diff --git a/be/benchmark/benchmark_main.cpp b/be/benchmark/benchmark_main.cpp
index 21e629e3d6f92b..f137dc3cad3a50 100644
--- a/be/benchmark/benchmark_main.cpp
+++ b/be/benchmark/benchmark_main.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include "benchmark_hll_merge.hpp"
 #include "benchmark_hybrid_set.hpp"
 #include "benchmark_string.hpp"
+#include "benchmark_zone_map_index.hpp"
 #include "binary_cast_benchmark.hpp"
 #include "core/block/block.h"
 #include "core/column/column_string.h"
diff --git a/be/benchmark/benchmark_zone_map_index.hpp b/be/benchmark/benchmark_zone_map_index.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2fe0d41733b9a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/be/benchmark/benchmark_zone_map_index.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,257 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you 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.
+
+// ============================================================
+// Benchmark: TypedZoneMapIndexWriter::add_values
+//
+// Measures CPU cost of feeding values into the per-page zone-map
+// builder for a few representative primitive types and call sizes.
+// ============================================================
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <benchmark/benchmark.h>
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <memory>
+#include <random>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
+
+#include "core/data_type/data_type_factory.hpp"
+#include "core/string_ref.h"
+#include "storage/field.h"
+#include "storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.h"
+#include "storage/tablet/tablet_schema.h"
+#include "util/slice.h"
+
+namespace doris::segment_v2 {
+
+namespace bench_zone_map {
+
+constexpr size_t kTotalRows = 1 << 16;     // 65536 rows fed per iteration
+constexpr size_t kStoragePageSize = 65536; // STORAGE_PAGE_SIZE_DEFAULT_VALUE
+
+inline std::vector<int32_t> gen_int32(size_t n) {
+    std::mt19937 rng(0xC0FFEE);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<int32_t> d(-1'000'000, 1'000'000);
+    std::vector<int32_t> v(n);
+    for (auto& x : v) x = d(rng);
+    return v;
+}
+inline std::vector<int64_t> gen_int64(size_t n) {
+    std::mt19937_64 rng(0xC0FFEE);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<int64_t> d(-1'000'000'000LL, 1'000'000'000LL);
+    std::vector<int64_t> v(n);
+    for (auto& x : v) x = d(rng);
+    return v;
+}
+inline std::vector<double> gen_double(size_t n) {
+    std::mt19937 rng(0xC0FFEE);
+    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> d(-1e6, 1e6);
+    std::vector<double> v(n);
+    for (auto& x : v) x = d(rng);
+    return v;
+}
+// Build a contiguous string buffer + Slice array (ValType for string is StringRef/Slice).
+struct StringBatch {
+    std::vector<std::string> data;
+    std::vector<Slice> slices;
+};
+inline StringBatch gen_strings(size_t n, size_t avg_len = 16) {
+    StringBatch b;
+    b.data.reserve(n);
+    b.slices.reserve(n);
+    std::mt19937 rng(0xC0FFEE);
+    std::uniform_int_distribution<int> ch('a', 'z');
+    for (size_t i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
+        std::string s(avg_len, 'a');
+        for (auto& c : s) c = static_cast<char>(ch(rng));
+        b.data.emplace_back(std::move(s));
+    }
+    for (auto& s : b.data) b.slices.emplace_back(s.data(), s.size());
+    return b;
+}
+
+inline TabletColumnPtr make_column(FieldType ft, int32_t length, int32_t index_length) {
+    auto c = std::make_shared<TabletColumn>();
+    c->_unique_id = 0;
+    c->_col_name = "c";
+    c->_type = ft;
+    c->_is_key = true;
+    c->_is_nullable = false;
+    c->_length = length;
+    c->_index_length = index_length;
+    return c;
+}
+
+template <PrimitiveType PType>
+std::unique_ptr<ZoneMapIndexWriter> make_writer() {
+    TabletColumnPtr col;
+    DataTypePtr dtype;
+    if constexpr (PType == TYPE_INT) {
+        col = make_column(FieldType::OLAP_FIELD_TYPE_INT, 4, 4);
+        dtype = DataTypeFactory::instance().create_data_type(TYPE_INT, false);
+    } else if constexpr (PType == TYPE_BIGINT) {
+        col = make_column(FieldType::OLAP_FIELD_TYPE_BIGINT, 8, 8);
+        dtype = DataTypeFactory::instance().create_data_type(TYPE_BIGINT, false);
