diff --git a/migration.md b/migration.md
index a7f353e747..0ea3e9bef1 100644
--- a/migration.md
+++ b/migration.md
@@ -441,6 +441,8 @@ pipeline = Pipeline(
 | Predictor | Endpoint | Replaced with sagemaker-core |
 | MultiDataModel | ModelBuilder | Multi-model endpoints |
 | AsyncPredictor | ModelBuilder | Async inference |
+| JumpStartModel.benchmark_metrics / display_benchmark_metrics() / list_deployment_configs() | ModelBuilder.benchmark_metrics / display_benchmark_metrics() / list_deployment_configs() | Same names; usable on a pre-deploy JumpStart `ModelBuilder` |
+| snapshot_download + S3Uploader (hand-rolled) | `from sagemaker.serve import download_huggingface_model` | Downloads a Hub snapshot and optionally uploads it to S3 |
 
 ### Processing Features
 
diff --git a/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/jumpstart/utils.py b/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/jumpstart/utils.py
index 91d6eec1c8..92109f203e 100644
--- a/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/jumpstart/utils.py
+++ b/sagemaker-core/src/sagemaker/core/jumpstart/utils.py
@@ -1442,8 +1442,19 @@ def get_metrics_from_deployment_configs(
     if not deployment_configs:
         return {}
 
-    data = {"Instance Type": [], "Config Name": [], "Concurrent Users": []}
-    instance_rate_data = {}
+    # Build per-row records, then pivot to column-oriented at the end, padding
+    # columns a row didn't set with None. Keeps every column the same length and
+    # each value on its own row; appending columns independently would crash
+    # pd.DataFrame on ragged lengths and misalign the sparse (pricing) column.
+    rows: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
+    column_order: List[str] = ["Instance Type", "Config Name", "Concurrent Users"]
+    seen_columns = set(column_order)
+
+    def _register_column(name: str) -> None:
+        if name not in seen_columns:
+            seen_columns.add(name)
+            column_order.append(name)
+
     for index, deployment_config in enumerate(deployment_configs):
         benchmark_metrics = deployment_config.benchmark_metrics
         if not deployment_config.deployment_args or not benchmark_metrics:
@@ -1465,25 +1476,31 @@ def get_metrics_from_deployment_configs(
                     else current_instance_type
                 )
 
-                data["Config Name"].append(deployment_config.deployment_config_name)
-                data["Instance Type"].append(instance_type_to_display)
-                data["Concurrent Users"].append(concurrent_user)
+                row: Dict[str, Any] = {
+                    "Instance Type": instance_type_to_display,
+                    "Config Name": deployment_config.deployment_config_name,
+                    "Concurrent Users": concurrent_user,
+                }
+
+                for metric in metrics:
+                    column_name = _normalize_benchmark_metric_column_name(metric.name, metric.unit)
+                    _register_column(column_name)
+                    row[column_name] = metric.value
 
                 if instance_type_rate:
                     instance_rate_column_name = (
                         f"{instance_type_rate.name} ({instance_type_rate.unit})"
                     )
-                    instance_rate_data[instance_rate_column_name] = instance_rate_data.get(
-                        instance_rate_column_name, []
-                    )
-                    instance_rate_data[instance_rate_column_name].append(instance_type_rate.value)
+                    _register_column(instance_rate_column_name)
+                    row[instance_rate_column_name] = instance_type_rate.value
 
-                for metric in metrics:
-                    column_name = _normalize_benchmark_metric_column_name(metric.name, metric.unit)
-                    data[column_name] = data.get(column_name, [])
-                    data[column_name].append(metric.value)
+                rows.append(row)
 
-    data = {**data, **instance_rate_data}
+    # Pivot to column-oriented, padding unset cells with None.
+    data: Dict[str, List[Any]] = {column: [] for column in column_order}
+    for row in rows:
+        for column in column_order:
+            data[column].append(row.get(column))
     return data
 
 
diff --git a/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_jumpstart_utils.py b/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_jumpstart_utils.py
index 8cd6edd510..08eb20ccdc 100644
--- a/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_jumpstart_utils.py
+++ b/sagemaker-core/tests/unit/test_jumpstart_utils.py
@@ -1679,6 +1679,53 @@ def test_get_metrics_from_deployment_configs_with_metrics(self):
         assert "Instance Type" in result
         assert "Config Name" in result
 
