diff --git a/docs/metrics.asciidoc b/docs/metrics.asciidoc
index dd19e73fd44..c68d3f8c2c7 100644
--- a/docs/metrics.asciidoc
+++ b/docs/metrics.asciidoc
@@ -51,16 +51,6 @@ Free memory of the system in bytes.
 The percentage of CPU time spent by the process since the last event.
 This value is normalized by the number of CPU cores and it ranges from 0 to 100%.
 
-[float]
-[[metric-system.process.memory.rss.bytes]]
-=== `system.process.memory.rss.bytes`
-
-* *Type:* Long
-* *Format:* Bytes
-
-The Resident Set Size,
-the amount of memory the process occupies in main memory (RAM).
-
 [float]
 [[metric-nodejs.handles.active]]
 === `nodejs.handles.active`
@@ -111,6 +101,16 @@ Event loop delay is sampled every 10 milliseconds.
 Delays shorter than 10ms may not be observed,
 for example if a blocking operation starts and ends within the same sampling period.
 
+[float]
+[[metric-nodejs.memory.rss.bytes]]
+=== `nodejs.memory.rss.bytes`
+
+* *Type:* Long
+* *Format:* Bytes
+
+The Resident Set Size,
+the amount of memory the process occupies in main memory (RAM).
+
 [float]
 [[metric-nodejs.memory.heap.allocated.bytes]]
 === `nodejs.memory.heap.allocated.bytes`
@@ -129,6 +129,25 @@ The current allocated heap size in bytes.
 
 The currently used heap size in bytes.
 
+[float]
+[[metric-nodejs.memory.external.bytes]]
+=== `nodejs.memory.external.bytes`
+
+* *Type:* Long
+* *Format:* Bytes
+
+Memory usage of C++ objects bound to JavaScript objects managed by V8.
+
+[float]
+[[metric-nodejs.memory.arrayBuffers.bytes]]
+=== `nodejs.memory.arrayBuffers.bytes`
+
+* *Type:* Long
+* *Format:* Bytes
+
+Memory allocated for ArrayBuffers and SharedArrayBuffers, including all Node.js Buffers.
+This is also included in the `nodejs.memory.external.bytes` value.
+
 [float]
 [[metrics-transaction.duration.sum]]
 === `transaction.duration.sum`
diff --git a/lib/metrics/platforms/generic/index.js b/lib/metrics/platforms/generic/index.js
index 54cc33f511f..b54d10feb84 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/platforms/generic/index.js
+++ b/lib/metrics/platforms/generic/index.js
@@ -32,9 +32,4 @@ module.exports = function createSystemMetrics (registry) {
   for (const metric of metrics) {
     registry.getOrCreateGauge(metric, () => stats.toJSON()[metric])
   }
-
-  registry.getOrCreateGauge(
-    'system.process.memory.rss.bytes',
-    () => process.memoryUsage().rss
-  )
 }
diff --git a/lib/metrics/platforms/linux/stats.js b/lib/metrics/platforms/linux/stats.js
index c26a8f94a42..fb76c13f19c 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/platforms/linux/stats.js
+++ b/lib/metrics/platforms/linux/stats.js
@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@ class Stats {
       'system.process.cpu.total.norm.pct': 0,
       'system.process.cpu.system.norm.pct': 0,
       'system.process.cpu.user.norm.pct': 0,
-      'system.process.memory.size': 0,
-      'system.process.memory.rss.bytes': 0
+      'system.process.memory.size': 0
     }
 
     this.inProgress = false
@@ -150,8 +149,7 @@ class Stats {
       memAvailable,
       utime,
       stime,
-      vsize,
-      rss: process.memoryUsage().rss // TODO: Calculate using field 24 (rss) * PAGE_SIZE
+      vsize
     }
   }
 
