diff --git a/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestLayoutCheck.cs b/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestLayoutCheck.cs
index c3e2ddd..f02ff37 100644
--- a/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestLayoutCheck.cs
+++ b/OpenNest.Engine/Jobs/NestLayoutCheck.cs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public static class NestLayoutCheck
         }
         var inflated = spacing > Tolerance.Epsilon ? Outline(ap, al, spacing) : ar;
         return !BoxesTouch(inflated.Perimeter.BoundingBox, br.Perimeter.BoundingBox)
-            || !Collision.HasOverlap(inflated.Perimeter, br.Perimeter, inflated.Holes, br.Holes);
+            || !Overlaps(inflated, br);
     }
 
     private static ShapeProfile Transform(JobPartGeometry geometry, double rotation)
@@ -322,14 +322,7 @@ public static class NestLayoutCheck
                 // Inflating one side by the full spacing covers both cases: part j
                 // inside part i's (shrunk) cutout, or part i's inflated outline
                 // inside part j's raw cutout.
-                if (
-                    Collision.HasOverlap(
-                        inflated[i].Perimeter,
-                        raw[j].Perimeter,
-                        inflated[i].Holes,
-                        raw[j].Holes
-                    )
-                )
+                if (Overlaps(inflated[i], raw[j]))
                 {
                     result.Add(
                         $"'{DisplayName(parts[i], requirements)}' and '{DisplayName(parts[j], requirements)}' are closer than the required spacing ({spacing:F3})"
@@ -365,10 +358,37 @@ public static class NestLayoutCheck
 
     private const double OutlineTolerance = NestTolerances.ValidationOutline;
 
+    private static bool Overlaps(PartOutline a, PartOutline b)
+    {
+        var at = a.Triangles;
+        var bt = b.Triangles;
+        // Cache the same world-space triangulation the reference would build. Keeping
+        // translations at zero also preserves its floating-point operation order.
+        return (at != null && bt != null ? at.Overlaps(bt, 0, 0, 0, 0) : null)
+            ?? Collision.HasOverlap(a.Perimeter, b.Perimeter, a.Holes, b.Holes);
+    }
+
     private sealed class PartOutline
     {
         public Polygon Perimeter { get; init; }
         public List<Polygon> Holes { get; init; }
+
+        private bool prepared;
+        private TriangulatedRegion triangles;
+
+        /// <summary>Prepared on the first candidate pair; null preparation is cached too.</summary>
+        public TriangulatedRegion Triangles
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (!prepared)
+                {
+                    triangles = TriangulatedRegion.Build(Perimeter, Holes);
+                    prepared = true;
+                }
+                return triangles;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/OpenNest.Tests/Benchmark/NestLayoutCheckTimingTests.cs b/OpenNest.Tests/Benchmark/NestLayoutCheckTimingTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b3659f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/OpenNest.Tests/Benchmark/NestLayoutCheckTimingTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using OpenNest.Benchmark;
+using OpenNest.CNC;
+using OpenNest.Engine.Jobs;
+using OpenNest.Engine.Jobs.Adapters;
+using OpenNest.Geometry;
+using Xunit.Abstractions;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Tests.Benchmark;
+
+public class NestLayoutCheckTimingTests
+{
+    private readonly ITestOutputHelper output;
+
+    public NestLayoutCheckTimingTests(ITestOutputHelper output) => this.output = output;
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void ManyPartLayoutMatchesFrozenValidatorAndReportsTiming()
+    {
+        const int count = 100;
+        var program = new Program();
+        program.MoveTo(1, 0);
+        program.ArcTo(-1, 0, 0, 0, RotationType.CCW);
+        program.ArcTo(1, 0, 0, 0, RotationType.CCW);
+        var part = new NestJobPart("disc", PartGeometrySnapshot.FromProgram(program), count);
+        var stock = new NestPlateStock("sheet", new Size(30, 30), partSpacing: 0.01);
+        var job = new NestJob(new[] { part }, new[] { stock });
+        var builder = new NestJobResultBuilder(job);
+        // Dense bounding-box candidates exercise the pair gate; both overlapping and
+        // disjoint diagonal neighbours occur. Violations are deliberate and compared.
+        builder.AddSheet(stock, Enumerable.Range(0, count)
+            .Select(i => (part.Id, 2 + (i % 10) * 1.5, 2 + (i / 10) * 1.5, 0.0)));
+        var result = builder.Build(NestJobStopReason.Completed);
+        var materialized = NestResultMaterializer.Materialize(job, result);
+        var requirements = job.Parts.ToDictionary(p => materialized.DrawingsByPartId[p.Id], p => (p.Id, p.Quantity));
+        var runs = materialized.Nest.Plates.Select(p => (p, p.Parts.ToList())).ToList();
+        var expected = LegacyNestValidator.Validate(runs, requirements).Violations;
+        Assert.NotEmpty(expected);
+        Assert.Equal(expected, NestValidator.Validate(runs, requirements).Violations);
+        Assert.Equal(expected, NestLayoutCheck.Violations(job, result));
+
+        var legacyTimes = new double[5];
+        var currentTimes = new double[5];
+        for (var i = 0; i < legacyTimes.Length; i++)
+        {
+            // Alternate order after warmup to reduce systematic timing bias.
+            if (i % 2 == 0)
+            {
+                legacyTimes[i] = Measure(() => Assert.Equal(expected, LegacyNestValidator.Validate(runs, requirements).Violations));
+                currentTimes[i] = Measure(() => Assert.Equal(expected, NestValidator.Validate(runs, requirements).Violations));
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                currentTimes[i] = Measure(() => Assert.Equal(expected, NestValidator.Validate(runs, requirements).Violations));
+                legacyTimes[i] = Measure(() => Assert.Equal(expected, LegacyNestValidator.Validate(runs, requirements).Violations));
+            }
+        }
+        Array.Sort(legacyTimes);
+        Array.Sort(currentTimes);
+        output.WriteLine($"100 discs; {expected.Count} identical ordered violations; "
+            + $"median of 5: frozen={legacyTimes[2]:F3}ms current={currentTimes[2]:F3}ms; "
+            + $"ratio={legacyTimes[2] / currentTimes[2]:F2}x. Includes outline preparation; excludes materialization.");
+    }
+
+    private static double Measure(Action action)
+    {
+        var watch = Stopwatch.StartNew();
+        action();
+        return watch.Elapsed.TotalMilliseconds;
+    }
+}