diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e9a017fe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+import { runCommand } from "citty";
+import { mkdtempSync, rmSync, writeFileSync } from "node:fs";
+import { tmpdir } from "node:os";
+import { join } from "node:path";
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { consumeCommandResult } from "../utils/commandResult.js";
+import benchmark from "./benchmark.js";
+
+const producer = vi.hoisted(() => ({ executeRenderJob: vi.fn<() => Promise<void>>() }));
+vi.mock("../utils/producer.js", () => ({
+  loadProducer: async () => ({
+    createRenderJob: (config: unknown) => ({ config }),
+    executeRenderJob: producer.executeRenderJob,
+  }),
+}));
+
+let projectDir: string;
+let clock: number;
+
+beforeEach(() => {
+  projectDir = mkdtempSync(join(tmpdir(), "hyperframes-benchmark-"));
+  writeFileSync(join(projectDir, "index.html"), "<div></div>");
+  vi.spyOn(process, "cwd").mockReturnValue(projectDir);
+  vi.spyOn(console, "log").mockImplementation(() => {});
+  clock = 0;
+  vi.spyOn(Date, "now").mockImplementation(() => clock++);
+  producer.executeRenderJob.mockReset();
+  producer.executeRenderJob.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+  consumeCommandResult();
+});
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  consumeCommandResult();
+  vi.restoreAllMocks();
+  rmSync(projectDir, { recursive: true, force: true });
+});
+
+async function runBenchmark(json: boolean, runs = 1) {
+  await runCommand(benchmark, {
+    rawArgs: [projectDir, "--runs", String(runs), ...(json ? ["--json"] : [])],
+  });
+  return consumeCommandResult();
+}
+
+describe.each([true, false])("benchmark (json=%s)", (json) => {
+  it.each([1, 2])("reports failure after all configs exhaust %i runs", async (runs) => {
+    producer.executeRenderJob.mockRejectedValue(new Error("Audio decoding failed"));
+
+    expect(await runBenchmark(json, runs)).toMatchObject({
+      exitCode: 1,
+      kind: "runtime_error",
+      presented: true,
+    });
+    expect(producer.executeRenderJob).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(5 * runs);
+
+    const output = vi.mocked(console.log).mock.calls.map((call) => String(call[0]));
+    if (json) {
+      expect(output).toHaveLength(1);
+      const payload: unknown = JSON.parse(output[0] ?? "");
+      expect(payload).toMatchObject({
+        results: Array.from({ length: 5 }, () => ({
+          failures: runs,
+          runs: [],
+          avgTimeMs: null,
+          avgSizeBytes: null,
+        })),
+        _meta: expect.any(Object),
+      });
+    } else {
+      expect(output.join("\n")).toContain("All configurations failed");
+    }
+  });
+
+  it("succeeds when every configuration renders", async () => {
+    expect(await runBenchmark(json)).toMatchObject({ exitCode: 0, kind: "success" });
+    expect(producer.executeRenderJob).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(5);
+  });
+
+  it("keeps the successful run when the other configurations fail", async () => {
+    producer.executeRenderJob
+      .mockRejectedValue(new Error("Configuration cannot render"))
+      .mockResolvedValueOnce(undefined);
+
+    expect(await runBenchmark(json)).toMatchObject({ exitCode: 0, kind: "success" });
+    expect(producer.executeRenderJob).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(5);
+  });
+
+  it("accepts completed runs that take less than one millisecond", async () => {
+    vi.mocked(Date.now).mockReturnValue(0);
+
+    expect(await runBenchmark(json)).toMatchObject({ exitCode: 0, kind: "success" });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.ts
index 7ac58bf6c3..7e42722123 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/benchmark.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { failCommand } from "../utils/commandResult.js";
+import { failCommand, setCommandExitCode } from "../utils/commandResult.js";
 import { defineCommand } from "citty";
 import type { Example } from "./_examples.js";
 import { existsSync, statSync } from "node:fs";
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ export default defineCommand({
       results.push({ config, runs, failures, avgTime, avgSize });
     }
 
+    if (results.every((result) => result.runs.length === 0)) {
+      setCommandExitCode(1);
+    }
+
     // ── Output results ───────────────────────────────────────────────────
     if (jsonOutput) {
       console.log(