diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/scope_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/scope_test.go
index ee4170ef44..feffb06e1f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/scope_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/dwarfgen/scope_test.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package dwarfgen
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"debug/dwarf"
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/platform"
@@ -12,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -400,8 +401,8 @@ func readScope(ctxt *scopexplainContext, scope *lexblock, entry *dwarf.Entry) {
 		}
 		switch e.Tag {
 		case 0:
-			sort.Slice(scope.vars, func(i, j int) bool {
-				return scope.vars[i].expr < scope.vars[j].expr
+			slices.SortFunc(scope.vars, func(a, b variable) int {
+				return cmp.Compare(a.expr, b.expr)
 			})
 			return
 		case dwarf.TagFormalParameter:
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/compile.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/compile.go
index 5ade700d46..696c1f566e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/compile.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/gc/compile.go
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 package gc
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"internal/race"
 	"math/rand"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"sync"
 
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ func compileFunctions(profile *pgoir.Profile) {
 		// Compile the longest functions first,
 		// since they're most likely to be the slowest.
 		// This helps avoid stragglers.
-		sort.Slice(compilequeue, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return len(compilequeue[i].Body) > len(compilequeue[j].Body)
+		slices.SortFunc(compilequeue, func(a, b *ir.Func) int {
+			return cmp.Compare(len(b.Body), len(a.Body))
 		})
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inlheur/scoring.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inlheur/scoring.go
index c49c087a62..2e39f1e606 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inlheur/scoring.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/inline/inlheur/scoring.go
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@ import (
 	"cmd/compile/internal/ir"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/pgoir"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/types"
+	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -504,8 +505,8 @@ func (csa *callSiteAnalyzer) scoreCallsRegion(fn *ir.Func, region ir.Nodes, csta
 		csl = append(csl, cs)
 	}
 	scoreCallsCache.csl = csl[:0]
-	sort.Slice(csl, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return csl[i].ID < csl[j].ID
+	slices.SortFunc(csl, func(a, b *CallSite) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.ID, b.ID)
 	})
 
 	// Score each call site.
@@ -700,18 +701,18 @@ func DumpInlCallSiteScores(profile *pgoir.Profile, budgetCallback func(fn *ir.Fu
 		for _, cs := range allCallSites {
 			sl = append(sl, cs)
 		}
-		sort.Slice(sl, func(i, j int) bool {
-			if sl[i].Score != sl[j].Score {
-				return sl[i].Score < sl[j].Score
+		slices.SortFunc(sl, func(a, b *CallSite) int {
+			if a.Score != b.Score {
+				return cmp.Compare(a.Score, b.Score)
 			}
-			fni := ir.PkgFuncName(sl[i].Callee)
-			fnj := ir.PkgFuncName(sl[j].Callee)
+			fni := ir.PkgFuncName(a.Callee)
+			fnj := ir.PkgFuncName(b.Callee)
 			if fni != fnj {
-				return fni < fnj
+				return cmp.Compare(fni, fnj)
 			}
-			ecsi := EncodeCallSiteKey(sl[i])
-			ecsj := EncodeCallSiteKey(sl[j])
-			return ecsi < ecsj
+			ecsi := EncodeCallSiteKey(a)
+			ecsj := EncodeCallSiteKey(b)
+			return cmp.Compare(ecsi, ecsj)
 		})
 
 		mkname := func(fn *ir.Func) string {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/mknode.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/mknode.go
index ee9746689a..e5df481a2d 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/mknode.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ir/mknode.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import (
 	"io/fs"
 	"log"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 )
 
