images = ("path_1", "path_2")
+        videos = ("path_3", "path_4")
+
+        # Act
+        # Single task project, benchmarking on images
+        benchmarker = Benchmarker(
+            geti=fxt_mocked_geti,
+            project=project_name,
+            algorithms=algorithms_to_benchmark,
+            precision_levels=precision_levels,
+            benchmark_images=images,
+        )
+
+        # Assert
+        mock_get_project_by_name.assert_called_once_with(project_name=project_name)
+        mocked_model_client.assert_called_once()
+        mocked_training_client.assert_called_once()
+        assert benchmarker._is_single_task
+        assert not benchmarker._are_models_specified
+        assert benchmarker.precision_levels == precision_levels
+        assert benchmarker._algorithms == algorithms_to_benchmark
+
+        # Act 2
+        # Single task project, videos and images
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            benchmarker = Benchmarker(
+                geti=fxt_mocked_geti,
+                project=project_name,
+                algorithms=algorithms_to_benchmark,
+                precision_levels=precision_levels,
+                benchmark_images=images,
+                benchmark_video=videos
+            )
+
+    def test_initialize_task_chain(
+            self,
+            fxt_mocked_geti: Geti,
+            fxt_detection_to_classification_project: Project,
+            mocker: MockerFixture
+    ):
+        # Arrange
+        mock_get_project_by_name = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.geti.ProjectClient.get_project_by_name",
+            return_value=fxt_detection_to_classification_project,
+        )
+        fetched_images = (mocker.MagicMock(),)
+        mock_image_client_get_all = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.geti.ImageClient._get_all",
+            return_value=fetched_images,
+        )
+        model_client_object_mock = mocker.MagicMock()
+        mocked_model_client = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.ModelClient", return_value=model_client_object_mock
+        )
+        active_models = (mocker.MagicMock(), mocker.MagicMock())
+        model_client_object_mock.get_all_active_models.return_value = active_models
+
+        mocked_training_client = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.TrainingClient"
+        )
+        project_name = "project name"
+        precision_levels = ["PRECISION_1", "PRECISION_2"]
+
+        # Act
+        # Multi task project, no media provided
+        benchmarker = Benchmarker(
+            geti=fxt_mocked_geti,
+            project=project_name,
+            precision_levels=precision_levels,
+        )
+
+        # Assert
+        mock_get_project_by_name.assert_called_once_with(project_name=project_name)
+        mock_image_client_get_all.assert_called_once()
+        mocked_model_client.assert_called_once()
+        model_client_object_mock.get_all_active_models.assert_called_once()
+        model_client_object_mock.get_task_for_model.assert_called_with(model=active_models[1])
+        mocked_training_client.assert_called_once()
+        assert not benchmarker._is_single_task
+        assert benchmarker._task_chain_algorithms == [[active_models[0].architecture], [active_models[1].architecture]]
+        assert benchmarker._task_chain_models == [[active_models[0]], [active_models[1]]]
+        assert tuple(benchmarker.images) == fetched_images
+        assert benchmarker._are_models_specified
+
+    def test_set_task_chain_models(self, fxt_benchmarker_task_chain: Benchmarker, mocker: MockerFixture):
+        # Arrange
+        models_task_1 = (mocker.MagicMock(), mocker.MagicMock())
+        models_task_2 = (mocker.MagicMock(), mocker.MagicMock())
+
+        # Act
+        fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.set_task_chain_models(models_task_1, models_task_2)
+
+        # Assert
+        # raise Exception(fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_models)
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._are_models_specified
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_models == [
+            [models_task_1[0], models_task_2[0]],
+            [models_task_1[0], models_task_2[1]],
+            [models_task_1[1], models_task_2[0]],
+            [models_task_1[1], models_task_2[1]],
+        ]
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_algorithms == [
+            [models_task_1[0].architecture, models_task_2[0].architecture],
+            [models_task_1[0].architecture, models_task_2[1].architecture],
+            [models_task_1[1].architecture, models_task_2[0].architecture],
+            [models_task_1[1].architecture, models_task_2[1].architecture],
+        ]
+
+    def test_set_task_chain_algorithms(self, fxt_benchmarker_task_chain: Benchmarker, mocker: MockerFixture):
+        # Arrange
+        algorithms_task_1 = ("ALGO_1", "ALGO_2")
+        algorithms_task_2 = ("ALGO_3", "ALGO_4")
+
+        # Act
+        fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.set_task_chain_algorithms(algorithms_task_1, algorithms_task_2)
+
+        # Assert
+        assert not fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._are_models_specified
