diff --git a/ethereum/api/build.gradle b/ethereum/api/build.gradle
index 80a3265603e..1ba3ad68f1d 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/build.gradle
+++ b/ethereum/api/build.gradle
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ dependencies {
   api 'org.slf4j:slf4j-api'
   api 'org.apache.logging.log4j:log4j-api'
 
+  annotationProcessor 'org.openjdk.jmh:jmh-generator-annprocess'
+
   compileOnly 'org.jspecify:jspecify'
 
   implementation project(':config')
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/QuantityLongToHexBenchmark.java b/ethereum/api/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/QuantityLongToHexBenchmark.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..acbacc920ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/jmh/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/QuantityLongToHexBenchmark.java
@@ -0,0 +1,126 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright contributors to Besu.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.internal.results;
+
+import java.util.Objects;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.apache.tuweni.units.bigints.UInt256;
+import org.apache.tuweni.units.bigints.UInt256Value;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Benchmark;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.BenchmarkMode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Measurement;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Mode;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.OutputTimeUnit;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Param;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Scope;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.State;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.annotations.Warmup;
+import org.openjdk.jmh.infra.Blackhole;
+
+@State(Scope.Thread)
+@Warmup(iterations = 3, time = 1, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@Measurement(iterations = 3, time = 1, timeUnit = TimeUnit.SECONDS)
+@OutputTimeUnit(value = TimeUnit.NANOSECONDS)
+@BenchmarkMode(Mode.AverageTime)
+public class QuantityLongToHexBenchmark {
+  private static final String HEX_PREFIX = "0x";
+  public static final String HEX_ZERO = "0x0";
+  private static final char[] HEX_DIGITS = "0123456789abcdef".toCharArray();
+
+  @Param({"0", "255", "65535", "1000000", "9007199254740991", "9223372036854775807"})
+  public long value;
+
+  @Benchmark
+  public void current(final Blackhole blackhole) {
+    blackhole.consume(uint256ToHex(UInt256.fromHexString(Long.toHexString(value))));
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  public void simpleHexString(final Blackhole blackhole) {
+    blackhole.consume(simpleHexString(value));
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  public void directCharArray(final Blackhole blackhole) {
+    blackhole.consume(directCharArray(value));
+  }
+
+  @Benchmark
+  public void unrolled(final Blackhole blackhole) {
+    blackhole.consume(unrolled(value));
+  }
+
+  private static String simpleHexString(final long value) {
+    return HEX_PREFIX + Long.toHexString(value);
+  }
+
+  private static String unrolled(final long value) {
+    if (value == 0L) {
+      return HEX_ZERO;
+    }
+    final int leadingZeroNibbles = Long.numberOfLeadingZeros(value) >>> 2;
+    final char[] buf = new char[18];
+    buf[2] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 60) & 0xF)];
+    buf[3] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 56) & 0xF)];
+    buf[4] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 52) & 0xF)];
+    buf[5] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 48) & 0xF)];
+    buf[6] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 44) & 0xF)];
+    buf[7] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 40) & 0xF)];
+    buf[8] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 36) & 0xF)];
+    buf[9] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 32) & 0xF)];
+    buf[10] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 28) & 0xF)];
+    buf[11] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 24) & 0xF)];
+    buf[12] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 20) & 0xF)];
+    buf[13] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 16) & 0xF)];
+    buf[14] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 12) & 0xF)];
+    buf[15] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 8) & 0xF)];
+    buf[16] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> 4) & 0xF)];
+    buf[17] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) (value & 0xF)];
+    buf[leadingZeroNibbles] = '0';
+    buf[leadingZeroNibbles + 1] = 'x';
+    return new String(buf, leadingZeroNibbles, 18 - leadingZeroNibbles);
+  }
+
+  private static String directCharArray(final long value) {
+    if (value == 0L) {
+      return HEX_ZERO;
+    }
+    int nibbles = 16;
+    while (nibbles > 1 && ((value >>> ((nibbles - 1) * 4)) & 0xFL) == 0L) {
+      nibbles--;
+    }
+    final char[] buf = new char[2 + nibbles];
+    buf[0] = '0';
+    buf[1] = 'x';
+    for (int i = 0; i < nibbles; i++) {
+      buf[2 + i] = HEX_DIGITS[(int) ((value >>> ((nibbles - 1 - i) * 4)) & 0xFL)];
+    }
+    return new String(buf);
+  }
+
+  private static String uint256ToHex(final UInt256Value<?> value) {
+    return value == null ? null : formatMinimalValue(value.toMinimalBytes().toShortHexString());
+  }
+
+  private static String formatMinimalValue(final String hexValue) {
+    final String prefixedHexString = prefixHexNotation(hexValue);
+    return Objects.equals(prefixedHexString, HEX_PREFIX) ? HEX_ZERO : prefixedHexString;
+  }
+
+  private static String prefixHexNotation(final String hexValue) {
+    return hexValue.startsWith(HEX_PREFIX) ? hexValue : HEX_PREFIX + hexValue;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/Quantity.java b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/Quantity.java
index c9d06e509f5..c47e0b385b1 100644
--- a/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/Quantity.java
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/main/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/Quantity.java
@@ -44,29 +44,29 @@ public static String create(final UInt64Value<?> value) {
   }
 
