diff --git a/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_list.rs b/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_list.rs
index 6f8a678b..f4f746f6 100644
--- a/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_list.rs
+++ b/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_list.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ fn iter_list(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
 fn list_new(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        b.iter(|| PyList::new_bound(py, 0..LEN));
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| PyList::new_bound(py, 0..LEN));
     });
 }
 
diff --git a/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_tuple.rs b/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_tuple.rs
index f224ee1b..57920c25 100644
--- a/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_tuple.rs
+++ b/pyo3-benches/benches/bench_tuple.rs
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ use pyo3::types::{PyList, PySequence, PyTuple};
 fn iter_tuple(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 100_000;
-        let tuple = PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN);
+        let tuple = PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN);
         let mut sum = 0;
         b.iter(|| {
-            for x in tuple {
+            for x in tuple.iter_borrowed() {
                 let i: u64 = x.extract().unwrap();
                 sum += i;
             }
@@ -20,14 +20,14 @@ fn iter_tuple(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
 fn tuple_new(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        b.iter(|| PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN));
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN));
     });
 }
 
 fn tuple_get_item(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        let tuple = PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN);
+        let tuple = PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN);
         let mut sum = 0;
         b.iter(|| {
             for i in 0..LEN {
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ fn tuple_get_item(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
 fn tuple_get_item_unchecked(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        let tuple = PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN);
+        let tuple = PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN);
         let mut sum = 0;
         b.iter(|| {
             for i in 0..LEN {
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ fn tuple_get_item_unchecked(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
 fn sequence_from_tuple(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        let tuple = PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN).to_object(py);
+        let tuple = PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN).to_object(py);
         b.iter(|| tuple.extract::<&PySequence>(py).unwrap());
     });
 }
@@ -64,22 +64,16 @@ fn sequence_from_tuple(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
 fn tuple_new_list(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        let tuple = PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN);
-        b.iter(|| {
-            let _pool = unsafe { py.new_pool() };
-            let _ = PyList::new(py, tuple);
-        });
+        let tuple = PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN);
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| PyList::new_bound(py, tuple.iter_borrowed()));
     });
 }
 
 fn tuple_to_list(b: &mut Bencher<'_>) {
     Python::with_gil(|py| {
         const LEN: usize = 50_000;
-        let tuple = PyTuple::new(py, 0..LEN);
-        b.iter(|| {
-            let _pool = unsafe { py.new_pool() };
-            let _ = tuple.to_list();
-        });
+        let tuple = PyTuple::new_bound(py, 0..LEN);
+        b.iter_with_large_drop(|| tuple.to_list());
     });
 }