@@ -143,8 +143,8 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}
 	// Sort for deterministic output.
-	sort.Slice(concreteNodes, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return concreteNodes[i].Name.Name < concreteNodes[j].Name.Name
+	slices.SortFunc(concreteNodes, func(a, b *ast.TypeSpec) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Name.Name, b.Name.Name)
 	})
 	// Generate code for each concrete type.
 	for _, t := range concreteNodes {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/mergelocals.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/mergelocals.go
index d0675128b8..d2a138c50e 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/mergelocals.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/mergelocals.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
 	"path/filepath"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 )
@@ -268,8 +269,8 @@ func (mls *MergeLocalsState) String() string {
 			leaders = append(leaders, n)
 		}
 	}
-	sort.Slice(leaders, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return leaders[i].Sym().Name < leaders[j].Sym().Name
+	slices.SortFunc(leaders, func(a, b *ir.Name) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Sym().Name, b.Sym().Name)
 	})
 	var sb strings.Builder
 	for _, n := range leaders {
@@ -580,7 +581,7 @@ func (cs *cstate) populateIndirectUseTable(cands []*ir.Name) ([]*ir.Name, []cand
 		for k := range indirectUE {
 			ids = append(ids, k)
 		}
-		sort.Slice(ids, func(i, j int) bool { return ids[i] < ids[j] })
+		slices.Sort(ids)
 		for _, id := range ids {
 			fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "  v%d:", id)
 			for _, n := range indirectUE[id] {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go
index 2ee007f4a6..b8ccbb27aa 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/liveness/plive.go
@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@
 package liveness
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -1445,7 +1447,7 @@ func (lv *liveness) emitStackObjects() *obj.LSym {
 	}
 
 	// Sort variables from lowest to highest address.
-	sort.Slice(vars, func(i, j int) bool { return vars[i].FrameOffset() < vars[j].FrameOffset() })
+	slices.SortFunc(vars, func(a, b *ir.Name) int { return cmp.Compare(a.FrameOffset(), b.FrameOffset()) })
 
 	// Populate the stack object data.
 	// Format must match runtime/stack.go:stackObjectRecord.
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/unified.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/unified.go
index c8dbc43e67..59e8c1013f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/unified.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/noder/unified.go
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@
 package noder
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"internal/pkgbits"
 	"internal/types/errors"
 	"io"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strings"
 
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
@@ -519,7 +520,7 @@ func writeUnifiedExport(out io.Writer) {
 		for _, idx := range l.decls {
 			idxs = append(idxs, idx)
 		}
-		sort.Slice(idxs, func(i, j int) bool { return idxs[i] < idxs[j] })
+		slices.Sort(idxs)
 
 		w := publicRootWriter
 
@@ -553,7 +554,7 @@ func writeUnifiedExport(out io.Writer) {
 		for sym, idx := range l.bodies {
 			bodies = append(bodies, symIdx{sym, idx})
 		}
-		sort.Slice(bodies, func(i, j int) bool { return bodies[i].idx < bodies[j].idx })
+		slices.SortFunc(bodies, func(a, b symIdx) int { return cmp.Compare(a.idx, b.idx) })
 
 		w := privateRootWriter
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go
index a4c25d6d06..857cce785f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/debug_lines_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package ssa_test
 import (
 	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
+	"cmp"
 	"flag"
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/testenv"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -167,16 +168,16 @@ func compileAndDump(t *testing.T, file, function, moreGCFlags string) []byte {
 }
 
 func sortInlineStacks(x [][]int) {
-	sort.Slice(x, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if len(x[i]) != len(x[j]) {
-			return len(x[i]) < len(x[j])
+	slices.SortFunc(x, func(a, b []int) int {
+		if len(a) != len(b) {
+			return cmp.Compare(len(a), len(b))
 		}
-		for k := range x[i] {
-			if x[i][k] != x[j][k] {
-				return x[i][k] < x[j][k]
+		for k := range a {
+			if a[k] != b[k] {
+				return cmp.Compare(a[k], b[k])
 			}
 		}
-		return false
+		return 0
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/decompose.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/decompose.go
index 2293fc01ce..250b2321af 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/decompose.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/decompose.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ package ssa
 
 import (
 	"cmd/compile/internal/types"
-	"sort"
+	"cmp"
+	"slices"
 )
 
