diff --git a/benchmark/feature_layer_benchmark_test.dart b/benchmark/feature_layer_benchmark_test.dart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7f9ab2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/feature_layer_benchmark_test.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,277 @@
+// Layer-level CPU benchmarks, used to validate performance work.
+//
+// Run with:
+//   flutter test benchmark/feature_layer_benchmark_test.dart --plain-name=benchmark -r expanded
+//
+// Numbers are JIT/debug-mode and only meaningful *relative* to each other
+// (before/after a change on the same machine). Each scenario warms up, then
+// times repeated pumps while the camera pans, and reports the best repetition
+// (min) to reduce GC/scheduling noise.
+import 'dart:math' as math;
+
+import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map/flutter_map.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_map/src/misc/offsets.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:latlong2/latlong.dart';
+
+const _center = LatLng(-37.8136, 144.9631);
+
+List<LatLng> _randomWalk(
+  math.Random rng,
+  LatLng start,
+  int count, [
+  double stepDeg = 0.0004,
+]) {
+  final points = <LatLng>[];
+  var lat = start.latitude;
+  var lng = start.longitude;
+  for (var i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    lat += (rng.nextDouble() - 0.5) * stepDeg;
+    lng += (rng.nextDouble() - 0.5) * stepDeg;
+    points.add(LatLng(lat, lng));
+  }
+  return points;
+}
+
+LatLng _randomNear(math.Random rng, LatLng base, double spreadDeg) => LatLng(
+      base.latitude + (rng.nextDouble() - 0.5) * spreadDeg,
+      base.longitude + (rng.nextDouble() - 0.5) * spreadDeg,
+    );
+
+Widget _app(MapController controller, double zoom, List<Widget> layers) =>
+    MaterialApp(
+      home: FlutterMap(
+        mapController: controller,
+        options: MapOptions(initialCenter: _center, initialZoom: zoom),
+        children: layers,
+      ),
+    );
+
+/// Pans the camera back and forth and reports the best-rep average frame
+/// build+paint time, in microseconds.
+Future<double> _benchPans(
+  WidgetTester tester,
+  MapController controller,
+  double zoom, {
+  int reps = 3,
+  int framesPerRep = 40,
+}) async {
+  // Warm-up (fills projection/simplification caches, JIT).
+  for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
+    controller.move(
+      LatLng(_center.latitude, _center.longitude + 0.00001 * (i + 1)),
+      zoom,
+    );
+    await tester.pump();
+  }
+
+  var best = double.infinity;
+  for (var rep = 0; rep < reps; rep++) {
+    final sw = Stopwatch()..start();
+    for (var i = 0; i < framesPerRep; i++) {
+      // Small alternating pan, never repeating the previous camera.
+      controller.move(
+        LatLng(
+          _center.latitude + 0.0001 * (i % 7),
+          _center.longitude + 0.0001 * (i % 11) + 0.000001 * i,
+        ),
+        zoom,
+      );
+      await tester.pump();
+    }
+    sw.stop();
+    final perFrame = sw.elapsedMicroseconds / framesPerRep;
+    if (perFrame < best) best = perFrame;
+  }
+  return best;
+}
+
+void main() {
+  testWidgets('benchmark: polylines pan (all visible)', (tester) async {
+    final rng = math.Random(42);
+    final polylines = [
+      for (var i = 0; i < 600; i++)
+        Polyline<Object>(
+          points: _randomWalk(rng, _randomNear(rng, _center, 0.02), 60),
+          strokeWidth: 2,
+          color: Colors.blue,
+        ),
+    ];
+    final controller = MapController();
+    // Zoom 13: ~0.05° viewport, the 0.02° spread keeps everything visible.
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      _app(controller, 13, [PolylineLayer(polylines: polylines)]),
+    );
+    final us = await _benchPans(tester, controller, 13);
+    debugPrint('RESULT polylines_pan_all_visible: '
+        '${us.toStringAsFixed(0)} us/frame');
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('benchmark: polylines pan (mostly culled)', (tester) async {
+    final rng = math.Random(42);
+    final polylines = [
+      for (var i = 0; i < 600; i++)
+        Polyline<Object>(
+          points: _randomWalk(rng, _randomNear(rng, _center, 0.5), 60),
+          strokeWidth: 2,
+          color: Colors.blue,
+        ),
+    ];
+    final controller = MapController();
+    // Zoom 16: viewport much smaller than the 0.5° spread.
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      _app(controller, 16, [PolylineLayer(polylines: polylines)]),
+    );
+    final us = await _benchPans(tester, controller, 16);
+    debugPrint('RESULT polylines_pan_mostly_culled: '
+        '${us.toStringAsFixed(0)} us/frame');
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('benchmark: polygons with holes pan', (tester) async {
+    final rng = math.Random(7);
+    final polygons = [
+      for (var i = 0; i < 200; i++)
+        () {
+          final base = _randomNear(rng, _center, 0.02);
+          return Polygon<Object>(
+            points: _randomWalk(rng, base, 40),
+            holePointsList: [
+              for (var h = 0; h < 3; h++)