@@ -186,7 +184,6 @@ class Stats {
     stats['system.process.cpu.user.norm.pct'] = cpuProcessUserPercent
     stats['system.process.cpu.system.norm.pct'] = cpuProcessSystemPercent
     stats['system.process.memory.size'] = next.vsize
-    stats['system.process.memory.rss.bytes'] = next.rss
 
     this.previous = next
     this.inProgress = false
diff --git a/lib/metrics/runtime.js b/lib/metrics/runtime.js
index 39510bc1af6..faadbed5941 100644
--- a/lib/metrics/runtime.js
+++ b/lib/metrics/runtime.js
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const v8 = require('v8')
-
 const eventLoopMonitor = require('monitor-event-loop-delay')
 
 const activeHandles = typeof process._getActiveHandles === 'function'
@@ -21,7 +19,10 @@ class RuntimeCollector {
       'nodejs.requests.active': 0,
       'nodejs.eventloop.delay.ns': 0,
       'nodejs.memory.heap.allocated.bytes': 0,
-      'nodejs.memory.heap.used.bytes': 0
+      'nodejs.memory.heap.used.bytes': 0,
+      'nodejs.memory.rss.bytes': 0,
+      'nodejs.memory.external.bytes': 0,
+      'nodejs.memory.arrayBuffers.bytes': 0
     }
 
     const monitor = eventLoopMonitor({
@@ -43,10 +44,14 @@ class RuntimeCollector {
     this.stats['nodejs.eventloop.delay.avg.ms'] = loopDelay
     this.loopMonitor.reset()
 
-    // Heap
-    const heap = v8.getHeapStatistics()
-    this.stats['nodejs.memory.heap.allocated.bytes'] = heap.total_heap_size
-    this.stats['nodejs.memory.heap.used.bytes'] = heap.used_heap_size
+    // Memory / Heap
+    const memoryUsage = process.memoryUsage()
+    this.stats['nodejs.memory.heap.allocated.bytes'] = memoryUsage.heapTotal
+    this.stats['nodejs.memory.heap.used.bytes'] = memoryUsage.heapUsed
+
+    this.stats['nodejs.memory.rss.bytes'] = memoryUsage.rss
+    this.stats['nodejs.memory.external.bytes'] = memoryUsage.external
+    this.stats['nodejs.memory.arrayBuffers.bytes'] = memoryUsage.arrayBuffers || 0 // Only available in NodeJS +13.0
 
     if (cb) process.nextTick(cb)
   }
diff --git a/test/metrics/index.js b/test/metrics/index.js
index 67be31060cb..6cac342f00d 100644
--- a/test/metrics/index.js
+++ b/test/metrics/index.js
@@ -81,10 +81,6 @@ test('reports expected metrics', function (t) {
           t.ok(isRoughly(value, free, 0.1), `is close to current free memory (value: ${value}, free: ${free})`)
         }
       },
-      'system.process.memory.rss.bytes': (value) => {
-        const rss = process.memoryUsage().rss
-        t.ok(isRoughly(value, rss, 0.1), `is close to current rss (value: ${value}, rss: ${rss})`)
-      },
       'system.process.cpu.total.norm.pct': (value) => {
         if (count === 1) {
           t.ok(value >= 0 && value <= 1, 'is betewen 0 and 1')
@@ -117,6 +113,16 @@ test('reports expected metrics', function (t) {
       'nodejs.memory.heap.used.bytes': (value) => {
         t.ok(value >= 0, 'is positive')
       },
+      'nodejs.memory.rss.bytes': (value) => {
+        const rss = process.memoryUsage().rss
+        t.ok(isRoughly(value, rss, 0.1), `is close to current rss (value: ${value}, rss: ${rss})`)
+      },
+      'nodejs.memory.external.bytes': (value) => {
+        t.ok(value >= 0, 'is positive')
+      },
+      'nodejs.memory.arrayBuffers.bytes': (value) => {
+        t.ok(value >= 0, 'is positive')
+      },
       'ws.connections': (value) => {
         t.equal(value, 23)
       }