diff --git a/.github/workflows/dep_build_wasm_examples.yml b/.github/workflows/dep_build_wasm_examples.yml
index 5b99316..7cf7c58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/dep_build_wasm_examples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/dep_build_wasm_examples.yml
@@ -77,14 +77,7 @@ jobs:
             cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/wasm-clang-builder:buildcache
             cache-to: ${{ env.CACHE_TO }}
         - name: Build Modules
-          run: |
-              for FILENAME in $(find . -name '*.c')
-              do
-                  echo Building ${FILENAME}
-                  docker run --rm -i -v "${PWD}:/tmp/host" ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/wasm-clang-builder:latest /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/clang -flto -ffunction-sections -mexec-model=reactor -O3 -z stack-size=4096 -Wl,--initial-memory=65536 -Wl,--export=__data_end -Wl,--export=__heap_base,--export=malloc,--export=free,--export=__wasm_call_ctors -Wl,--strip-all,--no-entry -Wl,--allow-undefined -Wl,--gc-sections  -o /tmp/host/${FILENAME%.*}-wasi-libc.wasm /tmp/host/${FILENAME}
-                  cargo run -p hyperlight-wasm-aot compile ${FILENAME%.*}-wasi-libc.wasm ${FILENAME%.*}.aot
-                  cp ${FILENAME%.*}.aot ${FILENAME%.*}.wasm
-              done
+          run: just build-wasm-examples release
           shell: bash
           working-directory:  src/wasmsamples
         - name: Upload Wasm Modules
@@ -92,5 +85,5 @@ jobs:
           with:
             name: guest-modules
             path: | 
-              src/wasmsamples/*.wasm
-              src/wasmsamples/*.aot
+              src/x64/release/*.wasm
+              src/x64/release/*.aot
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5cb9465..b99517d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -479,3 +479,4 @@ target/
 # MSVC Windows builds of rustc generate these, which store debugging information
 *.pdb
 src/component_sample/**/*.wasm
+src/wasmsamples/components/bindings/
diff --git a/Justfile b/Justfile
index 209b2c0..92b473d 100644
--- a/Justfile
+++ b/Justfile
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ build-wasm-examples-command := if os() == "windows" { "./src/hyperlight_wasm/scr
 mkdir-arg := if os() == "windows" { "-Force" } else { "-p" }
 latest-release:= if os() == "windows" {"$(git tag -l --sort=v:refname | select -last 2 | select -first 1)"} else {`git tag -l --sort=v:refname | tail -n 2 | head -n 1`}
 wit-world := if os() == "windows" { "$env:WIT_WORLD=\"" + justfile_directory() + "\\src\\component_sample\\wit\\component-world.wasm" + "\";" } else { "WIT_WORLD=" + justfile_directory() + "/src/component_sample/wit/component-world.wasm" }
+wit-world-c := if os() == "windows" { "$env:WIT_WORLD=\"" + justfile_directory() + "\\src\\wasmsamples\\components\\runcomponent-world.wasm" + "\";" } else { "WIT_WORLD=" + justfile_directory() + "/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent-world.wasm" }
 
 set windows-shell := ["pwsh.exe", "-NoLogo", "-Command"]
 
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@ mkdir-redist target=default-target:
 build-wasm-runtime target=default-target:
     cd ./src/wasm_runtime && cargo build --verbose --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} && rm -R target
 
-build-wasm-examples target=default-target:
+build-wasm-examples target=default-target: (ensure-tools)
+    wasm-tools component wit ./src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit -w -o ./src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent-world.wasm
     {{ build-wasm-examples-command }} {{target}}
 
 build-rust-wasm-examples target=default-target: (mkdir-redist target)
@@ -101,10 +103,14 @@ examples-components target=default-target features="": (build-rust-component-exa
     {{ wit-world }} cargo run {{ if features =="" {''} else {"--no-default-features -F " + features } }} --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} --example component_example
 
