diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py b/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py
index 069df670c1..0687c3f87f 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/components/api/__init__.py
@@ -1,17 +1,7 @@
-import esphome.codegen as cg
 from tests.testing_helpers import ComponentManifestOverride
 
-# Keep in sync with esphome/components/api/__init__.py
-NOISE_C_LIB = ("esphome/noise-c", "0.1.11")
-
 
 def override_manifest(manifest: ComponentManifestOverride) -> None:
-    # Add defines for frame helper headers without running the full api
-    # to_code (which brings in socket/network setup that fails in
-    # benchmark builds).
-    async def to_code(config):
-        cg.add_define("USE_API_PLAINTEXT")
-        cg.add_define("USE_API_NOISE")
-        cg.add_library(*NOISE_C_LIB)
-
-    manifest.to_code = to_code
+    # api must run its to_code to define USE_API, USE_API_PLAINTEXT,
+    # and add the noise-c library dependency.
+    manifest.enable_codegen()
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/components/api/bench_plaintext_frame.cpp b/tests/benchmarks/components/api/bench_plaintext_frame.cpp
index 85de6ee347..54e9ac8409 100644
--- a/tests/benchmarks/components/api/bench_plaintext_frame.cpp
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/components/api/bench_plaintext_frame.cpp
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void PlaintextFrame_WriteBatch5(benchmark::State &state) {
   for (auto _ : state) {
     for (int i = 0; i < kInnerIterations; i++) {
       APIBuffer buffer;
-      StaticVector<MessageInfo, 5> messages;
+      MessageInfo messages[5] = {{0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}, {0, 0, 0}};
 
       for (int j = 0; j < 5; j++) {
         uint16_t offset = buffer.size();
@@ -106,11 +106,10 @@ static void PlaintextFrame_WriteBatch5(benchmark::State &state) {
         ProtoWriteBuffer writer(&buffer, offset + padding);
         msg.encode(writer);
 
-        messages.push_back(MessageInfo(38, offset, size));
+        messages[j] = MessageInfo(38, offset, size);
       }
 
-      helper->write_protobuf_messages(ProtoWriteBuffer(&buffer, 0),
-                                      std::span<const MessageInfo>(messages.data(), messages.size()));
+      helper->write_protobuf_messages(ProtoWriteBuffer(&buffer, 0), std::span<const MessageInfo>(messages, 5));
 
       if ((i & 0xFF) == 0)
         drain_socket(read_fd);
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/components/mdns/__init__.py b/tests/benchmarks/components/mdns/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08f67a095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/components/mdns/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from tests.testing_helpers import ComponentManifestOverride
+
+
+def override_manifest(manifest: ComponentManifestOverride) -> None:
+    manifest.enable_codegen()
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/components/network/__init__.py b/tests/benchmarks/components/network/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b08f67a095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/components/network/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from tests.testing_helpers import ComponentManifestOverride
+
+
+def override_manifest(manifest: ComponentManifestOverride) -> None:
+    manifest.enable_codegen()
diff --git a/tests/benchmarks/components/socket/__init__.py b/tests/benchmarks/components/socket/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7a20f9f230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/benchmarks/components/socket/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+from tests.testing_helpers import ComponentManifestOverride
+
+
+def override_manifest(manifest: ComponentManifestOverride) -> None:
+    # socket must run its to_code to define USE_SOCKET_IMPL_BSD_SOCKETS
+    # which is needed by the api frame helper benchmarks.
+    manifest.enable_codegen()