diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs
index 9fc24d5280..4a2bba7f4b 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs
@@ -382,25 +382,14 @@ const BufferIsBuffer = Buffer.isBuffer = function isBuffer(b) {
 };
 
 const BufferCompare = Buffer.compare = function compare(a, b) {
-  if (isUint8Array(a)) {
-    a = BufferFrom(
-      a,
-      TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteOffset(a),
-      TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteLength(a),
-    );
+  if (!isUint8Array(a)) {
+    throw new codes.ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE("buf1", ["Buffer", "Uint8Array"], a);
   }
-  if (isUint8Array(b)) {
-    b = BufferFrom(
-      b,
-      TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteOffset(b),
-      TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteLength(b),
-    );
-  }
-  if (!BufferIsBuffer(a) || !BufferIsBuffer(b)) {
-    throw new TypeError(
-      'The "buf1", "buf2" arguments must be one of type Buffer or Uint8Array',
-    );
+
+  if (!isUint8Array(b)) {
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE("buf2", ["Buffer", "Uint8Array"], b);
   }
+
   if (a === b) {
     return 0;
   }
diff --git a/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc b/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
index 5728a0c807..c51b5de71b 100644
--- a/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
+++ b/tests/node_compat/config.jsonc
@@ -271,6 +271,7 @@
       "test-buffer-bigint64.js",
       "test-buffer-bytelength.js",
       "test-buffer-compare-offset.js",
+      "test-buffer-compare.js",
       "test-buffer-concat.js",
       "test-buffer-constants.js",
       "test-buffer-copy.js",
diff --git a/tests/node_compat/runner/TODO.md b/tests/node_compat/runner/TODO.md
index a77fccfb0a..e6a693bbe4 100644
--- a/tests/node_compat/runner/TODO.md
+++ b/tests/node_compat/runner/TODO.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <!-- deno-fmt-ignore-file -->
 # Remaining Node Tests
 
-1168 tests out of 3993 have been ported from Node 23.9.0 (29.25% ported, 71.27% remaining).
+1169 tests out of 3993 have been ported from Node 23.9.0 (29.28% ported, 71.25% remaining).
 
 NOTE: This file should not be manually edited. Please edit `tests/node_compat/config.json` and run `deno task setup` in `tests/node_compat/runner` dir instead.
 
@@ -282,7 +282,6 @@ NOTE: This file should not be manually edited. Please edit `tests/node_compat/co
 - [parallel/test-blocklist-clone.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-blocklist-clone.js)
 - [parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-bootstrap-modules.js)
 - [parallel/test-broadcastchannel-custom-inspect.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-broadcastchannel-custom-inspect.js)
-- [parallel/test-buffer-compare.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare.js)
 - [parallel/test-buffer-constructor-deprecation-error.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-buffer-constructor-deprecation-error.js)
 - [parallel/test-buffer-constructor-node-modules-paths.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-buffer-constructor-node-modules-paths.js)
 - [parallel/test-buffer-constructor-node-modules.js](https://github.com/nodejs/node/tree/v23.9.0/test/parallel/test-buffer-constructor-node-modules.js)
diff --git a/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare.js b/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e4c09f6fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/node_compat/test/parallel/test-buffer-compare.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+// deno-fmt-ignore-file
+// deno-lint-ignore-file
+
+// Copyright Joyent and Node contributors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+// Taken from Node 23.9.0
+// This file is automatically generated by `tests/node_compat/runner/setup.ts`. Do not modify this file manually.
+
+'use strict';
+
+require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const b = Buffer.alloc(1, 'a');
+const c = Buffer.alloc(1, 'c');
+const d = Buffer.alloc(2, 'aa');
+const e = new Uint8Array([ 0x61, 0x61 ]); // ASCII 'aa', same as d
+
+assert.strictEqual(b.compare(c), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(c.compare(d), 1);
+assert.strictEqual(d.compare(b), 1);
+assert.strictEqual(d.compare(e), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(b.compare(d), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(b.compare(b), 0);
+
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(b, c), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(c, d), 1);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(d, b), 1);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(b, d), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(c, c), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(e, e), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(d, e), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(d, b), 1);
+
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(0)), 0);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(Buffer.alloc(0), Buffer.alloc(1)), -1);
+assert.strictEqual(Buffer.compare(Buffer.alloc(1), Buffer.alloc(0)), 1);
+
+assert.throws(() => Buffer.compare(Buffer.alloc(1), 'abc'), {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+  message: 'The "buf2" argument must be an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array. ' +
+           "Received type string ('abc')"
+});
+assert.throws(() => Buffer.compare('abc', Buffer.alloc(1)), {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+  message: 'The "buf1" argument must be an instance of Buffer or Uint8Array. ' +
+           "Received type string ('abc')"
+});
+
+assert.throws(() => Buffer.alloc(1).compare('abc'), {
+  code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
+  name: 'TypeError',
+  message: 'The "target" argument must be an instance of ' +
+           "Buffer or Uint8Array. Received type string ('abc')"
+});