+    def test_get_metrics_ragged_pricing_stays_equal_length_and_aligned(self):
+        """One instance with a pricing overlay, one without: columns stay equal
+        length and the rate stays aligned to its instance (None for the other)."""
+
+        def _stat(name, unit, value, concurrency):
+            stat = Mock()
+            stat.name = name
+            stat.unit = unit
+            stat.value = value
+            stat.concurrency = concurrency
+            return stat
+
+        mock_args = Mock()
+        mock_args.default_instance_type = "ml.g5.xlarge"
+        mock_args.instance_type = "ml.g5.xlarge"
+
+        mock_config = Mock(spec=DeploymentConfigMetadata)
+        mock_config.deployment_args = mock_args
+        mock_config.deployment_config_name = "config1"
+        # priced instance carries an "Instance Rate" stat; the other does not.
+        mock_config.benchmark_metrics = {
+            "ml.g5.xlarge": [
+                _stat("Latency", "ms", 100, "1"),
+                _stat("Instance Rate", "USD/Hr", 1.23, "1"),
+            ],
+            "ml.g5.2xlarge": [
+                _stat("Latency", "ms", 90, "1"),
+            ],
+        }
+
+        result = utils.get_metrics_from_deployment_configs([mock_config])
+
+        # Equal-length columns -> pd.DataFrame(result) will not raise.
+        lengths = {column: len(values) for column, values in result.items()}
+        assert len(set(lengths.values())) == 1, lengths
+
+        # Rate value stays on the priced row, None on the other (not shifted).
+        rate_cols = [c for c in result if "Instance Rate" in c]
+        assert rate_cols, result.keys()
+        rate_col = rate_cols[0]
+        by_instance = dict(zip(result["Instance Type"], result[rate_col]))
+        assert by_instance["ml.g5.xlarge (Default)"] == 1.23
+        assert by_instance["ml.g5.2xlarge"] is None
+
+        # Rate column stays last, after the metric columns (layout unchanged).
+        assert list(result).index(rate_col) == len(result) - 1
+
 
 class TestNormalizeBenchmarkMetricColumnName:
     """Test cases for _normalize_benchmark_metric_column_name function"""
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/__init__.py b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/__init__.py
index 9cf115d1ab..bca977b54d 100644
--- a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/__init__.py
+++ b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/__init__.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     WorkloadValidationError,
     start_benchmark,
 )
+from sagemaker.serve.utils.hf_utils import download_huggingface_model
 
 __all__ = [
     "InferenceSpec",
@@ -56,4 +57,5 @@
     "FeatureGatedError",
     "WorkloadValidationError",
     "start_benchmark",
+    "download_huggingface_model",
 ]
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder.py b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder.py
index 7d37bf4d57..2e86e47ca1 100644
--- a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder.py
+++ b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder.py
@@ -4782,6 +4782,20 @@ def transformer(
             sagemaker_session=self.sagemaker_session,
         )
 
+    @property
+    def benchmark_metrics(self):
+        """Benchmark metrics for the model's JumpStart deployment configs.
+
+        Returns a pandas ``DataFrame`` (one row per config/instance) built from
+        the model's published benchmark data. Available for JumpStart models
+        (or HuggingFace models with a JumpStart equivalent) before deploy.
+        """
+        import pandas as pd
+
+        df = pd.DataFrame(self._get_deployment_configs_benchmarks_data())
+        df.index = [""] * len(df)
+        return df
+
     @_telemetry_emitter(
         feature=Feature.MODEL_CUSTOMIZATION, func_name="model_builder.display_benchmark_metrics"
     )
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder_utils.py b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder_utils.py
index f4a90a2d05..1ea1265f53 100644
--- a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder_utils.py
+++ b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/model_builder_utils.py
@@ -2709,6 +2709,11 @@ def _get_deployment_configs(
             selected_config_name (Optional[str]): The name of the selected deployment config.
             selected_instance_type (Optional[str]): The selected instance type.
         """
+        # Lazily load the JumpStart metadata configs. Without this a pre-deploy
+        # builder (model set, build()/deploy() not yet called) has
+        # _metadata_configs=None, so both list_deployment_configs() and the
+        # benchmark-metrics data would come back empty.
+        self._ensure_metadata_configs()
         deployment_configs = []
         if not self._metadata_configs:
             return deployment_configs
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/utils/hf_utils.py b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/utils/hf_utils.py
index b980edabe4..e403255e43 100644
--- a/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/utils/hf_utils.py
+++ b/sagemaker-serve/src/sagemaker/serve/utils/hf_utils.py
@@ -14,14 +14,108 @@
 
