diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 138d102329..4bea9a988d 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ agents:
   modules: climacommon/2024_05_27
 
 env:
-  JULIA_LOAD_PATH: "${JULIA_LOAD_PATH}:${BUILDKITE_BUILD_CHECKOUT_PATH}/.buildkite"
   JULIA_NVTX_CALLBACKS: gc
   OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS: 1
   SLURM_KILL_BAD_EXIT: 1
@@ -31,7 +30,8 @@ steps:
       - "julia --project=lib/ClimaLandSimulations -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.status()'"
 
     agents:
-      slurm_ntasks: 1
+      slurm_gpus: 1
+      slurm_ntasks: 8
     env:
       JULIA_NUM_PRECOMPILE_TASKS: 8
 
diff --git a/.buildkite/target/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/target/pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2491e029f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.buildkite/target/pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+agents:
+  queue: clima
+  modules: common
+
+env:
+  JULIA_DEPOT_PATH: "${BUILDKITE_BUILD_PATH}/${BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG}/depot/default"
+  JULIA_NVTX_CALLBACKS: gc
+  OPENBLAS_NUM_THREADS: 1
+  SLURM_KILL_BAD_EXIT: 1
+
+steps:
+  - label: "init environment :computer:"
+    key: "init_env"
+    command:
+      - "echo $$JULIA_DEPOT_PATH"
+      - echo "--- Instantiate experiments"
+      - "julia --project=.buildkite -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.develop(;path=\".\"); Pkg.instantiate(;verbose=true)'"
+      - "julia --project=.buildkite -e 'using Pkg; Pkg.status()'"
+    agents:
+      slurm_gpus: 1
+      slurm_ntasks: 8
+    env:
+      JULIA_NUM_PRECOMPILE_TASKS: 8
+
+  - wait
+
+  - group: "Target Benchmark"
+    steps:
+      - label: ":bucket: Bucket"
+        command: "nsys launch julia --color=yes --project=.buildkite experiments/benchmarks/bucket.jl"
+        artifact_paths:
+          - "bucket_benchmark_gpu/*html"
+          - "bucket_benchmark_gpu/*nsys*"
+        env:
+          CLIMACOMMS_DEVICE: CUDA
+        agents:
+          slurm_mem: 8GB
+          slurm_gpus: 1
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index cf07b06cd7..623b01289d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ NeuralSnowExt = ["CSV", "HTTP", "Flux", "StatsBase", "cuDNN"]
 Adapt = "3, 4"
 ArtifactWrappers = "0.2"
 CSV = "0.10"
-CUDA = "<5.3"
+CUDA = "5.3"
 ClimaComms = "0.5.6, 0.6"
 ClimaCore = "0.13.2, 0.14"
 ClimaParams = "0.10.2"
diff --git a/experiments/benchmarks/bucket.jl b/experiments/benchmarks/bucket.jl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..94f53f96cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/experiments/benchmarks/bucket.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+# # Global bucket run using temporal map albedo
+
+# The code sets up and runs the bucket for 7 days using albedo read in from a file
+# containing temporally-varying data over the globe, and analytic atmospheric and radiative
+# forcings.