+                _randomWalk(rng, _randomNear(rng, base, 0.001), 20, 0.0001),
+            ],
+            color: Colors.green.withValues(alpha: 0.5),
+          );
+        }(),
+    ];
+    final controller = MapController();
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      _app(controller, 13, [PolygonLayer(polygons: polygons)]),
+    );
+    final us = await _benchPans(tester, controller, 13);
+    debugPrint('RESULT polygons_holes_pan: ${us.toStringAsFixed(0)} us/frame');
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('benchmark: markers pan', (tester) async {
+    final rng = math.Random(3);
+    final markers = [
+      for (var i = 0; i < 3000; i++)
+        Marker(
+          point: _randomNear(rng, _center, 0.05),
+          width: 20,
+          height: 20,
+          child: const SizedBox.shrink(),
+        ),
+    ];
+    final controller = MapController();
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      _app(controller, 14, [MarkerLayer(markers: markers)]),
+    );
+    final us = await _benchPans(tester, controller, 14);
+    debugPrint('RESULT markers_pan: ${us.toStringAsFixed(0)} us/frame');
+  });
+
+  testWidgets('benchmark: markers pan (mostly culled)', (tester) async {
+    final rng = math.Random(3);
+    final markers = [
+      for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++)
+        Marker(
+          point: _randomNear(rng, _center, 1),
+          width: 20,
+          height: 20,
+          child: const SizedBox.shrink(),
+        ),
+    ];
+    final controller = MapController();
+    // Zoom 16: viewport much smaller than the 1° spread, so per-frame cost is
+    // dominated by the per-marker projection + cull check.
+    await tester.pumpWidget(
+      _app(controller, 16, [MarkerLayer(markers: markers)]),
+    );
+    final us = await _benchPans(tester, controller, 16);
+    debugPrint('RESULT markers_pan_mostly_culled: '
+        '${us.toStringAsFixed(0)} us/frame');
+  });
+
+  test('benchmark: marker projection kernel', () {
+    final rng = math.Random(5);
+    final camera = MapCamera(
+      crs: const Epsg3857(),
+      center: _center,
+      zoom: 14,
+      rotation: 0,
+      nonRotatedSize: const Size(800, 600),
+    );
+    const crs = Epsg3857();
+    final points = [
+      for (var i = 0; i < 10000; i++) _randomNear(rng, _center, 1),
+    ];
+    final projected = [for (final p in points) crs.projection.project(p)];
+    const frames = 100;
+
+    // Old per-frame path: full LatLng -> screen projection (trigonometry).
+    var sink = 0.0;
+    var sw = Stopwatch()..start();
+    for (var f = 0; f < frames; f++) {
+      for (final p in points) {
+        sink += camera.projectAtZoom(p).dx;
+      }
+    }
+    sw.stop();
+    final oldNs = sw.elapsedMicroseconds * 1000 / (frames * points.length);
+
+    // New per-frame path: linear transform of the cached projection.
+    final zoomScale = crs.scale(camera.zoom);
+    sw = Stopwatch()..start();
+    for (var f = 0; f < frames; f++) {
+      for (final p in projected) {
+        final (x, _) = crs.transform(p.dx, p.dy, zoomScale);
+        sink += x;
+      }
+    }
+    sw.stop();
+    final newNs = sw.elapsedMicroseconds * 1000 / (frames * points.length);
+
+    debugPrint('RESULT marker_projection_kernel: sink=${sink.isFinite} '
+        'full=${oldNs.toStringAsFixed(1)} ns/marker '
+        'cached=${newNs.toStringAsFixed(1)} ns/marker');
+  });
+
+  test('benchmark: getOffsetsXY holed polygon (direct)', () {
+    final rng = math.Random(11);
+    final camera = MapCamera(
+      crs: const Epsg3857(),
+      center: _center,
+      zoom: 14,
+      rotation: 0,
+      nonRotatedSize: const Size(800, 600),
+    );
+    const projection = SphericalMercator();
+    final points = projection.projectList(_randomWalk(rng, _center, 500));
+    final holePoints = [
+      for (var h = 0; h < 10; h++)
+        projection.projectList(
+          _randomWalk(rng, _randomNear(rng, _center, 0.005), 200, 0.0001),
+        ),
+    ];
+
+    final helper = OffsetHelper(camera: camera);
+    // Warm-up.
+    for (var i = 0; i < 20; i++) {
+      helper.getOffsetsXY(points: points, holePoints: holePoints);
+    }
+    var best = double.infinity;
+    for (var rep = 0; rep < 5; rep++) {
+      const n = 200;
+      final sw = Stopwatch()..start();
+      for (var i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+        helper.getOffsetsXY(points: points, holePoints: holePoints);
+      }
+      sw.stop();
+      final per = sw.elapsedMicroseconds / n;
+      if (per < best) best = per;
+    }
+    debugPrint('RESULT get_offsets_xy_holed: '
+        '${best.toStringAsFixed(1)} us/call');
+  });
+}
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/polyline_layer.dart b/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/polyline_layer.dart
index 6da20ffc5..a705802b6 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/polyline_layer.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/polyline_layer.dart
@@ -208,15 +208,11 @@ class _PolylineLayerState<R extends Object> extends State<PolylineLayer<R>>
         continue;
       }
 