 // decompose converts phi ops on compound builtin types into phi
@@ -433,12 +434,11 @@ type namedVal struct {
 // removes all values with OpInvalid, and re-sorts the list of Names.
 func deleteNamedVals(f *Func, toDelete []namedVal) {
 	// Arrange to delete from larger indices to smaller, to ensure swap-with-end deletion does not invalidate pending indices.
-	sort.Slice(toDelete, func(i, j int) bool {
-		if toDelete[i].locIndex != toDelete[j].locIndex {
-			return toDelete[i].locIndex > toDelete[j].locIndex
+	slices.SortFunc(toDelete, func(a, b namedVal) int {
+		if a.locIndex != b.locIndex {
+			return cmp.Compare(b.locIndex, a.locIndex)
 		}
-		return toDelete[i].valIndex > toDelete[j].valIndex
-
+		return cmp.Compare(b.valIndex, a.valIndex)
 	})
 
 	// Get rid of obsolete names
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/memcombine.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/memcombine.go
index a7e8ede5bc..47477e76dd 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/memcombine.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/memcombine.go
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ import (
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/types"
 	"cmd/internal/src"
-	"sort"
+	"cmp"
+	"slices"
 )
 
 // memcombine combines smaller loads and stores into larger ones.
@@ -232,8 +233,8 @@ func combineLoads(root *Value, n int64) bool {
 	}
 
 	// Sort in memory address order.
-	sort.Slice(r, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return r[i].offset < r[j].offset
+	slices.SortFunc(r, func(a, b LoadRecord) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(a.offset, b.offset)
 	})
 
 	// Check that we have contiguous offsets.
@@ -516,8 +517,8 @@ func combineStores(root *Value, n int64) bool {
 	pos := a[n-1].store.Pos
 
 	// Sort stores in increasing address order.
-	sort.Slice(a, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return a[i].offset < a[j].offset
+	slices.SortFunc(a, func(sr1, sr2 StoreRecord) int {
+		return cmp.Compare(sr1.offset, sr2.offset)
 	})
 
 	// Check that everything is written to sequential locations.
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/schedule.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/schedule.go
index b42727674f..ffdcedef08 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/schedule.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/schedule.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package ssa
 import (
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/types"
+	"cmp"
 	"container/heap"
 	"slices"
 	"sort"
@@ -261,8 +262,8 @@ func schedule(f *Func) {
 		}
 
 		// Sort all the edges by source Value ID.
-		sort.Slice(edges, func(i, j int) bool {
-			return edges[i].x.ID < edges[j].x.ID
+		slices.SortFunc(edges, func(a, b edge) int {
+			return cmp.Compare(a.x.ID, b.x.ID)
 		})
 		// Compute inEdges for values in this block.
 		for _, e := range edges {
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/stmtlines_test.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/stmtlines_test.go
index 79bcab08a1..8a8f18c811 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/stmtlines_test.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssa/stmtlines_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ package ssa_test
 import (
 	cmddwarf "cmd/internal/dwarf"
 	"cmd/internal/quoted"
+	"cmp"
 	"debug/dwarf"
 	"debug/elf"
 	"debug/macho"
@@ -18,7 +19,8 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"os"
 	"runtime"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 	"testing"
 )
 
