diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/.gitignore b/barretenberg/cpp/.gitignore
index 9a5226b72fac..811aef3620e6 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/.gitignore
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ CMakeUserPresets.json
 .vscode/settings.json
 # to be unignored when we agree on clang-tidy rules
 .clangd
-acir_tests
\ No newline at end of file
+acir_tests
+# we may download go in scripts/collect_heap_information.sh
+go*.tar.gz
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json
index 7927b0ba494a..0174d8b873bc 100644
--- a/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/CMakePresets.json
@@ -147,6 +147,18 @@
         "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "Debug"
       }
     },
+    {
+      "name": "gperftools",
+      "displayName": "Debugging build with gperftools on Clang-16",
+      "description": "Build with gperf",
+      "inherits": "clang16",
+      "binaryDir": "build-gperftools",
+      "cacheVariables": {
+        "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE": "RelWithDebInfo",
+        "CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS": "-ltcmalloc",
+        "CXXFLAGS": "-fno-omit-frame-pointer"
+      }
+    },
     {
       "name": "wasm",
       "displayName": "Build for WASM",
@@ -283,6 +295,11 @@
       "inherits": "clang16",
       "configurePreset": "fuzzing"
     },
+    {
+      "name": "gperftools",
+      "inherits": "clang16",
+      "configurePreset": "gperftools"
+    },
     {
       "name": "smt-verification",
       "inherits": "clang16",
@@ -335,11 +352,6 @@
       "name": "xray-1thread",
       "configurePreset": "xray-1thread",
       "inherits": "default"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "xray",
-      "configurePreset": "xray",
-      "inherits": "default"
     }
   ],
   "testPresets": [
diff --git a/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/collect_heap_information.sh b/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/collect_heap_information.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..1d25c5a791c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/barretenberg/cpp/scripts/collect_heap_information.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+PRESET=gperftools
+ONLY_PROCESS=${1:-}
+EXECUTABLE=${2:-ultra_honk_rounds_bench}
+
+# Move above script dir.
+cd $(dirname $0)/..
+
+# Configure and build with heap profiling preset.
+
+cmake --preset $PRESET
+cmake --build --preset $PRESET
+
+cd build-$PRESET
+
+if [ -z "$ONLY_PROCESS" ]; then
+  # Clear old heap profile data.
+  rm -f $EXECUTABLE.heap*
+
+  # Run application with heap profiling to a file with prefix '$EXECUTABLE'.
+  HEAPPROFILE=./$EXECUTABLE ./bin/$EXECUTABLE
+fi
+
+# Download and install Go
+if [ ! -d ~/go ]; then
+  ARCHIVE=go1.21.3.linux-amd64.tar.gz
+  echo "Downloading and installing Go..."
+  wget https://go.dev/dl/$ARCHIVE
+  tar -C ~/ -xvf $ARCHIVE
+  rm $ARCHIVE
+  export PATH=$PATH:~/go/bin
+fi
+
+# Install pprof
+if [ ! -f ~/go/bin/pprof ]; then
+    echo "Installing pprof..."
+    ~/go/bin/go install github.com/google/pprof@latest
+fi
+
+# Collect the heap files
+files=(./$EXECUTABLE.*.heap)
+# Find the middle index based on the count
+middle_index=$(( (${#files[@]} + 1) / 2 - 1))
+# Process the heap profile with pprof
+~/go/bin/pprof --text ./bin/$EXECUTABLE ${files[$middle_index]}