diff --git a/cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/parquet_writer.cpp b/cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/parquet_writer.cpp
index 46d2927a92b..256e50f0e64 100644
--- a/cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/parquet_writer.cpp
+++ b/cpp/benchmarks/io/parquet/parquet_writer.cpp
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ NVBENCH_BENCH_TYPES(BM_parq_write_encode, NVBENCH_TYPE_AXES(d_type_list))
   .set_name("parquet_write_encode")
   .set_type_axes_names({"data_type"})
   .set_min_samples(4)
-  .add_int64_axis("cardinality", {0, 1000})
-  .add_int64_axis("run_length", {1, 32});
+  .add_int64_axis("cardinality", {0, 1000, 10'000, 100'000})
+  .add_int64_axis("run_length", {1, 8, 32});
 
 NVBENCH_BENCH_TYPES(BM_parq_write_io_compression, NVBENCH_TYPE_AXES(io_list, compression_list))
   .set_name("parquet_write_io_compression")