@@ -144,11 +146,11 @@ func TestStmtLines(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	t.Logf("Saw %d out of %d lines without statement marks", len(nonStmtLines), len(lines))
 	if testing.Verbose() {
-		sort.Slice(nonStmtLines, func(i, j int) bool {
-			if nonStmtLines[i].File != nonStmtLines[j].File {
-				return nonStmtLines[i].File < nonStmtLines[j].File
+		slices.SortFunc(nonStmtLines, func(a, b Line) int {
+			if a.File != b.File {
+				return strings.Compare(a.File, b.File)
 			}
-			return nonStmtLines[i].Line < nonStmtLines[j].Line
+			return cmp.Compare(a.Line, b.Line)
 		})
 		for _, l := range nonStmtLines {
 			t.Logf("%s:%d has no DWARF is_stmt mark\n", l.File, l.Line)
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/pgen.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/pgen.go
index e666c22a7d..3c0cfa16f1 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/pgen.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/ssagen/pgen.go
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"internal/buildcfg"
 	"os"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
@@ -414,7 +416,7 @@ func fieldtrack(fnsym *obj.LSym, tracked map[*obj.LSym]struct{}) {
 	for sym := range tracked {
 		trackSyms = append(trackSyms, sym)
 	}
-	sort.Slice(trackSyms, func(i, j int) bool { return trackSyms[i].Name < trackSyms[j].Name })
+	slices.SortFunc(trackSyms, func(a, b *obj.LSym) int { return strings.Compare(a.Name, b.Name) })
 	for _, sym := range trackSyms {
 		r := obj.Addrel(fnsym)
 		r.Sym = sym
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go
index b6ca615c6e..acafe9d339 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/staticdata/data.go
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@ import (
 	"go/constant"
 	"io"
 	"os"
-	"sort"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
@@ -264,8 +265,8 @@ func GlobalLinksym(n *ir.Name) *obj.LSym {
 }
 
 func WriteFuncSyms() {
-	sort.Slice(funcsyms, func(i, j int) bool {
-		return funcsyms[i].Linksym().Name < funcsyms[j].Linksym().Name
+	slices.SortFunc(funcsyms, func(a, b *ir.Name) int {
+		return strings.Compare(a.Linksym().Name, b.Linksym().Name)
 	})
 	for _, nam := range funcsyms {
 		s := nam.Sym()
diff --git a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/switch.go b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/switch.go
index 119647912b..e451a95d69 100644
--- a/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/switch.go
+++ b/src/cmd/compile/internal/walk/switch.go
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 package walk
 
 import (
+	"cmp"
 	"fmt"
 	"go/constant"
 	"go/token"
 	"math/bits"
+	"slices"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 
 	"cmd/compile/internal/base"
 	"cmd/compile/internal/ir"
@@ -172,13 +175,13 @@ func (s *exprSwitch) flush() {
 		// much cheaper to compare lengths than values, and
 		// all we need here is consistency. We respect this
 		// sorting below.
-		sort.Slice(cc, func(i, j int) bool {
-			si := ir.StringVal(cc[i].lo)
-			sj := ir.StringVal(cc[j].lo)
+		slices.SortFunc(cc, func(a, b exprClause) int {
+			si := ir.StringVal(a.lo)
+			sj := ir.StringVal(b.lo)
 			if len(si) != len(sj) {
-				return len(si) < len(sj)
+				return cmp.Compare(len(si), len(sj))
 			}
-			return si < sj
+			return strings.Compare(si, sj)
 		})
 
 		// runLen returns the string length associated with a
@@ -728,7 +731,7 @@ func (s *typeSwitch) flush(cc []typeClause, compiled *ir.Nodes) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	sort.Slice(cc, func(i, j int) bool { return cc[i].hash < cc[j].hash })
+	slices.SortFunc(cc, func(a, b typeClause) int { return cmp.Compare(a.hash, b.hash) })
 
 	// Combine adjacent cases with the same hash.
 	merged := cc[:1]
@@ -783,9 +786,7 @@ func (s *typeSwitch) tryJumpTable(cc []typeClause, out *ir.Nodes) bool {
 				hashes = append(hashes, h)
 			}
 			// Order by increasing hash.
-			sort.Slice(hashes, func(j, k int) bool {
-				return hashes[j] < hashes[k]
-			})
+			slices.Sort(hashes)
 			for j := 1; j < len(hashes); j++ {
 				if hashes[j] == hashes[j-1] {
 					// There is a duplicate hash; try a different b/i pair.