diff --git a/encodings/fsst/Cargo.toml b/encodings/fsst/Cargo.toml
index d08ff59db61..5b15dca85fb 100644
--- a/encodings/fsst/Cargo.toml
+++ b/encodings/fsst/Cargo.toml
@@ -56,5 +56,10 @@ name = "chunked_dict_fsst_builder"
 harness = false
 required-features = ["_test-harness"]
 
+[[bench]]
+name = "fsst_take"
+harness = false
+required-features = ["_test-harness"]
+
 [package.metadata.cargo-shear]
 ignored = ["fsst-rs"]
diff --git a/encodings/fsst/benches/fsst_take.rs b/encodings/fsst/benches/fsst_take.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..321c165d783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/encodings/fsst/benches/fsst_take.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,233 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright the Vortex contributors
+
+#![expect(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+#![expect(clippy::cast_possible_truncation)]
+
+use std::sync::LazyLock;
+
+use divan::Bencher;
+use mimalloc::MiMalloc;
+use rand::RngExt;
+use rand::SeedableRng;
+use rand::rngs::StdRng;
+use vortex_array::ArrayRef;
+use vortex_array::Canonical;
+use vortex_array::IntoArray;
+use vortex_array::VortexSessionExecute;
+use vortex_array::arrays::PrimitiveArray;
+use vortex_array::arrays::VarBinArray;
+use vortex_array::assert_arrays_eq;
+use vortex_array::dtype::DType;
+use vortex_array::dtype::Nullability;
+use vortex_fsst::FSSTArray;
+use vortex_fsst::fsst_compress;
+use vortex_fsst::fsst_train_compressor;
+use vortex_session::VortexSession;
+
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: MiMalloc = MiMalloc;
+
+fn main() {
+    divan::main();
+}
+
+static SESSION: LazyLock<VortexSession> = LazyLock::new(|| {
+    let session = vortex_array::array_session();
+    vortex_fsst::initialize(&session);
+    session
+});
+
+// [(rows, minimum compressed KiB, taken rows)]. Every fixture has fewer than 1024 rows and takes
+// one row or the most the sparse-take gate allows, so only the compressed-bytes gate chooses
+// between gathering the taken rows and decoding every row.
+const BENCH_ARGS: &[(usize, usize, usize)] = &[
+    (16, 1, 1),
+    (16, 2, 1),
+    (16, 4, 1),
+    (16, 8, 1),
+    (16, 16, 1),
+    (16, 32, 1),
+    (16, 64, 1),
+    (16, 1, 3),
+    (16, 2, 3),
+    (16, 4, 3),
+    (16, 8, 3),
+    (16, 16, 3),
+    (16, 32, 3),
+    (16, 64, 3),
+    (256, 1, 1),
+    (256, 2, 1),
+    (256, 4, 1),
+    (256, 8, 1),
+    (256, 16, 1),
+    (256, 32, 1),
+    (256, 64, 1),
+    (256, 1, 63),
+    (256, 2, 63),
+    (256, 4, 63),
+    (256, 8, 63),
+    (256, 16, 63),
+    (256, 32, 63),
+    (256, 64, 63),
+    (1000, 1, 1),
+    (1000, 2, 1),
+    (1000, 4, 1),
+    (1000, 8, 1),
+    (1000, 16, 1),
+    (1000, 32, 1),
+    (1000, 64, 1),
+    (1000, 1, 249),
+    (1000, 2, 249),
+    (1000, 4, 249),
+    (1000, 8, 249),
+    (1000, 16, 249),
+    (1000, 32, 249),
+    (1000, 64, 249),
+];
+
+const WORDS: &[&str] = &[
+    "the", "a", "photo", "of", "with", "and", "on", "in", "small", "large", "red", "blue", "green",
+    "white", "black", "dog", "cat", "man", "woman", "child", "table", "street", "car", "tree",
+    "house", "sitting", "standing", "walking", "next", "to", "near", "under", "over", "wooden",
+    "old", "new", "city", "park", "window", "light",
+];
+
+fn compressed(rows: usize, row_len: usize) -> FSSTArray {
+    let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0);
+    let input = VarBinArray::from_iter(
+        (0..rows).map(|_| {
+            let mut row = String::with_capacity(row_len + 16);
+            while row.len() < row_len {
+                row.push_str(WORDS[rng.random_range(0..WORDS.len())]);
+                row.push(' ');
+            }
+            row.truncate(row_len);
+            Some(row)
+        }),
+        DType::Utf8(Nullability::NonNullable),
+    )
+    .into_array();
+    let mut ctx = SESSION.create_execution_ctx();
+    let compressor = fsst_train_compressor(&input, &mut ctx).unwrap();
+    fsst_compress(&input, &compressor, &mut ctx).unwrap()
+}
+
+fn fixture((rows, compressed_kib, taken): (usize, usize, usize)) -> (ArrayRef, ArrayRef) {
+    // Grow the rows until their codes reach the target, so a fixture never lands just below a
+    // threshold it is named after.
