diff --git a/bench/return_type_literal_filter_bench.php b/bench/return_type_literal_filter_bench.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..38ec241821a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bench/return_type_literal_filter_bench.php
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/**
+ * Benchmark for the "return type from literal returns" hoist in
+ * NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector and BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector.
+ *
+ * Both rules subscribe to ClassMethod. They ran the ClassMethodReturnTypeOverrideGuard
+ * (shouldSkipClassMethod - parent/override reflection) before checking whether the returns are
+ * actually int/float/true/false literals. A method whose single return is not such a literal
+ * (the common case) paid for the override lookup only to then fail the literal check.
+ *
+ * The optimization moves the node-only literal check above shouldSkipClassMethod, so a method
+ * that returns a non-literal expression bails before the reflection.
+ *
+ * This bench parses many methods that return a non-literal expression ($this->helper(...)),
+ * attaches scope, then drives refactor() over every ClassMethod. Those nodes never change, so
+ * the calls are repeatable.
+ *
+ * Run on both branches to compare:
+ *   php bench/return_type_literal_filter_bench.php
+ *
+ * Reports CPU time (user+sys) and wall time; CPU is the reliable metric, wall is noisy
+ * under concurrent load.
+ */
+
+use PhpParser\Node\Stmt\ClassMethod;
+use Rector\DependencyInjection\LazyContainerFactory;
+use Rector\PhpParser\Node\BetterNodeFinder;
+use Rector\Testing\TestingParser\TestingParser;
+use Rector\TypeDeclaration\Rector\ClassMethod\BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector;
+use Rector\TypeDeclaration\Rector\ClassMethod\NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector;
+
+require __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
+
+const CLASSES = 30;         // child classes, each extending a parent
+const METHODS_PER_CLASS = 5; // untyped methods returning a non-literal expression
+const REPEAT = 50;          // outer repeats over the whole method set
+
+$rectorConfig = (new LazyContainerFactory())->create();
+$rectorConfig->boot();
+
+/** @var TestingParser $testingParser */
+$testingParser = $rectorConfig->make(TestingParser::class);
+
+/** @var BetterNodeFinder $betterNodeFinder */
+$betterNodeFinder = $rectorConfig->make(BetterNodeFinder::class);
+
+$numericRector = $rectorConfig->make(NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector::class);
+$boolRector = $rectorConfig->make(BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector::class);
+
+// a parent plus children whose methods return a non-literal expression: they pass the
+// "single return with expr" gate but are neither int/float nor true/false literals
+$source = "<?php\n\nnamespace Bench;\n\n";
+$source .= "class SomeParent\n{\n    public function helper(\$value)\n    {\n        return \$value;\n    }\n}\n\n";
+for ($i = 0; $i < CLASSES; ++$i) {
+    $source .= "class Child{$i} extends \\Bench\\SomeParent\n{\n";
+    for ($j = 0; $j < METHODS_PER_CLASS; ++$j) {
+        $source .= "    public function run{$j}(\$value)\n    {\n        return \$this->helper(\$value);\n    }\n\n";
+    }
+    $source .= "}\n\n";
+}
+
+$sourceFilePath = tempnam(sys_get_temp_dir(), 'bench_') . '.php';
+file_put_contents($sourceFilePath, $source);
+
+$stmts = $testingParser->parseFileToDecoratedNodes($sourceFilePath);
+
+/** @var ClassMethod[] $classMethods */
+$classMethods = $betterNodeFinder->findInstanceOf($stmts, ClassMethod::class);
+
+$cpuSeconds = static function (): float {
+    $usage = getrusage();
+    return $usage['ru_utime.tv_sec'] + $usage['ru_utime.tv_usec'] / 1_000_000
+        + $usage['ru_stime.tv_sec'] + $usage['ru_stime.tv_usec'] / 1_000_000;
+};
+
+$benchRule = static function (object $rector, string $label) use ($classMethods, $cpuSeconds): void {
+    $run = static function () use ($rector, $classMethods): void {
+        foreach ($classMethods as $classMethod) {
+            $rector->refactor($classMethod);
+        }
+    };
+
+    // warm up caches once, excluded from timing
+    $run();
+
+    $wallStart = microtime(true);
+    $cpuStart = $cpuSeconds();
+
+    for ($repeat = 0; $repeat < REPEAT; ++$repeat) {
+        $run();
+    }
+
+    $cpu = $cpuSeconds() - $cpuStart;
+    $wall = microtime(true) - $wallStart;
+    $totalCalls = REPEAT * count($classMethods);
+
+    printf('%s: refactor() calls: %d%s', $label, $totalCalls, PHP_EOL);
+    printf('  CPU:  %.4f s  (%.3f us/call)%s', $cpu, $cpu / $totalCalls * 1_000_000, PHP_EOL);
+    printf('  wall: %.4f s%s', $wall, PHP_EOL);
+};
+
+printf('methods: %d%s', count($classMethods), PHP_EOL);
+$benchRule($numericRector, 'NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector');
+$benchRule($boolRector, 'BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector');
+
+@unlink($sourceFilePath);
diff --git a/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector.php b/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector.php
index 0b016ec467d..e72297212de 100644
--- a/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector.php
+++ b/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/BoolReturnTypeFromBooleanConstReturnsRector.php
@@ -95,12 +95,12 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
-        $scope = ScopeFetcher::fetch($node);
-        if ($this->shouldSkip($node, $scope)) {
+        if (! $this->hasOnlyBooleanConstExprs($returns)) {
             return null;
         }
 
-        if (! $this->hasOnlyBooleanConstExprs($returns)) {
+        $scope = ScopeFetcher::fetch($node);
+        if ($this->shouldSkip($node, $scope)) {
             return null;
         }
 
diff --git a/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector.php b/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector.php
index 2ffd56d9016..c46415a819e 100644
--- a/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector.php
+++ b/rules/TypeDeclaration/Rector/ClassMethod/NumericReturnTypeFromStrictScalarReturnsRector.php
@@ -90,11 +90,6 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             return null;
         }
 
-        $scope = ScopeFetcher::fetch($node);
-        if ($this->shouldSkip($node, $scope)) {
-            return null;
-        }
-
         $isAlwaysInt = true;
         $isAlwaysFloat = true;
 
@@ -113,6 +108,16 @@ public function refactor(Node $node): ?Node
             }
         }
 
+        // no int/float scalar returns? skip before the costly override lookup
+        if (! $isAlwaysFloat && ! $isAlwaysInt) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $scope = ScopeFetcher::fetch($node);
+        if ($this->shouldSkip($node, $scope)) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
         if ($isAlwaysFloat) {
             $node->returnType = new Identifier('float');
             return $node;