 from __future__ import absolute_import
 import json
+import os
+import tempfile
 import urllib.request
 from json import JSONDecodeError
+from typing import Optional
 from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
 import logging
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
+def download_huggingface_model(
+    model_id: str,
+    *,
+    local_dir: Optional[str] = None,
+    s3_uri: Optional[str] = None,
+    hf_hub_token: Optional[str] = None,
+    revision: Optional[str] = None,
+    allow_patterns=None,
+    ignore_patterns=None,
+    sagemaker_session=None,
+) -> str:
+    """Download a HuggingFace Hub model snapshot, optionally staging it to S3.
+
+    A supported, importable helper so notebooks and scripts don't hand-roll
+    ``huggingface_hub.snapshot_download`` + ``S3Uploader``. Downloads the full
+    model snapshot from the Hub, then either leaves it on local disk or uploads
+    it to S3 and returns the resulting location.
+
+    Args:
+        model_id: The HuggingFace Hub model id (e.g. ``"gpt2"``).
+        local_dir: Local directory to download into. When ``s3_uri`` is given
+            and ``local_dir`` is omitted, the snapshot is downloaded into a
+            temporary directory that is removed after the upload. Defaults to
+            ``None``.
+        s3_uri: Optional ``s3://bucket/prefix`` destination. When set, the
+            snapshot is uploaded there and the returned value is the S3 URI.
+        hf_hub_token: Optional HuggingFace Hub token for gated/private models.
+        revision: Optional Hub revision (branch, tag, or commit) to pin; passed
+            through to ``snapshot_download``. Defaults to the repo's default
+            branch.
+        allow_patterns: Optional glob(s) of files to include, passed through to
+            ``snapshot_download`` (e.g. ``"*.safetensors"`` to skip duplicate
+            ``.bin`` weights).
+        ignore_patterns: Optional glob(s) of files to exclude, passed through to
+            ``snapshot_download``.
+        sagemaker_session: Optional session used for the S3 upload. Defaults to
+            a new session built from the ambient AWS configuration.
+
+    Returns:
+        The S3 URI the snapshot was uploaded to when ``s3_uri`` is given,
+        otherwise the local directory path the snapshot was downloaded into.
+
+    Raises:
+        ImportError: If ``huggingface_hub`` is not installed.
+        ValueError: If neither ``local_dir`` nor ``s3_uri`` is given.
+    """
+    if local_dir is None and s3_uri is None:
+        raise ValueError("Provide local_dir, s3_uri, or both.")
+
+    try:
+        from huggingface_hub import snapshot_download
+    except ImportError as exc:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "download_huggingface_model requires huggingface_hub, which is not "
+            "installed. Install it with `pip install huggingface_hub`."
+        ) from exc
+
+    def _download(target: str) -> None:
+        os.makedirs(target, exist_ok=True)
+        logger.info("Downloading model %s from Hugging Face Hub to %s", model_id, target)
+        snapshot_download(
+            repo_id=model_id,
+            local_dir=target,
+            token=hf_hub_token,
+            revision=revision,
+            allow_patterns=allow_patterns,
+            ignore_patterns=ignore_patterns,
+        )
+
+    if s3_uri is None:
+        _download(local_dir)
+        return local_dir
+
+    from sagemaker.core.s3 import S3Uploader
+
+    def _upload(source: str) -> str:
+        logger.info("Uploading model %s snapshot to %s", model_id, s3_uri)
+        return S3Uploader.upload(
+            local_path=source,
+            desired_s3_uri=s3_uri,
+            sagemaker_session=sagemaker_session,
+        )
+
+    if local_dir is not None:
+        _download(local_dir)
+        return _upload(local_dir)
+    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory(prefix="hf-model-") as staging_dir:
+        _download(staging_dir)
+        return _upload(staging_dir)
+
+
 def _get_model_config_properties_from_hf(model_id: str, hf_hub_token: str = None):
     """Placeholder docstring"""
 
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/test_model_builder_coverage_boost.py b/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/test_model_builder_coverage_boost.py
index e67b7eaee8..d6c9f35dbf 100644
--- a/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/test_model_builder_coverage_boost.py
+++ b/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/test_model_builder_coverage_boost.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 """
 
 import unittest
-from unittest.mock import Mock, patch, MagicMock
+from unittest.mock import Mock, patch, MagicMock, PropertyMock
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 import tempfile
 
@@ -333,6 +333,85 @@ def test_list_deployment_configs_non_string_model(self):
         self.assertIn("only supported for JumpStart", str(context.exception))
 
