diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index c34e3c07e1..a1c0aa3563 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,10 +51,12 @@ if (TARGET tiledarray)
 
     if (TTG_HAVE_CUDA)
       add_ttg_executable(chain-ttg-cuda task-benchmarks/chain-ttg-dev.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray RUNTIMES "parsec")
+      add_ttg_executable(pingpong-ttg-cuda pingpong.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray RUNTIMES "parsec")
     endif(TTG_HAVE_CUDA)
 
     if (TTG_HAVE_HIP)
       add_ttg_executable(chain-ttg-hip task-benchmarks/chain-ttg-dev.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray RUNTIMES "parsec")
+      add_ttg_executable(pingpong-ttg-hip pingpong.cc LINK_LIBRARIES tiledarray RUNTIMES "parsec")
     endif(TTG_HAVE_HIP)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/examples/pingpong.cc b/examples/pingpong.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2da399315
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/pingpong.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+
+#include <ttg.h>
+#include <ttg/serialization.h>
+#include <cassert>
+
+#define NITER 10000
+
+#define MAX_SIZE 1024*1024*1024
+
+struct Message : public ttg::TTValue<Message> {
+  ttg::Buffer<std::byte> buf;
+
+  Message(std::size_t size)
+  : buf(size)
+  { }
+
+  Message(const Message&) = delete;
+  Message(Message) = default;
+
+  Message& operator=(const Message&) = delete;
+  Message& operator=(Message&&) = default;
+
+  std::size_t size() const {
+    return buf.size();
+  }
+
+};
+
+#ifdef TTG_SERIALIZATION_SUPPORTS_MADNESS
+namespace madness {
+  namespace archive {
+    template <class Archive, typename T>
+    struct ArchiveStoreImpl<Archive, BlockMatrix<T>> {
+      static inline void store(const Archive& ar, const BlockMatrix<T>& bm) {
+        ar << msg.buf.size();
+      }
+    };
+
+    template <class Archive, typename T>
+    struct ArchiveLoadImpl<Archive, BlockMatrix<T>> {
+      static inline void load(const Archive& ar, Message& msg) {
+        std::size_t size;
+        ar >> size;
+        msg = Message(size);
+      }
+    };
+  }  // namespace archive
+}  // namespace madness
+
+static_assert(madness::is_serializable_v<madness::archive::BufferOutputArchive, Message>);
+#endif  // TTG_SERIALIZATION_SUPPORTS_MADNESS
+
+static void run_inter()
+{
+  auto world = ttg::default_execution_context();
+  int comm_rank = world.rank();
+  int comm_size = world.size();
+  ttg::Edge<int, Message> edge;
+  auto ping = ttg::make_tt([&](int key, Message&& msg) -> ttg::device::Task {
+                              co_await ttg::device::select(msg.buf);
+                              if (NITER > key) {
+                                /* go for another ride */
+                                co_await ttg::device::forward(ttg::device::send<0>(key+1, std::move(msg)));
+                              }
+                            }, ttg::edges(edge), ttg::edges(edge), "ping");
+
+  ping->set_keymap([](int key){ return key % comm_size; });
+
+  ttg::make_graph_executable(ping);
+
+  for (std::size_t size = 1; size < MAX_SIZE; size *= 2) {
+    /* mark executable */
+    ttg::execute();
+    auto start_ts = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    /* kick off run */
+    if (rank == 0) {
+      ping->invoke(0, Message(size));
+    }
+    /* wait for completion */
+    ttg::fence();
+    auto end_ts = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    auto duration = std::chrono::duration<double>(end_ts - start_ts);
+    std::cout << "INTER " << size <<  " B : " << duration << " s : " << size / duration.count() / 1E6 " MB/s" << std::endl;
+  }
+}
+
+static void run_intra()
+{
+  auto world = ttg::default_execution_context();
+  int comm_rank = world.rank();
+  int comm_size = world.size();
+  ttg::Edge<int, Message> edge;
+  auto ping = ttg::make_tt([&](int key, Message&& msg) -> ttg::device::Task {
+                              co_await ttg::device::select(msg.buf);
+                              if (NITER > key) {
+                                /* go for another ride */
+                                co_await ttg::device::forward(ttg::device::send<0>(key+1, std::move(msg)));
+                              }
+                            }, ttg::edges(edge), ttg::edges(edge), "ping");
+
+  ping->set_keymap([](int key){ return rank; /* stay within a process */ });
+  ping->set_devicemap([](int key){ return key % ttg::device::num_devices()});
+
+  ttg::make_graph_executable(ping);
+
+  for (std::size_t size = 1; size < MAX_SIZE; size *= 2) {
+    /* mark executable */
+    ttg::execute();
+    auto start_ts = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    /* kick off run */
+    if (rank == 0) {
+      ping->invoke(0, Message(size));
+    }
+    /* wait for completion */
+    ttg::fence();
+    auto end_ts = std::chrono::steady_clock::now();
+    auto duration = std::chrono::duration<double>(end_ts - start_ts);
+    std::cout << "INTRA " << size <<  " B : " << duration << " s : " << size / duration.count() / 1E6 " MB/s" << std::endl;
+  }
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  ttg::initialize(argc, argv);
+  // inter-node benchmark
+  run_inter();
+  ttg::finalize();
+
+  return 0;
+}
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