+
+# This code runs the bucket multiple times and collects statistics for execution time and
+# allocations
+#
+# When run with buildkite on clima, this code also compares with the previous best time
+# saved at the bottom of this file
+
+import SciMLBase
+using Dates
+using Test
+import ClimaComms
+@static pkgversion(ClimaComms) >= v"0.6" && ClimaComms.@import_required_backends
+import ClimaUtilities.TimeVaryingInputs: TimeVaryingInput
+
+import ClimaTimeSteppers as CTS
+import NCDatasets
+using ClimaCore
+import ClimaComms
+import ClimaLand
+using ClimaParams
+using ClimaLand.Bucket:
+    BucketModel, BucketModelParameters, PrescribedSurfaceAlbedo
+using ClimaLand.Domains: coordinates, Column
+using ClimaLand:
+    initialize,
+    make_update_aux,
+    make_exp_tendency,
+    make_set_initial_cache,
+    PrescribedAtmosphere,
+    PrescribedRadiativeFluxes
+
+import Profile, ProfileCanvas
+
+const FT = Float64;
+
+context = ClimaComms.context()
+device = ClimaComms.device()
+device_suffix = device isa ClimaComms.CPUSingleThreaded ? "cpu" : "gpu"
+
+earth_param_set = ClimaLand.Parameters.LandParameters(FT);
+outdir = "bucket_benchmark_$(device_suffix)"
+!ispath(outdir) && mkpath(outdir)
+
+function setup_prob(t0, tf, Δt)
+    # We set up the problem in a function so that we can make multiple copies (for profiling)
+
+    # Set up simulation domain
+    soil_depth = FT(3.5)
+    bucket_domain = ClimaLand.Domains.SphericalShell(;
+        radius = FT(6.3781e6),
+        depth = soil_depth,
+        nelements = (100, 10),
+        npolynomial = 1,
+        dz_tuple = FT.((1.0, 0.05)),
+    )
+    ref_time = DateTime(2005)
+
+    # Initialize parameters
+    σS_c = FT(0.2)
+    W_f = FT(0.15)
+    z_0m = FT(1e-2)
+    z_0b = FT(1e-3)
+    κ_soil = FT(0.7)
+    ρc_soil = FT(2e6)
+    τc = FT(3600)
+
+    surface_space = bucket_domain.space.surface
+    # Construct albedo parameter object using temporal map
+    albedo = PrescribedSurfaceAlbedo{FT}(ref_time, t0, surface_space)
+
+    bucket_parameters = BucketModelParameters(FT; albedo, z_0m, z_0b, τc)
+
+    # Precipitation:
+    precip = (t) -> 0
+    snow_precip = (t) -> -5e-7 * (t < 1 * 86400)
+    # Diurnal temperature variations:
+    T_atmos = (t) -> 275.0 + 5.0 * sin(2.0 * π * t / 86400 - π / 2)
+    # Constant otherwise:
+    u_atmos = (t) -> 3.0
+    q_atmos = (t) -> 0.001
+    h_atmos = FT(2)
+    P_atmos = (t) -> 101325
+
+    bucket_atmos = PrescribedAtmosphere(
+        TimeVaryingInput(precip),
+        TimeVaryingInput(snow_precip),
+        TimeVaryingInput(T_atmos),
+        TimeVaryingInput(u_atmos),
+        TimeVaryingInput(q_atmos),
+        TimeVaryingInput(P_atmos),
+        ref_time,
+        h_atmos,
+        earth_param_set,
+    )
+
+    # Prescribed radiation -- a prescribed downwelling SW diurnal cycle, with a
+    # peak at local noon, and a prescribed downwelling LW radiative
+    # flux, assuming the air temperature is on average 275 degrees
+    # K with a diurnal amplitude of 5 degrees K:
+    SW_d = (t) -> max(1361 * sin(2π * t / 86400 - π / 2), 0.0)
+    LW_d = (t) -> 5.67e-8 * (275.0 + 5.0 * sin(2.0 * π * t / 86400 - π / 2))^4
+    bucket_rad = PrescribedRadiativeFluxes(
+        FT,
+        TimeVaryingInput(SW_d),
+        TimeVaryingInput(LW_d),
+        ref_time,
+    )
+
+
+    model = BucketModel(
+        parameters = bucket_parameters,
+        domain = bucket_domain,
+        atmosphere = bucket_atmos,
+        radiation = bucket_rad,
+    )
+
+    Y, p, _coords = initialize(model)
+
+    Y.bucket.T .= FT(270)
