diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d9de0e97f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: Benchmarking
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  benchmarks:
+    name: Gate benchmarks
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-18.04]
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning master
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: main
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.7'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get -y -q install cmake gcc
+
+      - name: Get required Python packages
+        run: |
+          cd main
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          pip install matplotlib
+
+      - name: Install lightning.qubit device (master)
+        run: |
+          cd main
+          pip install -e .
+
+      - name: Benchmark lightning master device
+        run: |
+          cd main
+          python .github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py lightning.qubit lightning_master.json
+
+      - name: Benchmark default qubit device
+        run: |
+          cd main
+          python .github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py default.qubit default_qubit.json
+
+      - name: Checkout PennyLane-Lightning PR
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+          path: main/pr
+
+      - name: Install lightning.qubit device (PR)
+        run: |
+          cd main
+          make clean
+          pip uninstall pennylane-lightning -y
+          cd pr
+          pip install -e .
+
+      - name: Benchmark lightning PR device
+        run: |
+          cd main/pr
+          python .github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py lightning.qubit lightning_pr.json
+          mv lightning_pr.json ..
+
+      - name: Plot results
+        run: |
+          cd main
+          python .github/workflows/benchmarks/plot_results.py
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: gates.png
+          path: ./main/gates.png
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks/parameters.py b/.github/workflows/benchmarks/parameters.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c9ecbecd61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks/parameters.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Copyright 2018-2021 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+qubits = [1, 3, 5, 10, 15, 18]
+ops = ["PauliX", "T", "Hadamard", "CNOT"]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks/plot_results.py b/.github/workflows/benchmarks/plot_results.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0927e07c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks/plot_results.py
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+# Copyright 2018-2021 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2018 Xiuzhe (Roger) Luo,
+# and other contributors.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+# Acknowledging the approach for plotting from the quantum-benchmarks repository
+# at https://github.com/Roger-luo/quantum-benchmarks.
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import os
+import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
+from matplotlib.ticker import MaxNLocator
+import json
+from parameters import qubits, ops
+import numpy as np
+
+colors = ["darkblue", "tab:orange", "tab:olive"]
+projects = [
+    "lightning_master.json",
+    "lightning_pr.json",
+    "default_qubit.json",
+]
+
+COLOR = dict(zip(projects, colors))
+
+op_results = {o: [] for o in ops}
+
+for p in projects:
+    with open(p) as f:
+        data = json.load(f)
+        for k in data.keys():
+            op_results[k].append(data[k])
+
+fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, 2, figsize=(10, 8))
+((ax1, ax2), (ax3, ax4)) = ax
+
+axes = ax.flatten()
+
+for op, a in zip(ops, ax.flatten()):
+    a.set_xlabel("nqubits", size=16)
+    a.set_ylabel("ns", size=16)
+    a.set_title(op + " gate")
+    a.xaxis.set_major_locator(MaxNLocator(integer=True))
+
+for a, op in zip(axes, op_results.keys()):
+    for k, v in enumerate(projects):
+        data = op_results[op][k]
+        data = np.array(data) * 1e9
+        a.semilogy(qubits, data, "-o", markersize=4, color=COLOR[v], linestyle="None")
+
+plots = []
+plt.tight_layout()
+plt.subplots_adjust(top=0.85)
+
+lgd = fig.legend(
+    plots,
+    labels=[p.split(".")[0] for p in projects],
+    loc="upper center",
+    ncol=4,
+    frameon=False,
+    prop={"size": 15},
+    borderaxespad=-0.4,
+    bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 0.97),
+)
+
+plt.savefig("gates.png")
diff --git a/.github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py b/.github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20a9562e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+# Copyright 2018-2021 Xanadu Quantum Technologies Inc.
+
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# The MIT License (MIT)
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2009-2018 Xiuzhe (Roger) Luo,
+# and other contributors.
+#
+# Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+# of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+# in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+# to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+#
+# The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+# copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+#
+# THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+# IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+# AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+# LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+# OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+# SOFTWARE.
+
+# Acknowledging the benchmarking approach from the quantum-benchmarks repository
+# at https://github.com/Roger-luo/quantum-benchmarks.
+
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+# pylint: disable=cell-var-from-loop
+# Generate data
+import pennylane as qml
+import timeit
+import json
+import sys
+from parameters import qubits, ops
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+    raise ValueError(
+        "Please provide the device name and the filename as the only arguments."
+    )
+
+device_string, filename = sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]
+
+op_res = {o: [] for o in ops}
+
+for num_q in qubits:
+    dev = qml.device(device_string, wires=num_q)
+    for gate in ops:
+
+        def apply_op():
+            # Calling apply to minimize the Python overhead
+            pennylane_op = getattr(qml, gate)
+            if pennylane_op.num_wires == 1:
+                dev.apply([pennylane_op(wires=0)])
+            elif num_q > 1 and pennylane_op.num_wires == 2:
+                dev.apply([pennylane_op(wires=[0, 1])])
+
+        number = 10000
+        res = timeit.timeit(apply_op, number=number) / number
+        op_res[gate].append(res)
+
+with open(filename, "w") as fp:
+    json.dump(op_res, fp)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5d31bec846..47cffa4f08 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-18.04]
-
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
index 261eeb9e9f..02317d08a1 100644
--- a/LICENSE
+++ b/LICENSE
@@ -199,3 +199,14 @@
    WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    limitations under the License.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+This product bundles various third-party components under other open source
+licenses. This section summarizes those components and their licenses.
+
+
+The MIT License (MIT)
+---------------------
+
+.github/workflows/benchmarks/run_bench.py
+.github/workflows/benchmarks/plot_results.py