diff --git a/sender/rtc_sender_test.go b/sender/rtc_sender_test.go
index b0b68aa..0ad03a5 100644
--- a/sender/rtc_sender_test.go
+++ b/sender/rtc_sender_test.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package sender
 
 import (
 	"errors"
+	"fmt"
 	"image"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/pion/mediadevices/pkg/codec"
 	"github.com/pion/mediadevices/pkg/io/video"
 	"github.com/pion/mediadevices/pkg/prop"
+	"github.com/pion/webrtc/v4"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
 )
@@ -504,6 +506,75 @@ func TestRTCSender_ForceKeyFrame_EncoderError(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.ErrorIs(t, err, errEncoderBusy)
 }
 
+// slowEncodedReadCloser simulates a VP8 encoder that takes a fixed duration
+// per Read() call, used to verify that processEncodedFrames encodes in parallel.
+type slowEncodedReadCloser struct {
+	delay time.Duration
+}
+
+func (s *slowEncodedReadCloser) Read() (mediadevices.EncodedBuffer, func(), error) {
+	time.Sleep(s.delay)
+
+	return mediadevices.EncodedBuffer{
+		Data:    []byte{0x10}, // Non-empty VP8 frame (non-keyframe).
+		Samples: 1,
+	}, func() {}, nil
+}
+
+func (s *slowEncodedReadCloser) Close() error { return nil }
+
+func (s *slowEncodedReadCloser) Controller() codec.EncoderController { return nil }
+
+func TestRTCSender_ProcessEncodedFrames_Parallel(t *testing.T) {
+	const (
+		numTracks   = 10
+		encodeDelay = 50 * time.Millisecond
+		// Parallel: all tracks encode concurrently, so wall time ≈ encodeDelay.
+		// Sequential would take numTracks * encodeDelay = 500ms.
+		// Threshold at 3x single-encode gives generous margin to avoid flakiness.
+		maxWallTime = 3 * encodeDelay
+	)
+
+	sender, err := NewRTCSender()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	// Clean up manually since Close() expects non-nil videoSource/mediaTrack.
+	defer func() {
+		sender.tracksMu.Lock()
+		sender.tracks = make(map[string]*EncodedTrack)
+		sender.tracksMu.Unlock()
+	}()
+
+	// Inject mock tracks directly to bypass real VP8 encoder setup.
+	sender.tracksMu.Lock()
+	for i := range numTracks {
+		trackID := fmt.Sprintf("cam-%d", i)
+
+		videoTrack, trackErr := webrtc.NewTrackLocalStaticSample(
+			webrtc.RTPCodecCapability{MimeType: webrtc.MimeTypeVP8},
+			trackID, trackID,
+		)
+		require.NoError(t, trackErr)
+
+		sender.tracks[trackID] = &EncodedTrack{
+			info:           VideoTrackInfo{TrackID: trackID, Width: 640, Height: 480},
+			videoTrack:     videoTrack,
+			encodedReader:  &slowEncodedReadCloser{delay: encodeDelay},
+			bitrateTracker: codec.NewBitrateTracker(300 * time.Millisecond),
+		}
+	}
+	sender.tracksMu.Unlock()
+
+	start := time.Now()
+	sender.processEncodedFrames()
+	elapsed := time.Since(start)
+
+	assert.Less(t, elapsed, maxWallTime,
+		"processEncodedFrames took %v with %d tracks (each %v); "+
+			"expected < %v for parallel execution",
+		elapsed, numTracks, encodeDelay, maxWallTime)
+}
+
 func TestStaticErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	// Test that all static errors are properly defined
 	assert.NotNil(t, ErrTrackAlreadyExists)