+      final projectedBounds = projectedPolyline.boundingBox;
+
       /// Returns true if the points stretch on different versions of the world.
-      bool stretchesBeyondTheLimits() {
-        for (final point in projectedPolyline.points) {
-          if (point.dx > xEast || point.dx < xWest) {
-            return true;
-          }
-        }
-        return false;
-      }
+      bool stretchesBeyondTheLimits() =>
+          projectedBounds.right > xEast || projectedBounds.left < xWest;
 
       // TODO: think about how to cull polylines that go beyond -180/180.
       // As the notions of projected west/east as min/max are not reliable.
@@ -235,6 +231,16 @@ class _PolylineLayerState<R extends Object> extends State<PolylineLayer<R>>
       // when none of the line is visible. Here, focusing on longitudes.
       if (!isOverlappingLongitude()) continue;
 
+      // Fast path: when the whole polyline is visible there is nothing to
+      // cull, so skip the per-segment scan (and its sublist allocations).
+      if (projBounds.left <= projectedBounds.left &&
+          projBounds.top <= projectedBounds.top &&
+          projBounds.right >= projectedBounds.right &&
+          projBounds.bottom >= projectedBounds.bottom) {
+        yield projectedPolyline;
+        continue;
+      }
+
       // pointer that indicates the start of the visible polyline segment
       int start = -1;
       bool containsSegment = false;
diff --git a/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/projected_polyline.dart b/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/projected_polyline.dart
index 49707db41..bc57c2f8e 100644
--- a/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/projected_polyline.dart
+++ b/lib/src/layer/polyline_layer/projected_polyline.dart
@@ -5,10 +5,15 @@ class _ProjectedPolyline<R extends Object> with HitDetectableElement<R> {
   final Polyline<R> polyline;
   final List<Offset> points;
 
+  /// Bounding box of [points], in projected space (cached)
+  ///
+  /// Computed lazily: culled fragments never use it.
+  late final Rect boundingBox = RectExtension.containing(points);
+
   @override
   R? get hitValue => polyline.hitValue;
 
-  const _ProjectedPolyline._({
+  _ProjectedPolyline._({
     required this.polyline,
     required this.points,
   });