diff --git a/test/test_gc.py b/test/test_gc.py
index 3732802af7..37e632acda 100644
--- a/test/test_gc.py
+++ b/test/test_gc.py
@@ -2,11 +2,16 @@
 import gc
 import unittest
 import numpy as np
+from tinygrad.device import Buffer
+from tinygrad.engine.realize import run_schedule
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 
 def tensors_allocated():
   return sum([isinstance(x, Tensor) for x in gc.get_objects()])
 
+def bufs_allocated():
+  return sum([isinstance(x, Buffer) for x in gc.get_objects()])
+
 class TestGC(unittest.TestCase):
 
   def test_gc(self):
@@ -35,5 +40,26 @@ class TestGC(unittest.TestCase):
     del b
     assert (tensors_allocated() == 3)
 
+  def test_schedule_gc(self):
+    init = bufs_allocated()
+    x = Tensor.ones(256).contiguous().realize()
+    y = Tensor.ones(5, 5).contiguous()
+    y.schedule()
+    del x
+    del y
+    self.assertEqual(bufs_allocated()-init, 0)
+
+  def test_schedule_gc_with_inputs(self):
+    init = bufs_allocated()
+    x = Tensor.ones(256).contiguous().realize()
+    y = x+Tensor.ones(256).contiguous()
+    ys = y.schedule()
+    del x
+    run_schedule(ys)
+    np.testing.assert_equal(y.numpy(), np.full((256,), 2))
+    self.assertEqual(bufs_allocated()-init, 1)
+    del y
+    self.assertEqual(bufs_allocated()-init, 0)
+
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   unittest.main()
diff --git a/test/test_schedule.py b/test/test_schedule.py
index 6c7e5036d8..a20137bc0a 100644
--- a/test/test_schedule.py
+++ b/test/test_schedule.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ from tinygrad.shape.view import View
 from tinygrad.tensor import Tensor
 from tinygrad.ops import BinaryOps, MetaOps, UOp, UnaryOps, UOps
 from tinygrad.ops import graph_rewrite
-from tinygrad.helpers import AST_REWRITE, CI, DEBUG, FUSE_ARANGE, flatten, getenv, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, unwrap, prod
+from tinygrad.helpers import AST_REWRITE, CI, DEBUG, FUSE_ARANGE, GlobalCounters, flatten, getenv, SPLIT_REDUCEOP, unwrap, prod
 from tinygrad.codegen.kernel import Kernel, verify_ast
 from tinygrad.engine.schedule import create_schedule, reduceop_fusor, st_fixup
 from tinygrad.engine.realize import CompiledRunner, run_schedule
@@ -1328,6 +1328,18 @@ class TestSchedule(unittest.TestCase):
   @unittest.expectedFailure
   def test_buf_cnt_over_limit_alt(self): self._test_buf_cnt(63, allowed=3)
 
+  def test_schedule_mem_used(self):
+    base = GlobalCounters.mem_used
+    Tensor.ones(256).contiguous().realize()
+    Tensor.ones(5, 5).contiguous().schedule()
+    self.assertEqual(GlobalCounters.mem_used-base, 0)
+
+  def test_schedule_mem_used_with_inputs(self):
+    base = GlobalCounters.mem_used
+    x = Tensor.ones(256).contiguous().realize()
+    (x+Tensor.ones(256).contiguous()).schedule()
+    self.assertEqual(GlobalCounters.mem_used-base, 1024)
+
 class TestIndexing(unittest.TestCase):
   def check_schedule(self, xt:Union[Tensor,List[Tensor]], cnt:int):
     with Context(FUSE_ARANGE=getenv("FUSE_ARANGE", 1)):