diff --git a/modules/imgcodecs/perf/perf_decode_encode.cpp b/modules/imgcodecs/perf/perf_decode_encode.cpp
index 5f675f7a44..bdef7882ee 100644
--- a/modules/imgcodecs/perf/perf_decode_encode.cpp
+++ b/modules/imgcodecs/perf/perf_decode_encode.cpp
@@ -7,10 +7,82 @@
 namespace opencv_test
 {
 
-#ifdef HAVE_PNG
-
 using namespace perf;
 
+static Animation makeCirclesAnimation(Size size = Size(320, 240), int type = CV_8UC4, int nbits = 8, int frameCount = 40)
+{
+    struct AnimatedCircle {
+        cv::Point2f pos;
+        cv::Point2f velocity;
+        float radius;
+        float radius_speed;
+        cv::Scalar color;
+        cv::Scalar border_color;
+    };
+
+    const int numCircles = 80;
+    const int maxval = (1 << nbits) - 1;
+
+    cv::RNG rng = theRNG();
+    std::vector<AnimatedCircle> circles;
+    Animation animation;
+
+    // Initialize animated circles
+    for (int i = 0; i < numCircles; ++i) {
+        AnimatedCircle c;
+        c.pos = cv::Point2f(rng.uniform(0.f, (float)size.width),
+            rng.uniform(0.f, (float)size.height));
+        c.velocity = cv::Point2f(rng.uniform(-2.f, 2.f),
+            rng.uniform(-2.f, 2.f));
+        c.radius = rng.uniform(10.f, 40.f);
+        c.radius_speed = rng.uniform(-0.5f, 0.5f);
+        c.color = cv::Scalar(rng.uniform(0, maxval),
+            rng.uniform(0, maxval),
+            rng.uniform(0, maxval),
+            rng.uniform(230, maxval));
+        c.border_color = c.color;
+        circles.push_back(c);
+    }
+
+    // Generate frames
+    for (int frame = 0; frame < frameCount; ++frame) {
+        cv::Mat img(size, type, cv::Scalar(20, 0, 10, 128));
+
+        for (size_t i = 0; i < circles.size(); ++i) {
+            AnimatedCircle& c = circles[i];
+
+            // Update position
+            c.pos += c.velocity;
+
+            // Bounce on edges
+            if (c.pos.x < 0 || c.pos.x > size.width) c.velocity.x *= -1;
+            if (c.pos.y < 0 || c.pos.y > size.height) c.velocity.y *= -1;
+
+            // Update radius
+            c.radius += c.radius_speed;
+            if (c.radius < 10.f || c.radius > 80.f) {
+                c.radius_speed *= -1;
+                c.radius = std::max(10.f, std::min(c.radius, 80.f));
+            }
+
+            c.color = c.color - Scalar(c.velocity.x, 0, c.velocity.y, rng.uniform(1, 4));
+
+            // Draw
+            cv::circle(img, c.pos, (int)c.radius, c.color, cv::FILLED, cv::LINE_AA);
+            cv::circle(img, c.pos, (int)c.radius, c.border_color, 1, cv::LINE_AA);
+        }
+
+        animation.frames.push_back(img);
+        animation.durations.push_back(20); // milliseconds
+    }
+
+    for (int i = (int)animation.frames.size() - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
+        animation.frames.push_back(animation.frames[i].clone());
+        animation.durations.push_back(15);
+    }
+    return animation;
+}
+
 typedef perf::TestBaseWithParam<std::string> Decode;
 typedef perf::TestBaseWithParam<std::string> Encode;
 
@@ -32,7 +104,9 @@ const string exts[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_JPEGXL
     ".jxl",
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PNG
     ".png",
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_PXM
     ".ppm",
 #endif
@@ -54,7 +128,9 @@ const string exts_multi[] = {
 #ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_GIF
     ".gif",
 #endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PNG
     ".png",
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_TIFF
     ".tiff",
 #endif
@@ -63,6 +139,23 @@ const string exts_multi[] = {
 #endif
 };
 
+const string exts_anim[] = {
+#ifdef HAVE_AVIF
+    ".avif",
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_IMGCODEC_GIF
+    ".gif",
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_PNG
+    ".png",
+#endif
+#ifdef HAVE_WEBP
+    ".webp",
+#endif
+};
+
+#ifdef HAVE_PNG
+
 PERF_TEST_P(Decode, bgr, testing::ValuesIn(exts))
 {
     String filename = getDataPath("perf/1920x1080.png");
@@ -126,6 +219,63 @@ PERF_TEST_P(Encode, multi, testing::ValuesIn(exts_multi))
 
     SANITY_CHECK_NOTHING();
 }
+
 #endif // HAVE_PNG
 
+PERF_TEST_P(Encode, animation, testing::ValuesIn(exts_anim))
+{
+    Animation animation = makeCirclesAnimation();
+
+    TEST_CYCLE()
+    {
+        vector<uchar> buf;
+        EXPECT_TRUE(imencodeanimation(GetParam().c_str(), animation, buf));
+    }
+
+    SANITY_CHECK_NOTHING();
+}
+
+PERF_TEST_P(Encode, multi_page, testing::ValuesIn(exts_multi))
+{
+    Animation animation = makeCirclesAnimation();
+
+    TEST_CYCLE()
+    {
+        vector<uchar> buf;
+        EXPECT_TRUE(imencodemulti(GetParam().c_str(), animation.frames, buf));
+    }
+
+    SANITY_CHECK_NOTHING();
+}
+
+PERF_TEST_P(Decode, animation, testing::ValuesIn(exts_anim))
+{
+    Animation animation = makeCirclesAnimation();
+    vector<uchar> buf;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(imencodeanimation(GetParam().c_str(), animation, buf));
+
+    TEST_CYCLE()
+    {
+        Animation tmp_animation;
+        EXPECT_TRUE(imdecodeanimation(buf, tmp_animation));
+    }
+
+    SANITY_CHECK_NOTHING();
+}
+
+PERF_TEST_P(Decode, multi_page, testing::ValuesIn(exts_multi))
+{
+    Animation animation = makeCirclesAnimation();
+    vector<uchar> buf;
+    ASSERT_TRUE(imencodemulti(GetParam().c_str(), animation.frames, buf));
+
+    TEST_CYCLE()
+    {
+        vector<Mat> tmp_frames;
+        EXPECT_TRUE(imdecodemulti(buf, IMREAD_UNCHANGED, tmp_frames));
+    }
+
+    SANITY_CHECK_NOTHING();
+}
+
 } // namespace