+    Y.bucket.W .= FT(0.05)
+    Y.bucket.Ws .= FT(0.0)
+    Y.bucket.σS .= FT(0.08)
+
+    set_initial_cache! = make_set_initial_cache(model)
+    set_initial_cache!(p, Y, t0)
+    exp_tendency! = make_exp_tendency(model)
+    prob = SciMLBase.ODEProblem(
+        CTS.ClimaODEFunction((T_exp!) = exp_tendency!, (dss!) = ClimaLand.dss!),
+        Y,
+        (t0, tf),
+        p,
+    )
+    updateat = collect(t0:(3Δt):tf)
+    updatefunc = ClimaLand.make_update_drivers(bucket_atmos, bucket_rad)
+    driver_cb = ClimaLand.DriverUpdateCallback(updateat, updatefunc)
+    cb = SciMLBase.CallbackSet(driver_cb)
+
+    return prob, cb
+end
+
+function setup_and_solve_problem()
+    # We profile the setup phase as well here. This is not intended, but it is the easiest
+    # to set up for both CPU/GPU at the same time
+    t0 = 0.0
+    tf = 7 * 86400
+    Δt = 3600.0
+    prob, cb = setup_prob(t0, tf, Δt)
+    timestepper = CTS.RK4()
+    ode_algo = CTS.ExplicitAlgorithm(timestepper)
+    SciMLBase.solve(prob, ode_algo; dt = Δt, callback = cb)
+    return nothing
+end
+
+# Warm up
+setup_and_solve_problem()
+
+@info "Starting profiling"
+# Stop when we profile for MAX_PROFILING_TIME_SECONDS or MAX_PROFILING_SAMPLES
+MAX_PROFILING_TIME_SECONDS = 500
+MAX_PROFILING_SAMPLES = 100
+time_now = time()
+timings_s = Float64[]
+while (time() - time_now) < MAX_PROFILING_TIME_SECONDS &&
+    length(timings_s) < MAX_PROFILING_SAMPLES
+    push!(timings_s, ClimaComms.@elapsed device setup_and_solve_problem())
+end
+num_samples = length(timings_s)
+average_timing_s = round(sum(timings_s) / num_samples, sigdigits = 3)
+max_timing_s = round(maximum(timings_s), sigdigits = 3)
+min_timing_s = round(minimum(timings_s), sigdigits = 3)
+std_timing_s = round(
+    sum(((timings_s .- average_timing_s) .^ 2) / num_samples),
+    sigdigits = 3,
+)
+@info "Num samples: $num_samples"
+@info "Average time: $(average_timing_s) s"
+@info "Max time: $(max_timing_s) s"
+@info "Min time: $(min_timing_s) s"
+@info "Standard deviation time: $(std_timing_s) s"
+@info "Done profiling"
+
+Profile.@profile setup_and_solve_problem()
+results = Profile.fetch()
+flame_file = joinpath(outdir, "flame_$device_suffix.html")
+ProfileCanvas.html_file(flame_file, results)
+@info "Saved compute flame to $flame_file"
+
+Profile.Allocs.@profile sample_rate = 0.1 setup_and_solve_problem()
+results = Profile.Allocs.fetch()
+profile = ProfileCanvas.view_allocs(results)
+alloc_flame_file = joinpath(outdir, "alloc_flame_$device_suffix.html")
+ProfileCanvas.html_file(alloc_flame_file, profile)
+@info "Saved allocation flame to $alloc_flame_file"
+
+if ClimaComms.device() isa ClimaComms.CUDADevice
+    import CUDA
+    CUDA.@profile external = true setup_and_solve_problem()
+end
+
+if get(ENV, "BUILDKITE_PIPELINE_SLUG", nothing) == "climaland-benchmark"
+    PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME = 5.4
+    if average_timing_s > 1.1PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME
+        @info "Possible performance regression, previous average time was $(PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME)"
+    elseif average_timing_s < 0.8PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME
+        @info "Possible significant performance improvement, please update PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME in $(@__DIR__)"
+    end
+    @testset "Performance" begin
+        @test 0.8PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME <= average_timing_s ≤ 1.1PREVIOUS_BEST_TIME
+    end
+end