+    let target = compressed_kib * 1024;
+    let mut row_len = target / rows;
+    let mut array = compressed(rows, row_len);
+    while array.codes_bytes().len() < target {
+        row_len += row_len.div_ceil(50);
+        array = compressed(rows, row_len);
+    }
+
+    let stride = rows / taken;
+    let indices = PrimitiveArray::from_iter((0..taken).map(|i| (i * stride + stride / 2) as u32));
+    (array.into_array(), indices.into_array())
+}
+
+#[divan::bench(args = BENCH_ARGS)]
+fn take(bencher: Bencher, args: (usize, usize, usize)) {
+    let (array, indices) = fixture(args);
+    bench_take(bencher, array, indices);
+}
+
+fn bench_take(bencher: Bencher, array: ArrayRef, indices: ArrayRef) {
+    let mut ctx = SESSION.create_execution_ctx();
+    let canonical = array
+        .clone()
+        .execute::<Canonical>(&mut ctx)
+        .unwrap()
+        .into_array();
+    assert_arrays_eq!(
+        array.take(indices.clone()).unwrap(),
+        canonical.take(indices.clone()).unwrap(),
+        &mut ctx
+    );
+    bencher
+        .with_inputs(|| (&array, &indices, SESSION.create_execution_ctx()))
+        .bench_refs(|(array, indices, ctx)| {
+            array
+                .take((*indices).clone())
+                .unwrap()
+                .execute::<Canonical>(ctx)
+                .unwrap()
+        })
+}
+
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Debug)]
+enum Selection {
+    Short,
+    AllLong,
+    RepeatLong,
+    HalfLong,
+    MajorityLong,
+    RepeatHalfLong,
+    RepeatMajorityLong,
+}
+
+// (long rows among 256, long string length, selection). Short strings contain 8 bytes.
+const UNEVEN_ARGS: &[(usize, usize, Selection)] = &[
+    (1, 1024, Selection::Short),
+    (1, 1024, Selection::AllLong),
+    (1, 1024, Selection::RepeatLong),
+    (1, 16384, Selection::Short),
+    (1, 16384, Selection::AllLong),
+    (1, 16384, Selection::RepeatLong),
+    (1, 32768, Selection::Short),
+    (1, 32768, Selection::AllLong),
+    (1, 32768, Selection::RepeatLong),
+    (16, 1024, Selection::Short),
+    (16, 1024, Selection::AllLong),
+    (16, 1024, Selection::RepeatLong),
+    (16, 4096, Selection::Short),
+    (16, 4096, Selection::AllLong),
+    (16, 4096, Selection::RepeatLong),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::Short),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::AllLong),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::RepeatLong),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::HalfLong),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::MajorityLong),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::RepeatHalfLong),
+    (16, 16384, Selection::RepeatMajorityLong),
+];
+
+#[divan::bench(args = UNEVEN_ARGS)]
+fn uneven_take(bencher: Bencher, args: (usize, usize, Selection)) {
+    let (long_rows, long_len, mode) = args;
+    let mut rng = StdRng::seed_from_u64(0);
+    let input = VarBinArray::from_iter(
+        (0..256).map(|i| {
+            let len = if i < long_rows { long_len } else { 8 };
+            let mut value = String::new();
+            while value.len() < len {
+                value.push_str(WORDS[rng.random_range(0..WORDS.len())]);
+                value.push(' ');
+            }
+            value.truncate(len);
+            Some(value)
+        }),
+        DType::Utf8(Nullability::NonNullable),
+    )
+    .into_array();
+    let mut ctx = SESSION.create_execution_ctx();
+    let compressor = fsst_train_compressor(&input, &mut ctx).unwrap();
+    let array = fsst_compress(&input, &compressor, &mut ctx).unwrap();
+    let selected: Vec<u32> = match mode {
+        Selection::Short => vec![long_rows as u32],
+        Selection::AllLong => (0..long_rows as u32).collect(),
+        Selection::RepeatLong => vec![0; 63],
+        Selection::HalfLong => (0..(long_rows / 2) as u32).collect(),
+        Selection::MajorityLong => (0..(long_rows / 2 + 1) as u32).collect(),
+        Selection::RepeatHalfLong => vec![0; long_rows / 2],
+        Selection::RepeatMajorityLong => vec![0; long_rows / 2 + 1],
+    };
+    bench_take(
+        bencher,
+        array.into_array(),
+        PrimitiveArray::from_iter(selected).into_array(),
+    );
+}