 # warning, compares to and then OVERWRITES the given baseline
-bench-ci baseline target=default-target features="":
-    cd src/hyperlight_wasm && cargo bench --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} {{ if features =="" {''} else { "--features " + features } }} -- --verbose --save-baseline {{baseline}}
-bench target=default-target features="":
-    cd src/hyperlight_wasm &&  cargo bench --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} {{ if features =="" {''} else { "--features " + features } }} -- --verbose
+bench-ci baseline target="release" features="":
+    cd src/hyperlight_wasm && cargo bench --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} {{ if features =="" {''} else { "--features " + features } }} --bench benchmarks -- --verbose --save-baseline {{baseline}}
+    cd src/hyperlight_wasm && {{wit-world-c}} cargo bench --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} {{ if features =="" {''} else { "--features " + features } }} --bench benchmarks_components -- --verbose --save-baseline {{baseline}}-components
+bench target="release" features="": (bench-wasm target features) (bench-components target features)
+bench-wasm target="release" features="":
+    cd src/hyperlight_wasm &&  cargo bench --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} {{ if features =="" {''} else { "--features " + features } }} --bench benchmarks -- --verbose 
+bench-components target="release" features="":
+    cd src/hyperlight_wasm && {{wit-world-c}} cargo bench --profile={{ if target == "debug" {"dev"} else { target } }} {{ if features =="" {''} else { "--features " + features } }} --bench benchmarks_components -- --verbose
 bench-download os hypervisor cpu tag="":
     gh release download {{ tag }} -D ./src/hyperlight_wasm/target/ -p benchmarks_{{ os }}_{{ hypervisor }}_{{ cpu }}.tar.gz
     mkdir {{ mkdir-arg }} ./src/hyperlight_wasm/target/criterion
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm/Cargo.toml b/src/hyperlight_wasm/Cargo.toml
index 7e3280b..7c2ae4d 100644
--- a/src/hyperlight_wasm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm/Cargo.toml
@@ -88,3 +88,8 @@ mshv3 = ["hyperlight-host/mshv3"]
 [[bench]]
 name = "benchmarks"
 harness = false
+
+[[bench]]
+name = "benchmarks_components"
+harness = false
+
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm/benches/benchmarks_components.rs b/src/hyperlight_wasm/benches/benchmarks_components.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..34d7e8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm/benches/benchmarks_components.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
+
+use criterion::{Bencher, Criterion, criterion_group, criterion_main};
+use hyperlight_wasm::{LoadedWasmSandbox, SandboxBuilder};
+
+use crate::bindings::example::runcomponent::Guest;
+
+extern crate alloc;
+mod bindings {
+    hyperlight_component_macro::host_bindgen!(
+        "../../src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent-world.wasm"
+    );
+}
+
+pub struct State {}
+impl State {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        State {}
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for State {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+impl bindings::example::runcomponent::Host for State {
+    fn r#get_time_since_boot_microsecond(&mut self) -> i64 {
+        let res = std::time::SystemTime::now()
+            .duration_since(std::time::SystemTime::UNIX_EPOCH)
+            .unwrap()
+            .as_micros();
+        i64::try_from(res).unwrap()
+    }
+}
+
+impl bindings::example::runcomponent::RuncomponentImports for State {
+    type Host = State;
+
+    fn r#host(&mut self) -> impl ::core::borrow::BorrowMut<Self::Host> {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+fn wasm_component_guest_call_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("wasm_component_guest_functions");
+
+    let bench_guest_function = |b: &mut Bencher<'_>, ext| {
+        let (sb, rt) = get_loaded_wasm_sandbox(ext);
+        let mut wrapped = bindings::RuncomponentSandbox { sb, rt };
+        let instance = bindings::example::runcomponent::RuncomponentExports::guest(&mut wrapped);
+
+        b.iter(|| {
+            instance.echo("Hello World!".to_string());
+        });
+    };
+
+    group.bench_function("wasm_guest_call", |b: &mut Bencher<'_>| {
+        bench_guest_function(b, "wasm");
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("wasm_guest_call_aot", |b: &mut Bencher<'_>| {
+        bench_guest_function(b, "aot");
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+fn wasm_component_sandbox_benchmark(c: &mut Criterion) {
+    let mut group = c.benchmark_group("wasm_component_sandboxes");
+    let create_wasm_sandbox = || {
+        get_loaded_wasm_sandbox("wasm");
+    };
+
+    group.bench_function("create_sandbox", |b| {
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(create_wasm_sandbox);
+    });
+
+    group.bench_function("create_sandbox_and_drop", |b| {
+        b.iter(create_wasm_sandbox);
+    });
+
+    group.finish();
+}
+
+fn get_loaded_wasm_sandbox(
+    ext: &str,
+) -> (
+    LoadedWasmSandbox,
+    Arc<Mutex<bindings::RuncomponentResources<State>>>,
+) {
+    let state = State::new();
+    let mut sandbox = SandboxBuilder::new().build().unwrap();
+    let rt = bindings::register_host_functions(&mut sandbox, state);
+
+    let sb = sandbox.load_runtime().unwrap();
+
+    let sb = sb
+        .load_module(format!("../../x64/release/runcomponent.{ext}",))
+        .unwrap();
+    (sb, rt)
+}
+
+criterion_group! {
+    name = benches_components;
+    config = Criterion::default();//.warm_up_time(Duration::from_millis(50)); // If warm_up_time is default 3s warmup, the benchmark will fail due memory error
+    targets = wasm_component_guest_call_benchmark, wasm_component_sandbox_benchmark
+}
+criterion_main!(benches_components);
diff --git a/src/hyperlight_wasm/scripts/build-wasm-examples.sh b/src/hyperlight_wasm/scripts/build-wasm-examples.sh
index a14a5d2..e926358 100755
--- a/src/hyperlight_wasm/scripts/build-wasm-examples.sh
+++ b/src/hyperlight_wasm/scripts/build-wasm-examples.sh
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ OUTPUT_DIR=$(realpath $OUTPUT_DIR)
 