+    } else if constexpr (PType == TYPE_DOUBLE) {
+        col = make_column(FieldType::OLAP_FIELD_TYPE_DOUBLE, 8, 8);
+        dtype = DataTypeFactory::instance().create_data_type(TYPE_DOUBLE, false);
+    } else if constexpr (PType == TYPE_VARCHAR) {
+        col = make_column(FieldType::OLAP_FIELD_TYPE_VARCHAR, 64, 1);
+        dtype = DataTypeFactory::instance().create_data_type(TYPE_VARCHAR, false, 0, 0, 64);
+    }
+    std::unique_ptr<StorageField> field(StorageFieldFactory::create(*col));
+    std::unique_ptr<ZoneMapIndexWriter> w;
+    (void)ZoneMapIndexWriter::create(dtype, field.get(), w);
+    return w;
+}
+
+template <PrimitiveType PType, typename Vec>
+void run(benchmark::State& state, const Vec& values) {
+    const size_t batch = static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0));
+    const size_t total = values.size();
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        auto w = make_writer<PType>();
+        size_t off = 0;
+        while (off < total) {
+            size_t n = std::min(batch, total - off);
+            w->add_values(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(&values[off]), n);
+            off += n;
+        }
+        (void)w->flush();
+        benchmark::DoNotOptimize(w);
+    }
+    state.SetItemsProcessed(int64_t(state.iterations()) * int64_t(total));
+}
+
+// Simulates the ScalarColumnWriter call pattern in compaction:
+//   - merge iterator hands `block_rows`-row blocks to ColumnWriter::append
+//   - column_writer chunks each block by page remaining capacity and calls
+//     add_values() per chunk
+//   - when a page is full, finish_current_page() calls flush() on the zone
+//     map builder, then a new page begins
+//
+// Compaction batch_size is computed dynamically as
+// `block_mem_limit / group_data_size` clamped to [32, 4064]
+// (be/src/storage/merger.cpp:458). For wide rows / variant data it routinely
+// drops to the low end (32 - 256), which is the case the flame graph exposes.
+template <PrimitiveType PType, typename Vec>
+void run_column_writer_like(benchmark::State& state, const Vec& values, size_t elem_size) {
+    const size_t block_rows = static_cast<size_t>(state.range(0));
+    const size_t page_capacity = kStoragePageSize / elem_size; // e.g. 16384 for int32
+    const size_t total = values.size();
+    for (auto _ : state) {
+        auto w = make_writer<PType>();
+        size_t off = 0;
+        size_t page_used = 0;
+        while (off < total) {
+            size_t block_left = std::min(block_rows, total - off);
+            while (block_left > 0) {
+                size_t n = std::min(block_left, page_capacity - page_used);
+                w->add_values(reinterpret_cast<const void*>(&values[off]), n);
+                off += n;
+                block_left -= n;
+                page_used += n;
+                if (page_used == page_capacity) {
+                    (void)w->flush();
+                    page_used = 0;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (page_used) (void)w->flush();
+        benchmark::DoNotOptimize(w);
+    }
+    state.SetItemsProcessed(int64_t(state.iterations()) * int64_t(total));
+}
+
+static void BM_ZoneMap_Int32(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto vals = gen_int32(kTotalRows);
+    run<TYPE_INT>(state, vals);
+}
+static void BM_ZoneMap_Int64(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto vals = gen_int64(kTotalRows);
+    run<TYPE_BIGINT>(state, vals);
+}
+static void BM_ZoneMap_Double(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto vals = gen_double(kTotalRows);
+    run<TYPE_DOUBLE>(state, vals);
+}
+static void BM_ZoneMap_String(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto batch = gen_strings(kTotalRows, 16);
+    run<TYPE_VARCHAR>(state, batch.slices);
+}
+
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_Int32)->Arg(1)->Arg(64)->Arg(1024);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_Int64)->Arg(1)->Arg(64)->Arg(1024);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_Double)->Arg(1)->Arg(64)->Arg(1024);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_String)->Arg(1)->Arg(64)->Arg(1024);
+
+// Realistic compaction-shaped: 1024-row blocks + page-driven flush().
