diff --git a/include/util/meminfo.hpp b/include/util/meminfo.hpp
index e20599751..deae3b8b7 100644
--- a/include/util/meminfo.hpp
+++ b/include/util/meminfo.hpp
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define MEMINFO_HPP
 
 #include "util/log.hpp"
+#include <cstddef>
 
 #ifndef _WIN32
 #include <sys/resource.h>
@@ -10,22 +11,31 @@
 namespace osrm::util
 {
 
-inline void DumpMemoryStats()
+inline size_t PeakRAMUsedInBytes()
 {
 #ifndef _WIN32
     rusage usage;
     getrusage(RUSAGE_SELF, &usage);
 #ifdef __linux__
     // Under linux, ru.maxrss is in kb
-    util::Log() << "RAM: peak bytes used: " << usage.ru_maxrss * 1024;
+    return usage.ru_maxrss * 1024;
 #else  // __linux__
     // Under BSD systems (OSX), it's in bytes
-    util::Log() << "RAM: peak bytes used: " << usage.ru_maxrss;
+    return usage.ru_maxrss;
 #endif // __linux__
+#else  // _WIN32
+    return 0;
+#endif // _WIN32
+}
+
+inline void DumpMemoryStats()
+{
+#ifndef _WIN32
+    util::Log() << "RAM: peak bytes used: " << PeakRAMUsedInBytes();
 #else  // _WIN32
     util::Log() << "RAM: peak bytes used: <not implemented on Windows>";
 #endif // _WIN32
 }
 } // namespace osrm::util
 
-#endif
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp b/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp
index 019ff6456..86b263a6b 100644
--- a/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp
+++ b/src/benchmarks/bench.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 #include "osrm/osrm.hpp"
 #include "osrm/status.hpp"
 
+#include "util/meminfo.hpp"
 #include <boost/assert.hpp>
-
 #include <boost/optional/optional.hpp>
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include <exception>
@@ -655,6 +655,12 @@ try
         std::cerr << "Unknown benchmark: " << benchmarkToRun << std::endl;
         return EXIT_FAILURE;
     }
+
+    std::cout << "Peak RAM: " << std::setprecision(3)
+              << static_cast<double>(osrm::util::PeakRAMUsedInBytes()) /
+                     static_cast<double>((1024 * 1024))
+              << "MB" << std::endl;
+
     return EXIT_SUCCESS;
 }
 catch (const std::exception &e)