 
+class TestPreDeployBenchmarkData(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Pre-deploy JumpStart benchmark data: list_deployment_configs() and the
+    benchmark_metrics property must work before build()/deploy() is called.
+    """
+
+    def _jumpstart_mb(self):
+        """A JumpStart-config ModelBuilder, constructed the same way as
+        TestFromJumpStartConfig (explicit role_arn, no live role/instance
+        resolution)."""
+        js_config = JumpStartConfig(model_id="test-model", model_version="1.0.0")
+        return ModelBuilder.from_jumpstart_config(
+            jumpstart_config=js_config,
+            role_arn="arn:aws:iam::123456789012:role/SageMakerRole",
+        )
+
+    def test_get_deployment_configs_ensures_metadata(self):
+        """_get_deployment_configs lazily loads metadata configs itself, so every
+        caller benefits. Pre-fix it read _metadata_configs (None pre-deploy) and
+        returned [] without ever loading them."""
+        mb = self._jumpstart_mb()
+        mb._metadata_configs = None
+
+        with patch.object(mb, "_ensure_metadata_configs") as ensure:
+            result = mb._get_deployment_configs(None, None)
+
+        ensure.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(result, [])
+
+    def test_list_deployment_configs_loads_metadata_when_pre_deploy(self):
+        """list_deployment_configs() with no instance_type returns configs for a
+        pre-deploy JumpStart model instead of []."""
+        mb = self._jumpstart_mb()
+        mb.config_name = None
+        mb.instance_type = None
+
+        with patch.object(mb, "_is_jumpstart_model_id", return_value=True), patch.object(
+            mb, "_is_model_customization", return_value=False
+        ), patch.object(mb, "_use_jumpstart_equivalent", return_value=False), patch.object(
+            mb, "_get_deployment_configs", return_value=[Mock()]
+        ), patch.object(
+            mb, "deployment_config_response_data", return_value=[{"DeploymentConfigName": "c1"}]
+        ):
+            result = mb.list_deployment_configs()
+
+        self.assertEqual(result, [{"DeploymentConfigName": "c1"}])
+
+    def test_benchmark_metrics_property_returns_dataframe(self):
+        """The benchmark_metrics property builds a DataFrame from the config
+        benchmark data (it did not exist before, causing AttributeError)."""
+        mb = self._jumpstart_mb()
+        sample = {
+            "Instance Type": ["ml.g5.2xlarge", "ml.g5.12xlarge"],
+            "Latency (ms)": [100.0, 80.0],
+        }
+
+        with patch.object(mb, "_get_deployment_configs_benchmarks_data", return_value=sample):
+            df = mb.benchmark_metrics
+
+        self.assertEqual(list(df["Instance Type"]), ["ml.g5.2xlarge", "ml.g5.12xlarge"])
+
+    def test_display_benchmark_metrics_no_attribute_error(self):
+        """display_benchmark_metrics() reads the benchmark_metrics property and
+        no longer raises AttributeError for a JumpStart model. The property is
+        patched to a stand-in frame so the assertion is on the wiring, not on
+        pandas' optional markdown renderer."""
+        mb = self._jumpstart_mb()
+        df = MagicMock()
+        df.to_markdown.return_value = "table"
+
+        with patch.object(mb, "_is_jumpstart_model_id", return_value=True), patch.object(
+            mb, "_use_jumpstart_equivalent", return_value=False
+        ), patch.object(
+            type(mb), "benchmark_metrics", new_callable=PropertyMock, return_value=df
+        ):
+            mb.display_benchmark_metrics()
+
+        df.to_markdown.assert_called_once()
+
+
 class TestTransformer(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test transformer method."""
 
diff --git a/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/utils/test_hf_utils.py b/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/utils/test_hf_utils.py
index df86175382..8577f085e5 100644
--- a/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/utils/test_hf_utils.py
+++ b/sagemaker-serve/tests/unit/utils/test_hf_utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,17 @@
 """Unit tests for sagemaker.serve.utils.hf_utils module."""
 import unittest
+import os
+import shutil
+import sys
+import tempfile
 from unittest.mock import Mock, patch, mock_open
 import json
 from urllib.error import HTTPError, URLError
 from json import JSONDecodeError
-from sagemaker.serve.utils.hf_utils import _get_model_config_properties_from_hf
+from sagemaker.serve.utils.hf_utils import (
+    _get_model_config_properties_from_hf,
+    download_huggingface_model,
+)
 
 
 class TestGetModelConfigPropertiesFromHf(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -216,5 +223,95 @@ def _urlopen_side_effect(request):
         self.assertEqual(result, adapter_config)
 
