diff --git a/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/compare_honk_branch_vs_master.sh b/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/compare_honk_branch_vs_baseline.sh
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rename from cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/compare_honk_branch_vs_master.sh
rename to cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/compare_honk_branch_vs_baseline.sh
index f76b70126a..47add30894 100755
--- a/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/compare_honk_branch_vs_master.sh
+++ b/cpp/src/barretenberg/benchmark/honk_bench/compare_honk_branch_vs_baseline.sh
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-# This script is used to compare the honk benchmarks between baseline (master) and
+# This script is used to compare the honk benchmarks between baseline (default: master) and
 # the branch from which the script is run. Simply check out the branch of interest, ensure 
 # it is up to date with local master, and run the script.
 
-echo -e '\nComparing Honk benchmarks between master and current branch:'
+# Specify the benchmark suite and the "baseline" branch against which to compare
+BENCH_TARGET="ultra_honk_bench"
+BASELINE_BRANCH="master"
+
+echo -e "\nComparing $BENCH_TARGET between $BASELINE_BRANCH and current branch:"
 # Set some directories
 BASE_DIR="$HOME/barretenberg/cpp"
-BUILD_DIR="$BASE_DIR/build-bench"
+BUILD_DIR="$BASE_DIR/build-bench" # matches build dir specified in bench preset
 BENCH_RESULTS_DIR="$BASE_DIR/tmp_bench_results"
 BENCH_TOOLS_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/_deps/benchmark-src/tools"
 
@@ -15,33 +19,33 @@ BENCH_TOOLS_DIR="$BUILD_DIR/_deps/benchmark-src/tools"
 # Note: By default, installation will occur in $HOME/.local/bin.
 pip3 install -r $BUILD_DIR/_deps/benchmark-src/requirements.txt
 
-# Create temporary directory for honk_bench results (json)
+# Create temporary directory for benchmark results (json)
 cd $BASE_DIR
 mkdir $BENCH_RESULTS_DIR
 
-# Checkout master, run benchmarks, save results in json format
-echo -e '\nConfiguring and building benchmarks in master branch..'
+# Checkout baseline branch, run benchmarks, save results in json format
+echo -e "\nConfiguring and building $BENCH_TARGET in $BASELINE_BRANCH branch..\n"
 git checkout master > /dev/null
 rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
-cmake --preset bench > /dev/null && cmake --build --preset bench --target honk_bench > /dev/null
+cmake --preset bench > /dev/null && cmake --build --preset bench --target $BENCH_TARGET
 cd build-bench
-MASTER_HONK_BENCH_RESULTS="$BENCH_RESULTS_DIR/honk_bench_results_master.json"
-echo -e '\nRunning honk_bench in master..'
-bin/honk_bench --benchmark_format=json > $MASTER_HONK_BENCH_RESULTS
+BASELINE_RESULTS="$BENCH_RESULTS_DIR/results_baseline.json"
+echo -e "\nRunning $BENCH_TARGET in master.."
+bin/$BENCH_TARGET --benchmark_format=json > $BASELINE_RESULTS
 
 # Checkout working branch (-), run benchmarks, save results in json format
-echo -e '\nConfiguring and building benchmarks in current feature branch..'
+echo -e "\nConfiguring and building $BENCH_TARGET in current feature branch..\n"
 git checkout -
 rm -rf $BUILD_DIR
-cmake --preset bench > /dev/null && cmake --build --preset bench --target honk_bench
+cmake --preset bench > /dev/null && cmake --build --preset bench --target $BENCH_TARGET
 cd build-bench
-BRANCH_HONK_BENCH_RESULTS="$BENCH_RESULTS_DIR/honk_bench_results_branch.json"
-echo -e '\nRunning honk_bench in feature branch..'
-bin/ultra_honk_bench --benchmark_format=json > $BRANCH_HONK_BENCH_RESULTS
+BRANCH_RESULTS="$BENCH_RESULTS_DIR/results_branch.json"
+echo -e "\nRunning $BENCH_TARGET in feature branch.."
+bin/$BENCH_TARGET --benchmark_format=json > $BRANCH_RESULTS
 
 # Call compare.py on the results (json) to get high level statistics. 
 # See docs at https://github.com/google/benchmark/blob/main/docs/tools.md for more details.
-$BENCH_TOOLS_DIR/compare.py benchmarks $MASTER_HONK_BENCH_RESULTS $BRANCH_HONK_BENCH_RESULTS
+$BENCH_TOOLS_DIR/compare.py benchmarks $BASELINE_RESULTS $BRANCH_RESULTS
 
 # Delete the temporary results directory and its contents
-rm -r $BENCH_RESULTS_DIR
\ No newline at end of file
+rm -r $BENCH_RESULTS_DIR