diff --git a/src/cmp/bench_test.go b/src/cmp/bench_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d3541a672a3d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cmp/bench_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package cmp_test
+
+import (
+	"cmp"
+	"math"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+var sum int
+
+func BenchmarkCompare_int(b *testing.B) {
+	lst := [...]int{
+		0xfa3, 0x7fe, 0x03c, 0xcb9,
+		0x4ce, 0x4fb, 0x7d5, 0x38f,
+		0x73b, 0x322, 0x85c, 0xf4d,
+		0xbbc, 0x032, 0x059, 0xb93,
+	}
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		sum += cmp.Compare(lst[n%len(lst)], lst[(2*n)%len(lst)])
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCompare_float64(b *testing.B) {
+	lst := [...]float64{
+		0.35573281, 0.77552566, 0.19006500, 0.66436280,
+		0.02769279, 0.97572397, 0.40945068, 0.26422857,
+		0.10985792, 0.35659522, 0.82752613, 0.18875522,
+		0.16410543, 0.03578153, 0.51636871, math.NaN(),
+	}
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		sum += cmp.Compare(lst[n%len(lst)], lst[(2*n)%len(lst)])
+	}
+}
+
+func BenchmarkCompare_strings(b *testing.B) {
+	lst := [...]string{
+		"time",
+		"person",
+		"year",
+		"way",
+		"day",
+		"thing",
+		"man",
+		"world",
+		"life",
+		"hand",
+		"part",
+		"child",
+		"eye",
+		"woman",
+		"place",
+		"work",
+	}
+	for n := 0; n < b.N; n++ {
+		sum += cmp.Compare(lst[n%len(lst)], lst[(2*n)%len(lst)])
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/cmp/cmp.go b/src/cmp/cmp.go
index 4d1af6a98c4e46..fc69b8b2294a73 100644
--- a/src/cmp/cmp.go
+++ b/src/cmp/cmp.go
@@ -38,15 +38,17 @@ func Less[T Ordered](x, y T) bool {
 // For floating-point types, a NaN is considered less than any non-NaN,
 // a NaN is considered equal to a NaN, and -0.0 is equal to 0.0.
 func Compare[T Ordered](x, y T) int {
-	xNaN := isNaN(x)
-	yNaN := isNaN(y)
-	if xNaN && yNaN {
-		return 0
-	}
-	if xNaN || x < y {
-		return -1
-	}
-	if yNaN || x > y {
+	if x != y {
+		if isNaN(x) {
+			if isNaN(y) {
+				return 0
+			}
+			return -1
+		}
+		// If isNaN(y), x < y is false.
+		if x < y {
+			return -1
+		}
 		return +1
 	}
 	return 0