+static void BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_Int32(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto vals = gen_int32(kTotalRows);
+    run_column_writer_like<TYPE_INT>(state, vals, sizeof(int32_t));
+}
+static void BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_Int64(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto vals = gen_int64(kTotalRows);
+    run_column_writer_like<TYPE_BIGINT>(state, vals, sizeof(int64_t));
+}
+static void BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_Double(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto vals = gen_double(kTotalRows);
+    run_column_writer_like<TYPE_DOUBLE>(state, vals, sizeof(double));
+}
+static void BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_String(benchmark::State& state) {
+    static auto batch = gen_strings(kTotalRows, 16);
+    // For strings the page packs (size+payload); use ~32B avg per element.
+    run_column_writer_like<TYPE_VARCHAR>(state, batch.slices, 32);
+}
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_Int32)
+        ->Arg(1)
+        ->Arg(4)
+        ->Arg(16)
+        ->Arg(64)
+        ->Arg(256)
+        ->Arg(1024)
+        ->Arg(4096);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_Int64)
+        ->Arg(1)
+        ->Arg(4)
+        ->Arg(16)
+        ->Arg(64)
+        ->Arg(256)
+        ->Arg(1024)
+        ->Arg(4096);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_Double)
+        ->Arg(1)
+        ->Arg(4)
+        ->Arg(16)
+        ->Arg(64)
+        ->Arg(256)
+        ->Arg(1024)
+        ->Arg(4096);
+BENCHMARK(BM_ZoneMap_ColWriter_String)
+        ->Arg(1)
+        ->Arg(4)
+        ->Arg(16)
+        ->Arg(64)
+        ->Arg(256)
+        ->Arg(1024)
+        ->Arg(4096);
+
+} // namespace bench_zone_map
+} // namespace doris::segment_v2
diff --git a/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.cpp b/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.cpp
index a503dd746431d5..b857e04da047f9 100644
--- a/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.cpp
+++ b/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.cpp
@@ -122,17 +122,47 @@ TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::TypedZoneMapIndexWriter(DataTypePtr&& data_type)
 template <PrimitiveType Type>
 void TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::_update_page_zonemap(const ValType& min_value,
                                                          const ValType& max_value) {
-    auto min_field = doris::Field::create_field_from_olap_value<Type>(min_value);
-    auto max_field = doris::Field::create_field_from_olap_value<Type>(max_value);
-    if (!_page_zone_map.has_not_null || min_field < _page_zone_map.min_value) {
-        _page_zone_map.min_value = std::move(min_field);
-    }
-    if (!_page_zone_map.has_not_null || max_field > _page_zone_map.max_value) {
-        _page_zone_map.max_value = std::move(max_field);
+    // Hot path: compare/store using raw CppType to avoid Field temporaries.
+    // For string types, truncate to MAX_ZONE_MAP_INDEX_SIZE (matching the old
+    // Field-based path) and copy bytes into the arena so the StringRef stays
+    // valid across add_values() calls.
