diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/aggregate_test.go b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/aggregate_test.go
index c426f1caa74..59d72d37e08 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/aggregate_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/aggregate_test.go
@@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ func testBuilderFilter[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 		}
 
-		t.Run("NoFilter", run(Builder[N]{}, attr, nil))
-		t.Run("Filter", run(Builder[N]{Filter: attrFltr}, fltrAlice, []attribute.KeyValue{adminTrue}))
+		t.Run("NoFilter", run(Builder[N]{ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter}, attr, nil))
+		t.Run("Filter", run(Builder[N]{ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter, Filter: attrFltr}, fltrAlice, []attribute.KeyValue{adminTrue}))
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/exponential_histogram_test.go b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/exponential_histogram_test.go
index 9ede71ac88c..deb66ccacf1 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/exponential_histogram_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/exponential_histogram_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/internal/global"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/exemplar"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 )
 
@@ -682,22 +683,26 @@ func BenchmarkExponentialHistogram(b *testing.B) {
 
 	b.Run("Int64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExponentialBucketHistogram(maxSize, maxScale, noMinMax, noSum)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Int64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExponentialBucketHistogram(maxSize, maxScale, noMinMax, noSum)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Float64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExponentialBucketHistogram(maxSize, maxScale, noMinMax, noSum)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Float64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExponentialBucketHistogram(maxSize, maxScale, noMinMax, noSum)
 	}))
 }
@@ -747,6 +752,7 @@ func testDeltaExpoHist[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 2,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.ExponentialBucketHistogram(4, 20, false, false)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -874,6 +880,7 @@ func testCumulativeExpoHist[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 2,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.ExponentialBucketHistogram(4, 20, false, false)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/filtered_reservoir.go b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/filtered_reservoir.go
index 91035c9d100..a600eb1e413 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/filtered_reservoir.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/filtered_reservoir.go
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func newFilteredExemplarReservoir[N int64 | float64](f exemplar.Filter, r exempl
 }
 
 func (f *filteredExemplarReservoir[N]) Offer(ctx context.Context, val N, attr []attribute.KeyValue) {
-	if f.filter != nil && f.filter(ctx) {
+	if f.filter(ctx) {
 		// only record the current time if we are sampling this measurement.
 		f.reservoir.Offer(ctx, time.Now(), exemplar.NewValue(val), attr)
 	}
diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/histogram_test.go b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/histogram_test.go
index 4484a33fa45..769fc07fa11 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/histogram_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/histogram_test.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/attribute"
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/exemplar"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata/metricdatatest"
 )
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ func testDeltaHist[N int64 | float64](c conf[N]) func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.ExplicitBucketHistogram(bounds, noMinMax, c.noSum)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -141,6 +143,7 @@ func testCumulativeHist[N int64 | float64](c conf[N]) func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.ExplicitBucketHistogram(bounds, noMinMax, c.noSum)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -375,22 +378,26 @@ func TestDeltaHistogramReset(t *testing.T) {
 func BenchmarkHistogram(b *testing.B) {
 	b.Run("Int64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExplicitBucketHistogram(bounds, noMinMax, false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Int64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExplicitBucketHistogram(bounds, noMinMax, false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Float64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExplicitBucketHistogram(bounds, noMinMax, false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Float64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.ExplicitBucketHistogram(bounds, noMinMax, false)
 	}))
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/lastvalue_test.go b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/lastvalue_test.go
index 77e0d283ba0..349ed337c50 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/lastvalue_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/lastvalue_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/exemplar"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 )
 
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ func testDeltaLastValue[N int64 | float64]() func(*testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.LastValue()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -143,6 +145,7 @@ func testCumulativeLastValue[N int64 | float64]() func(*testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.LastValue()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -265,6 +268,7 @@ func testDeltaPrecomputedLastValue[N int64 | float64]() func(*testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.PrecomputedLastValue()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -369,6 +373,7 @@ func testCumulativePrecomputedLastValue[N int64 | float64]() func(*testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.PrecomputedLastValue()
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -469,6 +474,8 @@ func testCumulativePrecomputedLastValue[N int64 | float64]() func(*testing.T) {
 }
 
 func BenchmarkLastValue(b *testing.B) {
-	b.Run("Int64", benchmarkAggregate(Builder[int64]{}.PrecomputedLastValue))
-	b.Run("Float64", benchmarkAggregate(Builder[float64]{}.PrecomputedLastValue))
+	b.Run("Int64", benchmarkAggregate(Builder[int64]{
+		ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter}.PrecomputedLastValue))
+	b.Run("Float64", benchmarkAggregate(Builder[float64]{
+		ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter}.PrecomputedLastValue))
 }
diff --git a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/sum_test.go b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/sum_test.go
index bb825e18375..524af5d0407 100644
--- a/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/sum_test.go
+++ b/sdk/metric/internal/aggregate/sum_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"testing"
 
+	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/exemplar"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/otel/sdk/metric/metricdata"
 )
 
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ func testDeltaSum[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.Sum(mono)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ func testCumulativeSum[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.Sum(mono)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -286,6 +289,7 @@ func testDeltaPrecomputedSum[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.PrecomputedSum(mono)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -415,6 +419,7 @@ func testCumulativePrecomputedSum[N int64 | float64]() func(t *testing.T) {
 		Temporality:      metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
 		Filter:           attrFltr,
 		AggregationLimit: 3,
+		ExemplarFilter:   exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 	}.PrecomputedSum(mono)
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	return test[N](in, out, []teststep[N]{
@@ -544,43 +549,51 @@ func BenchmarkSum(b *testing.B) {
 	// performance, therefore, only monotonic=false is benchmarked here.
 	b.Run("Int64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.Sum(false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Int64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.Sum(false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Float64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.Sum(false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Float64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.Sum(false)
 	}))
 
 	b.Run("Precomputed/Int64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.PrecomputedSum(false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Precomputed/Int64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[int64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[int64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.PrecomputedSum(false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Precomputed/Float64/Cumulative", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.CumulativeTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.PrecomputedSum(false)
 	}))
 	b.Run("Precomputed/Float64/Delta", benchmarkAggregate(func() (Measure[float64], ComputeAggregation) {
 		return Builder[float64]{
-			Temporality: metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			Temporality:    metricdata.DeltaTemporality,
+			ExemplarFilter: exemplar.AlwaysOffFilter,
 		}.PrecomputedSum(false)
 	}))
 }