 if [ -f "/.dockerenv" ] || grep -q docker /proc/1/cgroup; then
     # running in a container so use the installed wasi-sdk as the devcontainer has this installed  
-    for FILENAME in $(find . -name '*.c')
+    for FILENAME in $(find . -name '*.c' -not -path './components/*')
     do
         echo Building ${FILENAME}
         # Build the wasm file with wasi-libc for wasmtime
@@ -23,6 +23,29 @@ if [ -f "/.dockerenv" ] || grep -q docker /proc/1/cgroup; then
         cargo run -p hyperlight-wasm-aot compile ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}-wasi-libc.wasm ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}.aot
         cp ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}.aot ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}.wasm
     done
+
+    for WIT_FILE in ${PWD}/components/*.wit; do
+        COMPONENT_NAME=$(basename ${WIT_FILE} .wit)
+        echo Building component: ${COMPONENT_NAME}
+
+        # Generate bindings for the component
+        wit-bindgen c ${WIT_FILE} --out-dir ${PWD}/components/bindings
+
+        # Build the wasm file with wasi-libc for wasmtime
+        /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/wasm32-wasip2-clang \
+            -ffunction-sections -mexec-model=reactor -O3 -z stack-size=4096 \
+            -Wl,--initial-memory=65536 -Wl,--export=__data_end -Wl,--export=__heap_base,--export=malloc,--export=free,--export=__wasm_call_ctors \
+            -Wl,--strip-all,--no-entry -Wl,--allow-undefined -Wl,--gc-sections \
+            -o ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}-p2.wasm \
+            ${PWD}/components/${COMPONENT_NAME}.c \
+            ${PWD}/components/bindings/${COMPONENT_NAME}.c \
+            ${PWD}/components/bindings/${COMPONENT_NAME}_component_type.o
+
+        # Build AOT for Wasmtime
+        cargo run -p hyperlight-wasm-aot compile --component ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}-p2.wasm ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.aot
+        cp ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.aot ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.wasm
+    done
+
 else 
     # not running in a container so use the docker image to build the wasm files
     echo Building docker image that has Wasm sdk. Should be quick if preivoulsy built and no changes to dockerfile.
@@ -33,17 +56,41 @@ else
 
     docker build --build-arg GCC_VERSION=12 --build-arg WASI_SDK_VERSION_FULL=25.0 --cache-from ghcr.io/hyperlight-dev/wasm-clang-builder:latest -t wasm-clang-builder:latest . 2> ${OUTPUT_DIR}/dockerbuild.log
 
-    for FILENAME in $(find . -name '*.c')
+    for FILENAME in $(find . -name '*.c' -not -path './components/*')
     do
         echo Building ${FILENAME}
         # Build the wasm file with wasi-libc for wasmtime
-        docker run --rm -i -v "${PWD}:/tmp/host" -v "${OUTPUT_DIR}:/tmp/output" wasm-clang-builder:latest /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/clang -flto -ffunction-sections -mexec-model=reactor -O3 -z stack-size=4096 -Wl,--initial-memory=65536 -Wl,--export=__data_end -Wl,--export=__heap_base,--export=malloc,--export=free,--export=__wasm_call_ctors -Wl,--strip-all,--no-entry -Wl,--allow-undefined -Wl,--gc-sections  -o /tmp/output/${FILENAME%.*}-wasi-libc.wasm /tmp/host/${FILENAME}
+        docker run --rm -i -v "${PWD}:/tmp/host" -v "${OUTPUT_DIR}:/tmp/output/" wasm-clang-builder:latest /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/clang -flto -ffunction-sections -mexec-model=reactor -O3 -z stack-size=4096 -Wl,--initial-memory=65536 -Wl,--export=__data_end -Wl,--export=__heap_base,--export=malloc,--export=free,--export=__wasm_call_ctors -Wl,--strip-all,--no-entry -Wl,--allow-undefined -Wl,--gc-sections  -o /tmp/output/${FILENAME%.*}-wasi-libc.wasm /tmp/host/${FILENAME}
 
