diff --git a/.github/actions/bench/action.yml b/.github/actions/bench/action.yml
index d5c582ef9..8e94997b1 100644
--- a/.github/actions/bench/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/bench/action.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ inputs:
   archflags:
     description: ARCHFLAGS to pass to compilation
     default: ""
+  opt:
+    description: opt flag to set for tests script
+    default: "true"
   bench_extra_args:
     description: Further arguments to be appended to command line for `bench` script
     default: ""
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Run benchmark
       shell: ${{ env.SHELL }}
       run: |
-        tests bench -c ${{ inputs.perf }} --cflags "${{ inputs.cflags }}" --arch-flags "${{ inputs.archflags }}" -v --output output.json ${{ inputs.bench_extra_args }}
+        tests bench -c ${{ inputs.perf }} --cflags "${{ inputs.cflags }}" --arch-flags "${{ inputs.archflags }}" --opt "${{ inputs.opt }}" -v --output output.json ${{ inputs.bench_extra_args }}
     - name: Store benchmark result
       if: ${{ inputs.store_results == true }}
       uses: benchmark-action/github-action-benchmark@v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_all.yml b/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_all.yml
index 71926bbee..1c64d8c82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_all.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_all.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       id-token: 'write'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        opt: [true, false]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/bench_ec2_reusable.yml
     if: github.repository_owner == 'pq-code-package' && (github.event.label.name == 'benchmark' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
     with:
@@ -21,6 +25,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2_ami: ubuntu-latest (aarch64)
       archflags: -mcpu=cortex-a76 -march=armv8.2-a
       cflags: -DFORCE_AARCH64
+      opt: ${{ matrix.opt }}
       store_results: true
       name: Graviton2
     secrets: inherit
@@ -29,6 +34,10 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: 'read'
       id-token: 'write'
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        opt: [true, false]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/bench_ec2_reusable.yml
     if: github.repository_owner == 'pq-code-package' && (github.event.label.name == 'benchmark' || github.ref == 'refs/heads/main')
     with:
@@ -36,6 +45,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2_ami: ubuntu-latest (aarch64)
       archflags: -mcpu=neoverse-v1 -march=armv8.4-a
       cflags: -DFORCE_AARCH64
+      opt: ${{ matrix.opt }}
       store_results: true
       name: Graviton3
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_any.yml b/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_any.yml
index 1e345e0e7..6300e6a61 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_any.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_any.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ on:
       archflags:
         description: Custom ARCH flags for compilation
         default: -mcpu=cortex-a76 -march=armv8.2-a
+      opt:
+        description: Run with optimized code if enabled
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
       store_results:
         description: Indicates if results should be pushed to github pages
         type: boolean
@@ -49,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       ec2_ami_id: ${{ inputs.ec2_ami_id }}
       cflags: ${{ inputs.cflags }}
       archflags: ${{ inputs.archflags }}
+      opt: ${{ inputs.opt }}
       name: ${{ inputs.name }}
       store_results: ${{ inputs.store_results }}
       always_terminate: ${{ inputs.always_terminate }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_reusable.yml b/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_reusable.yml
index 3c90077c0..4ba59cf5e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_reusable.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bench_ec2_reusable.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ on:
         type: string
         description: Custom ARCH flags for compilation
         default: -mcpu=neoverse-n1 -march=armv8.2-a
+      opt:
+        type: boolean
+        description: Runs with optimized code if enabled.
+        default: true
       store_results:
         type: boolean
         description: Indicates if results should be pushed to github pages
@@ -102,6 +106,7 @@ jobs:
           name: ${{ inputs.name }}
           cflags: ${{ inputs.cflags }}
           archflags: ${{ inputs.archflags }}
+          opt: ${{ inputs.opt }}
           perf: PERF
           store_results: ${{ inputs.store_results }}
           bench_extra_args: ${{ inputs.bench_extra_args }}