 
+class TestDownloadHuggingfaceModel(unittest.TestCase):
+    """Test cases for the public download_huggingface_model helper."""
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        # download_huggingface_model imports huggingface_hub lazily; provide a
+        # stub module so the tests do not require the real package installed.
+        self._hf_stub = Mock()
+        self._patcher = patch.dict(sys.modules, {"huggingface_hub": self._hf_stub})
+        self._patcher.start()
+        self.addCleanup(self._patcher.stop)
+        # Keep the suite side-effect free: never create real directories.
+        makedirs_patcher = patch("sagemaker.serve.utils.hf_utils.os.makedirs")
+        makedirs_patcher.start()
+        self.addCleanup(makedirs_patcher.stop)
+        self.local_dir = tempfile.mkdtemp(prefix="hf-test-")
+        self.addCleanup(shutil.rmtree, self.local_dir, ignore_errors=True)
+
+    def test_requires_local_dir_or_s3_uri(self):
+        """Neither destination given is a caller error, before any download."""
+        with self.assertRaises(ValueError) as context:
+            download_huggingface_model("gpt2")
+        self.assertIn("local_dir, s3_uri", str(context.exception))
+        self._hf_stub.snapshot_download.assert_not_called()
+
+    def test_downloads_to_local_dir_and_returns_it(self):
+        """With only local_dir, it downloads there and returns the path."""
+        result = download_huggingface_model("gpt2", local_dir=self.local_dir)
+        self.assertEqual(result, self.local_dir)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._hf_stub.snapshot_download.call_args.kwargs["local_dir"], self.local_dir
+        )
+
+    def test_uploads_to_s3_and_returns_uri(self):
+        """With s3_uri, it uploads the snapshot and returns the S3 URI."""
+        with patch("sagemaker.core.s3.S3Uploader") as mock_uploader:
+            mock_uploader.upload.return_value = "s3://bucket/prefix/gpt2"
+            result = download_huggingface_model(
+                "gpt2", local_dir=self.local_dir, s3_uri="s3://bucket/prefix"
+            )
+        self.assertEqual(result, "s3://bucket/prefix/gpt2")
+        mock_uploader.upload.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            mock_uploader.upload.call_args.kwargs["desired_s3_uri"], "s3://bucket/prefix"
+        )
+
+    def test_s3_only_uses_temp_dir_and_cleans_up(self):
+        """With s3_uri and no local_dir, the snapshot stages in a temp dir that
+        is removed after the upload (no snapshot left on the local volume)."""
+        with patch("sagemaker.core.s3.S3Uploader") as mock_uploader:
+            mock_uploader.upload.return_value = "s3://bucket/prefix/gpt2"
+            result = download_huggingface_model("gpt2", s3_uri="s3://bucket/prefix")
+        self.assertEqual(result, "s3://bucket/prefix/gpt2")
+        staging_dir = self._hf_stub.snapshot_download.call_args.kwargs["local_dir"]
+        self.assertFalse(os.path.exists(staging_dir))
+
+    def test_forwards_hf_token_and_snapshot_passthroughs(self):
+        """token / revision / patterns are passed through to snapshot_download."""
+        download_huggingface_model(
+            "gpt2",
+            local_dir=self.local_dir,
+            hf_hub_token="hf_tok",
+            revision="v1.0",
+            allow_patterns="*.safetensors",
+            ignore_patterns="*.bin",
+        )
+        kwargs = self._hf_stub.snapshot_download.call_args.kwargs
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs["token"], "hf_tok")
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs["revision"], "v1.0")
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs["allow_patterns"], "*.safetensors")
+        self.assertEqual(kwargs["ignore_patterns"], "*.bin")
+
+    def test_missing_huggingface_hub_raises_import_error(self):
+        """The helper's own ImportError (with install guidance) is raised when
+        huggingface_hub cannot be imported."""
+        import builtins
+
+        real_import = builtins.__import__
+
+        def _raise_for_hf(name, *args, **kwargs):
+            if name == "huggingface_hub":
+                raise ImportError("No module named 'huggingface_hub'")
+            return real_import(name, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        with patch("builtins.__import__", side_effect=_raise_for_hf), self.assertRaises(
+            ImportError
+        ) as context:
+            download_huggingface_model("gpt2", local_dir=self.local_dir)
+        self.assertIn("pip install huggingface_hub", str(context.exception))
+
+
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     unittest.main()