         # Build AOT for Wasmtime; note that Wasmtime does not support
         # interpreting, so its wasm binary is secretly an AOT binary.
         cargo run -p hyperlight-wasm-aot compile ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}-wasi-libc.wasm ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}.aot
         cp ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}.aot ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${FILENAME%.*}.wasm
     done
+
+    echo Building components
+    # Iterate over all .wit files in the components folder
+    for WIT_FILE in ${PWD}/components/*.wit; do
+        COMPONENT_NAME=$(basename ${WIT_FILE} .wit)
+        echo Building component: ${COMPONENT_NAME}
+
+        # Generate bindings for the component
+        wit-bindgen c ${WIT_FILE} --out-dir ${PWD}/components/bindings
+
+        # Build the wasm file with wasi-libc for wasmtime
+        docker run --rm -i -v "${PWD}:/tmp/host" -v "${OUTPUT_DIR}:/tmp/output/" wasm-clang-builder:latest /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/wasm32-wasip2-clang \
+            -ffunction-sections -mexec-model=reactor -O3 -z stack-size=4096 \
+            -Wl,--initial-memory=65536 -Wl,--export=__data_end -Wl,--export=__heap_base,--export=malloc,--export=free,--export=__wasm_call_ctors \
+            -Wl,--strip-all,--no-entry -Wl,--allow-undefined -Wl,--gc-sections \
+            -o /tmp/output/${COMPONENT_NAME}-p2.wasm \
+            /tmp/host/components/${COMPONENT_NAME}.c \
+            /tmp/host/components/bindings/${COMPONENT_NAME}.c \
+            /tmp/host/components/bindings/${COMPONENT_NAME}_component_type.o
+
+        # Build AOT for Wasmtime
+        cargo run -p hyperlight-wasm-aot compile --component ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}-p2.wasm ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.aot
+        cp ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.aot ${OUTPUT_DIR}/${COMPONENT_NAME}.wasm
+    done
 fi
 
 popd
diff --git a/src/wasmsamples/compile-wasm.bat b/src/wasmsamples/compile-wasm.bat
index e4c7d10..8b9fd44 100644
--- a/src/wasmsamples/compile-wasm.bat
+++ b/src/wasmsamples/compile-wasm.bat
@@ -31,6 +31,22 @@ for /R "%1" %%i in (*.c) do (
     copy  %2\%%~ni.aot  %2\%%~ni.wasm
 )
 
+echo Building components
+for %%j in (%~1\components\*.wit) do (
+    set "COMPONENT_NAME=%%~nj"
+    echo Building component: !COMPONENT_NAME!
+
+    rem Generate bindings for the component
+    wit-bindgen c %%j --out-dir %~1\components\bindings
+
+    rem Build the wasm file with wasi-libc for wasmtime
+    %dockercmd% run --rm -i -v !dockerinput!:/tmp/host1 -v !dockeroutput!:/tmp/host2 wasm-clang-builder /opt/wasi-sdk/bin/wasm32-wasip2-clang -ffunction-sections -mexec-model=reactor -O3 -z stack-size=4096 -Wl,--initial-memory=65536 -Wl,--export=__data_end -Wl,--export=__heap_base,--export=malloc,--export=free,--export=__wasm_call_ctors -Wl,--strip-all,--no-entry -Wl,--allow-undefined -Wl,--gc-sections -o /tmp/host2/!COMPONENT_NAME!-p2.wasm /tmp/host1/components/!COMPONENT_NAME!.c /tmp/host1/components/bindings/!COMPONENT_NAME!.c /tmp/host1/components/bindings/!COMPONENT_NAME!_component_type.o
+
+    rem Build AOT for Wasmtime
+    cargo run -p hyperlight-wasm-aot compile --component %2\!COMPONENT_NAME!-p2.wasm %2\!COMPONENT_NAME!.aot
+    copy %2\!COMPONENT_NAME!.aot %2\!COMPONENT_NAME!.wasm
+)
+
 goto :EOF
 :Error
 echo Usage - compile-wasm ^<source directory^> ^<output directory^>
diff --git a/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d3d43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.c
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#include "bindings/runcomponent.h"
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+void exports_example_runcomponent_guest_echo(runcomponent_string_t *msg, runcomponent_string_t *ret)
+{
+  ret->len = msg->len;
+  ret->ptr = (uint8_t *) malloc(ret->len);
+  memcpy(ret->ptr, msg->ptr, ret->len);
+  runcomponent_string_free(msg);
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..941fcbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wasmsamples/components/runcomponent.wit
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+package example:runcomponent;
+
+interface guest {
+    echo: func(msg: string) -> string;
+}
+
+interface host {
+    get-time-since-boot-microsecond: func() -> s64;
+}
+
+world runcomponent {
+    export guest;
+    import host;
+}
\ No newline at end of file