diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml
index 4c835ec93b2e8..7796953b4b255 100644
--- a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/AndroidManifest.xml
@@ -98,6 +98,15 @@
                 <category android:name="com.android.test.dynamic.TEST" />
             </intent-filter>
         </activity>
+        <activity
+            android:name="AnimatedVectorDrawableDupPerf"
+            android:label="Animated Vector Performance of clones" >
+            <intent-filter>
+                <action android:name="android.intent.action.MAIN" />
+
+                <category android:name="com.android.test.dynamic.TEST" />
+            </intent-filter>
+        </activity>
         <activity
             android:name="VectorDrawableStaticPerf"
             android:label="System icons" >
diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable24.xml b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable24.xml
index 5c1ccaa03361a..f0b46994dc231 100644
--- a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable24.xml
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable24.xml
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@
         android:viewportHeight="400"
         android:viewportWidth="400" >
 
-    <group android:name="backgroundGroup"
-        android:alpha = "0.5" >
+    <group android:name="backgroundGroup">
         <path
             android:name="background1"
             android:fillColor="#FF000000"
@@ -33,8 +32,7 @@
     <group
         android:name="translateToCenterGroup"
         android:translateX="50.0"
-        android:translateY="90.0"
-        android:alpha = "0.5" >
+        android:translateY="90.0" >
         <path
             android:name="twoLines"
             android:pathData="@string/twoLinePathData"
@@ -45,8 +43,7 @@
             android:name="rotationGroup"
             android:pivotX="0.0"
             android:pivotY="0.0"
-            android:rotation="-45.0"
-            android:alpha = "0.5" >
+            android:rotation="-45.0">
             <path
                 android:name="twoLines1"
                 android:pathData="@string/twoLinePathData"
@@ -56,8 +53,7 @@
             <group
                 android:name="translateGroup"
                 android:translateX="130.0"
-                android:translateY="160.0"
-                android:alpha = "0.5">
+                android:translateY="160.0">
                 <group android:name="scaleGroup" >
                     <path
                         android:name="twoLines3"
@@ -70,8 +66,7 @@
             <group
                 android:name="translateGroupHalf"
                 android:translateX="65.0"
-                android:translateY="80.0"
-                android:alpha = "0.5">
+                android:translateY="80.0">
                 <group android:name="scaleGroup" >
                     <path
                         android:name="twoLines2"
diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable25.xml b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable25.xml
index 069a53154495b..f46d14eb89f1c 100644
--- a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable25.xml
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/res/drawable/vector_drawable25.xml
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
 
     <group
         android:name="FirstLevelGroup"
-        android:alpha="0.9"
         android:translateX="100.0"
         android:translateY="0.0" >
         <group
             android:name="SecondLevelGroup1"
-            android:alpha="0.9"
             android:translateX="-100.0"
             android:translateY="50.0" >
             <path
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@
 
             <group
                 android:name="ThridLevelGroup1"
-                android:alpha="0.9"
                 android:translateX="-100.0"
                 android:translateY="50.0" >
                 <path
@@ -44,7 +41,6 @@
             </group>
             <group
                 android:name="ThridLevelGroup2"
-                android:alpha="0.8"
                 android:translateX="100.0"
                 android:translateY="50.0" >
                 <path
@@ -54,7 +50,6 @@
         </group>
         <group
             android:name="SecondLevelGroup2"
-            android:alpha="0.8"
             android:translateX="100.0"
             android:translateY="50.0" >
             <path
@@ -63,7 +58,6 @@
 
             <group
                 android:name="ThridLevelGroup3"
-                android:alpha="0.9"
                 android:translateX="-100.0"
                 android:translateY="50.0" >
                 <path
@@ -72,7 +66,6 @@
             </group>
             <group
                 android:name="ThridLevelGroup4"
-                android:alpha="0.8"
                 android:translateX="100.0"
                 android:translateY="50.0" >
                 <path
diff --git a/tests/VectorDrawableTest/src/com/android/test/dynamic/AnimatedVectorDrawableDupPerf.java b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/src/com/android/test/dynamic/AnimatedVectorDrawableDupPerf.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..047e494a9551e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/VectorDrawableTest/src/com/android/test/dynamic/AnimatedVectorDrawableDupPerf.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except
+ * in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License
+ * is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
+ * or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+ * the License.
+ */
+package com.android.test.dynamic;
+
+import android.app.Activity;
+import android.content.res.Resources;
+import android.graphics.drawable.AnimatedVectorDrawable;
+import android.graphics.drawable.VectorDrawable;
+import android.os.Bundle;
+import android.util.AttributeSet;
+import android.util.Log;
+import android.util.Xml;
+import android.widget.Button;
+import android.widget.GridLayout;
+import android.widget.ScrollView;
+import android.widget.TextView;
+
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParser;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.text.DecimalFormat;
+
+
+@SuppressWarnings({"UnusedDeclaration"})
+public class AnimatedVectorDrawableDupPerf extends Activity {
+
+    private static final String LOGTAG = "AnimatedVectorDrawableDupPerf";
+    protected int[] icon = {
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+            R.drawable.animation_vector_linear_progress_bar,
+   };
+
+    /** @hide */
+    public static AnimatedVectorDrawable create(Resources resources, int rid) {
+        try {
+            final XmlPullParser parser = resources.getXml(rid);
+            final AttributeSet attrs = Xml.asAttributeSet(parser);
+            int type;
+            while ((type=parser.next()) != XmlPullParser.START_TAG &&
+                    type != XmlPullParser.END_DOCUMENT) {
+                // Empty loop
+            }
+            if (type != XmlPullParser.START_TAG) {
+                throw new XmlPullParserException("No start tag found");
+            }
+
+            final AnimatedVectorDrawable drawable = new AnimatedVectorDrawable();
+            drawable.inflate(resources, parser, attrs);
+
+            return drawable;
+        } catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+            Log.e(LOGTAG, "parser error", e);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            Log.e(LOGTAG, "parser error", e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
+        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
+        ScrollView scrollView = new ScrollView(this);
+        GridLayout container = new GridLayout(this);
+        scrollView.addView(container);
+        container.setColumnCount(5);
+        Resources res = this.getResources();
+        container.setBackgroundColor(0xFF888888);
+        AnimatedVectorDrawable []d = new AnimatedVectorDrawable[icon.length];
+        long time =  android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos();
+        for (int i = 0; i < icon.length; i++) {
+             d[i] = create(res,icon[i]);
+        }
+        time =  android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos()-time;
+        TextView t = new TextView(this);
+        DecimalFormat df = new DecimalFormat("#.##");
+        t.setText("avgL=" + df.format(time / (icon.length * 1000000.)) + " ms");
+        container.addView(t);
+        time =  android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos();
+        for (int i = 0; i < icon.length; i++) {
+            Button button = new Button(this);
+            button.setWidth(200);
+            button.setBackgroundResource(icon[i]);
+            container.addView(button);
+        }
+        setContentView(scrollView);
+        time =  android.os.SystemClock.elapsedRealtimeNanos()-time;
+        t = new TextView(this);
+        t.setText("avgS=" + df.format(time / (icon.length * 1000000.)) + " ms");
+        container.addView(t);
+    }
+
+}