diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-parity.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-parity.yml
index 428f0f5a..c527b1b3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-parity.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-parity.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install LitServe
         run: |
           pip --version
-          pip install . torchvision jsonargparse uvloop -U -q -r _requirements/test.txt -U -q
+          pip install . torchvision jsonargparse uvloop tenacity -U -q -r _requirements/test.txt -U -q
           pip list
 
-      - name: Tests
+      - name: Parity test
         run: export PYTHONPATH=$PWD && python tests/parity_fastapi/main.py
+
+      - name: Streaming speed test
+        run: bash tests/perf_test/stream/run_test.sh
diff --git a/tests/perf_test/stream/run_test.sh b/tests/perf_test/stream/run_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03cc139b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf_test/stream/run_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# 1. Test server streams data very fast
+
+# Function to clean up server process
+cleanup() {
+    pkill -f "python tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/server.py"
+}
+
+# Trap script exit to run cleanup
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Start the server in the background and capture its PID
+python tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/server.py &
+SERVER_PID=$!
+
+echo "Server started with PID $SERVER_PID"
+
+# Run your benchmark script
+echo "Preparing to run benchmark.py..."
+
+export PYTHONPATH=$PWD && python tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/benchmark.py
+
+# Check if benchmark.py exited successfully
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "benchmark.py failed to run successfully."
+    exit 1
+else
+    echo "benchmark.py ran successfully."
+fi
diff --git a/tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/benchmark.py b/tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/benchmark.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ddeb2f2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/benchmark.py
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"""Consume 10K tokens from the stream endpoint and measure the speed."""
+
+import logging
+import time
+
+import requests
+from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt
+
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+# Configuration
+SERVER_URL = "http://0.0.0.0:8000/predict"
+TOTAL_TOKENS = 10000
+EXPECTED_TTFT = 0.005  # time to first token
+
+# tokens per second
+MAX_SPEED = 3600  # 3600 on GitHub CI, 10000 on M3 Pro
+
+session = requests.Session()
+
+
+def speed_test():
+    start = time.time()
+    resp = session.post(SERVER_URL, stream=True, json={"input": 1})
+    num_tokens = 0
+    ttft = None  # time to first token
+    for line in resp.iter_lines():
+        if not line:
+            continue
+        if ttft is None:
+            ttft = time.time() - start
+            print(f"Time to first token: {ttft}")
+            assert ttft < EXPECTED_TTFT, "Expected time to first token to be less than 0.1 seconds"
+        num_tokens += 1
+    end = time.time()
+    resp.raise_for_status()
+    assert num_tokens == TOTAL_TOKENS, f"Expected {TOTAL_TOKENS} tokens, got {num_tokens}"
+    speed = num_tokens / (end - start)
+    return {"speed": speed, "time": end - start}
+
+
+@retry(stop=stop_after_attempt(10))
+def main():
+    for i in range(10):
+        try:
+            resp = requests.get("http://localhost:8000/health")
+            if resp.status_code == 200:
+                break
+        except requests.exceptions.ConnectionError as e:
+            logger.error(f"Error connecting to server: {e}")
+        time.sleep(10)
+    data = speed_test()
+    speed = data["speed"]
+    print(data)
+    assert speed >= MAX_SPEED, f"Expected streaming speed to be greater than {MAX_SPEED}, got {speed}"
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/server.py b/tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..03e5dc80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/perf_test/stream/stream_speed/server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+import litserve as ls
+
+
+class SimpleStreamingAPI(ls.LitAPI):
+    def setup(self, device) -> None:
+        self.model = None
+
+    def decode_request(self, request):
+        return request["input"]
+
+    def predict(self, x):
+        yield from range(10000)
+
+    def encode_response(self, output_stream):
+        for output in output_stream:
+            yield {"output": output}
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    api = SimpleStreamingAPI()
+    server = ls.LitServer(
+        api,
+        stream=True,
+    )
+    server.run(port=8000, generate_client_file=False)