   public static String create(final int value) {
-    return uint256ToHex(UInt256.valueOf(value));
+    return HEX_PREFIX + Integer.toHexString(value);
   }
 
   public static String create(final long value) {
-    return uint256ToHex(UInt256.fromHexString(Long.toHexString(value)));
+    return HEX_PREFIX + Long.toHexString(value);
+  }
+
+  public static String create(final byte value) {
+    return HEX_PREFIX + Integer.toHexString(value);
   }
 
   public static String create(final Bytes value) {
-    return create(value.toArrayUnsafe());
+    return uint256ToHex(UInt256.fromBytes(Bytes32.leftPad(value)));
   }
 
   public static String create(final byte[] value) {
-    return uint256ToHex(UInt256.fromBytes(Bytes32.leftPad(Bytes.wrap(value))));
+    return create(Bytes.wrap(value));
   }
 
   public static String create(final BigInteger value) {
     return uint256ToHex(UInt256.valueOf(value));
   }
 
-  public static String create(final byte value) {
-    return formatMinimalValue(Integer.toHexString(value));
-  }
-
   /**
    * Fixed-length bytes sequences and should be returned as hex strings zero-padded to the expected
    * length.
diff --git a/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/QuantityTest.java b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/QuantityTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28f6239fc57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ethereum/api/src/test/java/org/hyperledger/besu/ethereum/api/jsonrpc/internal/results/QuantityTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,216 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright contributors to Besu.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on
+ * an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+package org.hyperledger.besu.ethereum.api.jsonrpc.internal.results;
+
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+
+import java.math.BigInteger;
+
+import org.apache.tuweni.bytes.Bytes;
+import org.apache.tuweni.units.bigints.UInt256;
+import org.apache.tuweni.units.bigints.UInt64;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+public class QuantityTest {
+
+  // --- create(int) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createInt_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(0)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createInt_one() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(1)).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createInt_maxValue() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Integer.MAX_VALUE))
+        .isEqualTo("0x" + Integer.toHexString(Integer.MAX_VALUE));
+  }
+
+  // --- create(long) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createLong_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(0L)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createLong_one() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(1L)).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createLong_maxValue() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Long.MAX_VALUE)).isEqualTo("0x" + Long.toHexString(Long.MAX_VALUE));
+  }
+
+  // --- create(byte) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createByte_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create((byte) 0)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createByte_one() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create((byte) 1)).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createByte_maxPositive() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Byte.MAX_VALUE)).isEqualTo("0x7f");
+  }
+
+  // --- create(Bytes) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBytes_empty() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Bytes.EMPTY)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBytes_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Bytes.of(0x00))).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBytes_oneByte() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Bytes.of(0x01))).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBytes_leadingZerosStripped() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Bytes.fromHexString("0x000001"))).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBytes_multipleBytes() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(Bytes.fromHexString("0x0100"))).isEqualTo("0x100");
+  }
+
+  // --- create(byte[]) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createByteArray_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(new byte[] {0x00})).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createByteArray_leadingZerosStripped() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(new byte[] {0x00, 0x00, 0x01})).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createByteArray_multipleBytes() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(new byte[] {0x01, 0x00})).isEqualTo("0x100");
+  }
+
+  // --- create(BigInteger) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBigInteger_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(BigInteger.ZERO)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBigInteger_one() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(BigInteger.ONE)).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createBigInteger_large() {
+    final BigInteger value = BigInteger.TWO.pow(128);
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(value)).isEqualTo("0x" + value.toString(16));
+  }
+
+  // --- create(UInt256Value) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt256_null() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create((UInt256) null)).isNull();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt256_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(UInt256.ZERO)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt256_one() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(UInt256.ONE)).isEqualTo("0x1");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt256_maxValue() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(UInt256.MAX_VALUE))
+        .startsWith("0x")
+        .hasSize(66); // 0x + 64 hex chars
+  }
+
+  // --- create(UInt64Value) ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt64_null() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create((UInt64) null)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt64_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(UInt64.ZERO)).isEqualTo("0x0");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void createUInt64_one() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.create(UInt64.ONE)).startsWith("0x");
+  }
+
+  // --- longToPaddedHex ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void longToPaddedHex_zero() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.longToPaddedHex(0L, 4)).isEqualTo("0x00000000");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void longToPaddedHex_padded() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.longToPaddedHex(1L, 4)).isEqualTo("0x00000001");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void longToPaddedHex_full() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.longToPaddedHex(0xdeadbeefL, 4)).isEqualTo("0xdeadbeef");
+  }
+
+  // --- isValid ---
+
+  @Test
+  public void isValid_withPrefix() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.isValid("0x1")).isTrue();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void isValid_withoutPrefix() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.isValid("1")).isFalse();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void isValid_zeroHex() {
+    assertThat(Quantity.isValid("0x0")).isTrue();
+  }
+}