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_models is None
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_algorithms == [
+            ["ALGO_1", "ALGO_3"],
+            ["ALGO_1", "ALGO_4"],
+            ["ALGO_2", "ALGO_3"],
+            ["ALGO_2", "ALGO_4"],
+        ]
+
+    def test_properties(self, fxt_benchmarker_task_chain: Benchmarker):
+        # Assert
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.models == fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_models
+        assert fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.algorithms == fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._task_chain_algorithms
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError):
+            # benchmarker has not been initialized
+            fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.optimized_models
+
+    def test__train_model_for_algorithm(self, fxt_benchmarker_task_chain: Benchmarker):
+        # Arrange
+        task_index = 0
+        algorithm_name = 'ALGO_1'
+
+        # Act
+        model = fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._train_model_for_algorithm(task_index, algorithm_name)
+
+        # Assert
+        fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.training_client.train_task.assert_called_once()
+        assert model is fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.model_client.get_model_for_job()
+
+    def test__optimize_model_for_algorithm(self, fxt_benchmarker_task_chain: Benchmarker, mocker: MockerFixture):
+        # Arrange
+        model = mocker.MagicMock()
+        precision = "INT8"
+
+        # Act
+        optimized_model = fxt_benchmarker_task_chain._optimize_model_for_algorithm(model, precision)
+
+        # Assert
+        fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.model_client.optimize_model.assert_called_once_with(model=model, optimization_type="pot")
+        assert optimized_model is fxt_benchmarker_task_chain.model_client.update_model_detail().get_optimized_model()
+
+    def test_prepare_benchmark(self, fxt_benchmarker: Benchmarker, mocker: MockerFixture, fxt_temp_directory: str):
+        # Arrange
+        mock_deploy_project = mocker.patch.object(fxt_benchmarker.geti, "deploy_project")
+
+        # Act
+        fxt_benchmarker.prepare_benchmark(fxt_temp_directory)
+
+        # Assert
+        assert mock_deploy_project.call_count == len(fxt_benchmarker.models) * len(fxt_benchmarker.precision_levels)
+        assert fxt_benchmarker._optimized_models is not None
+        assert fxt_benchmarker._deployment_folders == [
+            str(Path(fxt_temp_directory) / f"deployment_{i}")
+            for i in range(len(fxt_benchmarker._optimized_models))
+        ]
+
+    def test_initialize_from_folder(self, fxt_benchmarker: Benchmarker, mocker: MockerFixture, fxt_temp_directory: str):
+        # Arrange
+        deployment_path = Path(fxt_temp_directory) / "deployment_test"
+        deployment_path.mkdir()
+        deployment = mocker.MagicMock()
+        deployment.project.name = fxt_benchmarker.project.name
+        mocked_deployment_from_folder = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.Deployment.from_folder",
+            return_value=deployment
+        )
+
+        # Act
+        fxt_benchmarker.initialize_from_folder(fxt_temp_directory)
+
+        # Assert
+        mocked_deployment_from_folder.assert_called_once_with(path_to_folder=str(deployment_path))
+        assert len(fxt_benchmarker._deployment_folders) == 1
+        assert fxt_benchmarker._deployment_folders[0] == str(deployment_path)
+
+    def test_throughput_benchmark(self, fxt_benchmarker: Benchmarker, mocker: MockerFixture, fxt_temp_directory: str):
+        # Arrange
+        _ = mocker.patch.object(fxt_benchmarker.geti, "deploy_project")
+        loaded_images = [mocker.MagicMock(), mocker.MagicMock()]
+        mock_load_benchmark_media = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.load_benchmark_media",
+            return_value=loaded_images
+        )
+        fxt_benchmarker.prepare_benchmark(fxt_temp_directory)
+        deployment = mocker.MagicMock()
+        deployment.project.name = fxt_benchmarker.project.name
+        deployment.models = [mocker.MagicMock(),]
+        _ = mocker.patch(
+            "geti_sdk.benchmarking.benchmarker.Deployment.from_folder",
+            return_value=deployment
+        )
+
+        number_of_runs = len(fxt_benchmarker.models) * len(fxt_benchmarker.precision_levels)
+        frames, repeats = len(loaded_images), 2
+        results_file = Path(fxt_temp_directory) / "results.csv"
+
+        # Act
+        fxt_benchmarker.run_throughput_benchmark(
+            working_directory=fxt_temp_directory, results_filename=results_file.stem,
+            frames=frames, repeats=repeats
+        )
+
+        # Assert
+        mock_load_benchmark_media.assert_called_once()
+        assert results_file.is_file()
+        assert len(list(csv.DictReader(results_file.open()))) == number_of_runs
+        assert deployment.load_inference_models.call_count == number_of_runs
+        # For each model infer is called: 1 Warm-up call, 1 time estimation call and `frames * repeats` for benchmark
+        assert deployment.infer.call_count == number_of_runs * (2 + frames * repeats)