diff --git a/core-java-collections/pom.xml b/core-java-collections/pom.xml
index 1290419a6a..92e4278593 100644
--- a/core-java-collections/pom.xml
+++ b/core-java-collections/pom.xml
@@ -53,15 +53,27 @@
             <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${openjdk.jmh.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.openjdk.jmh</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jmh-generator-annprocess</artifactId>
+            <version>${openjdk.jmh.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
+
     <properties>
+        <openjdk.jmh.version>1.19</openjdk.jmh.version>
         <junit.platform.version>1.2.0</junit.platform.version>
         <commons-lang3.version>3.5</commons-lang3.version>
         <commons-collections4.version>4.1</commons-collections4.version>
         <collections-generic.version>4.01</collections-generic.version>
         <avaitility.version>1.7.0</avaitility.version>
         <assertj.version>3.6.1</assertj.version>
-        <eclipse.collections.version>9.2.0</eclipse.collections.version>
+        <eclipse.collections.version>7.1.0</eclipse.collections.version>
     </properties>
 </project>
diff --git a/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performance/CollectionsBenchmark.java b/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performance/CollectionsBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..921e1608ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performance/CollectionsBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package com.baeldung.performance;
+
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.*;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.Runner;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.Options;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.runner.options.OptionsBuilder;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+@OutputTimeUnit(TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+@Warmup(iterations = 5)
+public class CollectionsBenchmark {
+
+    @State(Scope.Thread)
+    public static class MyState {
+        private Set<Employee> employeeSet = new HashSet<>();
+        private List<Employee> employeeList = new ArrayList<>();
+
+        private long iterations = 10000;
+
+        private Employee employee = new Employee(100L, "Harry");
+
+        @Setup(Level.Trial)
+        public void setUp() {
+
+            for (long i = 0; i < iterations; i++) {
+                employeeSet.add(new Employee(i, "John"));
+                employeeList.add(new Employee(i, "John"));
+            }
+
+            employeeList.add(employee);
+            employeeSet.add(employee);
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public boolean testArrayList(MyState state) {
+        return state.employeeList.contains(state.employee);
+    }
+
+    @Benchmark
+    public boolean testHashSet(MyState state) {
+        return state.employeeSet.contains(state.employee);
+    }
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        Options options = new OptionsBuilder()
+                .include(CollectionsBenchmark.class.getSimpleName()).threads(1)
+                .forks(1).shouldFailOnError(true)
+                .shouldDoGC(true)
+                .jvmArgs("-server").build();
+        new Runner(options).run();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performance/Employee.java b/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performance/Employee.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..daa68ae2f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-collections/src/main/java/com/baeldung/performance/Employee.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package com.baeldung.performance;
+
+public class Employee {
+
+    private Long id;
+    private String name;
+
+    public Employee(Long id, String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object o) {
+        if (this == o) return true;
+        if (o == null || getClass() != o.getClass()) return false;
+
+        Employee employee = (Employee) o;
+
+        if (!id.equals(employee.id)) return false;
+        return name.equals(employee.name);
+
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        int result = id.hashCode();
+        result = 31 * result + name.hashCode();
+        return result;
+    }
+}