diff --git a/src/Mod/Test/TestPerf.py b/src/Mod/Test/TestPerf.py
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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   Copyright (c) 2024 bgbsww@gmail.com                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This file is part of FreeCAD.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
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+# *   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as           *
+# *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the  *
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+# *                                                                         *
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+# *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
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+# *                                                                         *
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+# *   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                      *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+import sys
+import unittest
+import FreeCAD as App
+import Part
+
+try:
+    from guppy import hpy
+
+    Memtest = True
+except ImportError:
+    Memtest = False
+
+try:
+    import cProfile
+
+    Pyprofile = True
+except ImportError:
+    Pyprofile = False
+
+
+class PerfTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
+    """
+    Special Test Case that takes a list of filenames after the "--pass" parameter to FreeCAD, and
+    runs a performance test by opening them, starting instrumentation, calling recompute(), and
+    then saving results.
+
+    Intended to be run as "<perf profiling>  FreeCAD -t TestPerf --pass <modelname>
+
+    External perf profiling requires Python 3.12 or better, and a linux platform.
+    cProfile profiling and guppy memory information can run anywhere.
+    """
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        if "--pass" in sys.argv:
+            self.fileList = sys.argv[sys.argv.index("--pass") + 1 :]
+        else:
+            raise FileNotFoundError("Must provide filename parameter(s) via --pass")
+        if Part.Shape().ElementMapVersion == "":
+            self.tnp = ""
+        else:
+            self.tnp = ".tnp"
+        if Memtest:
+            # Use filename of first model with ".mprofile" appended for python memory use info.
+            self.memfile = open(self.fileList[0] + self.tnp + ".mprofile", "w", encoding="utf-8")
+
+    def testAll(self):
+        if Pyprofile:
+            # Generate a cProfile file as a python only time profile.
+            profile = cProfile.Profile()
+            profile.enable()
+        try:
+            # This is Python 3.12 on supported platforms ( linux ) only so that if we are run under
+            # an external 'perf' command, we report the python data.  This can be extremely useful,
+            # because it contains not only time consumed, but python and c++ calls that took place
+            # so deep analysis can be performed on the resulting file.  See calling script in
+            # tools/profile/perftest.sh for a wrapper.
+            sys.activate_stack_trampoline("perf")
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass  # Totally okay if we don't have that, we can use the cProfile if it's there.
+
+        # Walk all files after the --pass.  Normally one to avoid result intermingling.
+        for fileName in self.fileList:
+            doc = App.openDocument(fileName)
+            doc.recompute()  # The heart of the performance measurement.
+            if Memtest:
+                # If guppy is available, take a heap snapshot and save it.  Note that if multiple
+                # files are provided then their heap data sets will be appended to the same file.
+                dumpdata = hpy().heap()
+                dumpdata.stat.dump(self.memfile)
+                self.memfile.flush()
+            App.closeDocument(doc.Name)
+
+        try:
+            sys.deactivate_stack_trampoline()
+        except AttributeError:
+            pass
+        if Pyprofile:
+            profile.disable()
+            # Use filename of first model with ".cprofile" appended for python profiling information.
+            profile.dump_stats(self.fileList[0] + self.tnp + ".cprofile")
+        if Memtest:
+            self.memfile.close()
diff --git a/tools/profile/perftest.sh b/tools/profile/perftest.sh
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+#! /bin/bash
+
+# Example file to drive the performance profiling python test from the shell.
+# Built to support the Topological Naming Problem fixes from early 2024;
+# this will likely need tweaking for your use.
+
+notnp=<Path to your first executable to profile goes here>  #<dir>/bin/FreeCAD${cmd}
+tnp=<Path to your second executable to profile goes here>   #<dir/bin/FreeCAD${cmd}
+results="results.txt" # File to append measurements to.  We do not clear so xargs works on script
+
+perf record -o "$1.perf" $notnp -t TestPerf --pass "$@"
+perf record -o "$1.tnp.perf" $tnp -t TestPerf --pass "$@"
+
+# For interactive walking of the details using perf:
+#perf report -i $1.perf
+
+# After the two test runs above, process the resulting files to get the numbers.
+# For perf, use the 'script' command to pull the info out of the file, and then do a little
+# old school unix manipulation
+times=($(perf script -F time -i "$1.perf" | sed -e's/://' -e'1p;$!d'))  # first, last timestamps
+totaltime=$(echo ${times[1]} - ${times[0]} | bc)
+memory=$(grep .size: "$1.mprofile" | cut -f2 -d\  )
+memory2=$(perf script --header -i "$1.perf" | grep "data size" | cut -f2 -d:)
+
+timestnp=($(perf script -F time -i "$1.tnp.perf" | sed -e's/://' -e'1p;$!d'))  # first, last times
+totaltimetnp=$(echo ${timestnp[1]} - ${timestnp[0]} | bc)
+memorytnp=$(grep .size: "$1.tnp.mprofile" | cut -f2 -d\  )
+memory2tnp=$(perf script --header -i "$1.tnp.perf" | grep "data size" | cut -f2 -d:)
+
+# To calculate in this script instead of externally, you could do something like this:
+# delta=$(echo ${totaltimetnp} - ${totaltime} | bc)
+# percent=$(echo  "scale=6; ${delta} / ${totaltime} * 100" | bc)
+
+# Summarize the run of one document into a CSV line suitable for importing into a spreadsheet.
+echo $totaltime,$totaltimetnp,$memory,$memorytnp,$memory2,$memory2tnp,"$1" >>"${results}"
+