diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_benchmark_check.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmark_check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b7475b9076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_benchmark_check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+# 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.
+
+# Lightweight CI for benchmark-only changes - verifies compilation and linting
+# without running full test suites
+
+name: PR Benchmark Check
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+env:
+  RUST_VERSION: stable
+
+jobs:
+  benchmark-check:
+    name: Benchmark Compile & Lint Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: amd64/rust
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Setup Rust & Java toolchain
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-builder
+        with:
+          rust-version: ${{ env.RUST_VERSION }}
+          jdk-version: 17
+
+      - name: Check Cargo fmt
+        run: |
+          cd native
+          cargo fmt --all -- --check --color=never
+
+      - name: Check Cargo clippy
+        run: |
+          cd native
+          cargo clippy --color=never --all-targets --workspace -- -D warnings
+
+      - name: Check benchmark compilation
+        run: |
+          cd native
+          cargo check --benches
+
+      - name: Cache Maven dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.m2/repository
+            /root/.m2/repository
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-benchmark-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-benchmark-maven-
+
+      - name: Check Scala compilation and linting
+        run: |
+          ./mvnw -B compile test-compile scalafix:scalafix -Dscalafix.mode=CHECK -Psemanticdb -DskipTests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml
index e3b0e40566..beb5f9dcf7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build_linux.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - "doc/**"
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
   # manual trigger
   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managing-workflow-runs/manually-running-a-workflow
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml b/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml
index 0ad40c1932..9a45fe022d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr_build_macos.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - "doc/**"
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
   # manual trigger
   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managing-workflow-runs/manually-running-a-workflow
   workflow_dispatch:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml b/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml
index d143ef83a0..2fe5fefe1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/spark_sql_test.yml
@@ -27,11 +27,17 @@ on:
       - "doc/**"
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
   pull_request:
     paths-ignore:
       - "doc/**"
       - "docs/**"
       - "**.md"
+      - "native/core/benches/**"
+      - "native/spark-expr/benches/**"
+      - "spark/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/benchmark/**"
   # manual trigger
   # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/managing-workflow-runs/manually-running-a-workflow
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -59,6 +65,10 @@ jobs:
           - {name: "sql_hive-1", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -l org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest -l org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest"}
           - {name: "sql_hive-2", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -n org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest"}
           - {name: "sql_hive-3", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -n org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest"}
+        # Skip sql_hive-1 for Spark 4.0 due to https://github.com/apache/datafusion-comet/issues/2946
+        exclude:
+          - spark-version: {short: '4.0', full: '4.0.1', java: 17}
+            module: {name: "sql_hive-1", args1: "", args2: "hive/testOnly * -- -l org.apache.spark.tags.ExtendedHiveTest -l org.apache.spark.tags.SlowHiveTest"}
       fail-fast: false
     name: spark-sql-${{ matrix.module.name }}/${{ matrix.os }}/spark-${{ matrix.spark-version.full }}/java-${{ matrix.spark-version.java }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}