+    if constexpr (is_string_type(Type)) {
+        constexpr size_t kMaxZoneMapSize = MAX_ZONE_MAP_INDEX_SIZE;
+        auto truncate_and_store = [&](const StringRef& src) {
+            auto sz = std::min(src.size, kMaxZoneMapSize);
+            char* buf = _arena.alloc(sz);
+            memcpy(buf, src.data, sz);
+            return StringRef(buf, sz);
+        };
+        StringRef min_t(min_value.data, std::min(min_value.size, kMaxZoneMapSize));
+        StringRef max_t(max_value.data, std::min(max_value.size, kMaxZoneMapSize));
+        if (!_page_has_minmax || min_t < _page_min) {
+            _page_min = truncate_and_store(min_value);
+        }
+        if (!_page_has_minmax || _page_max < max_t) {
+            _page_max = truncate_and_store(max_value);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (!_page_has_minmax || min_value < _page_min) {
+            _page_min = min_value;
+        }
+        if (!_page_has_minmax || max_value > _page_max) {
+            _page_max = max_value;
+        }
     }
+    _page_has_minmax = true;
     _page_zone_map.has_not_null = true;
 }
 
+template <PrimitiveType Type>
+void TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::_materialize_page_minmax() {
+    if (!_page_has_minmax) {
+        return;
+    }
+    _page_zone_map.min_value = doris::Field::create_field_from_olap_value<Type>(_page_min);
+    _page_zone_map.max_value = doris::Field::create_field_from_olap_value<Type>(_page_max);
+}
+
 template <PrimitiveType Type>
 void TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::add_values(const void* values, size_t count) {
     if (count == 0) {
@@ -195,14 +225,20 @@ void TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::invalid_page_zone_map() {
 
 template <PrimitiveType Type>
 Status TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::flush() {
+    // Materialize the running CppType min/max into the Field-typed page zone map
+    // before merging into the segment zone map / serializing to proto.
+    _materialize_page_minmax();
+
     // Update segment zone map.
-    if (!_segment_zone_map.has_not_null ||
-        _segment_zone_map.min_value.get<Type>() > _page_zone_map.min_value.get<Type>()) {
-        _segment_zone_map.min_value = _page_zone_map.min_value;
-    }
-    if (!_segment_zone_map.has_not_null ||
-        _segment_zone_map.max_value.get<Type>() < _page_zone_map.max_value.get<Type>()) {
-        _segment_zone_map.max_value = _page_zone_map.max_value;
+    if (_page_has_minmax) {
+        if (!_segment_zone_map.has_not_null ||
+            _segment_zone_map.min_value.get<Type>() > _page_zone_map.min_value.get<Type>()) {
+            _segment_zone_map.min_value = _page_zone_map.min_value;
+        }
+        if (!_segment_zone_map.has_not_null ||
+            _segment_zone_map.max_value.get<Type>() < _page_zone_map.max_value.get<Type>()) {
+            _segment_zone_map.max_value = _page_zone_map.max_value;
+        }
     }
     if (_page_zone_map.has_null) {
         _segment_zone_map.has_null = true;
@@ -224,6 +260,10 @@ Status TypedZoneMapIndexWriter<Type>::flush() {
     modify_index_before_flush(_page_zone_map);
     _page_zone_map.to_proto(&zone_map_pb, _data_type);
     _reset_zone_map(&_page_zone_map);
+    _page_has_minmax = false;
+    _page_min = ValType();
+    _page_max = ValType();
+    _arena.clear();
 
     std::string serialized_zone_map;
     bool ret = zone_map_pb.SerializeToString(&serialized_zone_map);
diff --git a/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.h b/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.h
index e10683acb9cc33..448898abf0ee3a 100644
--- a/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.h
+++ b/be/src/storage/index/zone_map/zone_map_index.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include "core/arena.h"
 #include "core/data_type/data_type.h"
 #include "core/data_type/define_primitive_type.h"
+#include "core/string_ref.h"
 #include "io/fs/file_reader_writer_fwd.h"
 #include "storage/field.h"
 #include "storage/metadata_adder.h"
@@ -148,10 +149,20 @@ class TypedZoneMapIndexWriter final : public ZoneMapIndexWriter {
 
     void _update_page_zonemap(const ValType& min_value, const ValType& max_value);
 
+    // Materialize the running CppType min/max into _page_zone_map.{min,max}_value.
+    // Called at flush() time, so the per-row hot path never constructs a Field.
+    void _materialize_page_minmax();
+
     DataTypePtr _data_type;
     // memory will be managed by Arena
     ZoneMap _page_zone_map;
     ZoneMap _segment_zone_map;
+    // Running min/max for the current page kept as raw ValType (avoids per-row
+    // Field temporaries). For string types, the bytes are copied into _arena so
+    // the StringRef stays valid across add_values() calls.
+    ValType _page_min {};
+    ValType _page_max {};
+    bool _page_has_minmax = false;
     // TODO(zc): we should replace this arena later, we only allocate min/max
     // for field. But Arena allocate 4KB least, it will a waste for most cases.
     Arena _arena;