diff --git a/address/src/lib.rs b/address/src/lib.rs
index ac9e97d85..8c53928e9 100644
--- a/address/src/lib.rs
+++ b/address/src/lib.rs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ use core::{
     array,
     convert::TryFrom,
     hash::{Hash, Hasher},
+    ptr::read_unaligned,
 };
 #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
 use serde_derive::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ const PDA_MARKER: &[u8; 21] = b"ProgramDerivedAddress";
 #[cfg_attr(all(feature = "borsh", feature = "std"), derive(BorshSchema))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Deserialize, Serialize))]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "bytemuck", derive(Pod, Zeroable))]
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, Ord, PartialEq, PartialOrd)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Default, Eq, Ord, PartialOrd)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "dev-context-only-utils", derive(Arbitrary))]
 pub struct Address(pub(crate) [u8; 32]);
 
@@ -307,6 +308,25 @@ impl core::fmt::Display for Address {
     }
 }
 
+/// Custom impl of `PartialEq` for `Address`.
+///
+/// The implementation compares the address in 4 chunks of 8 bytes (`u64` values),
+/// which is currently more efficient (CU-wise) than the default implementation.
+impl PartialEq for Address {
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn eq(&self, other: &Self) -> bool {
+        let p1_ptr = self.0.as_ptr().cast::<u64>();
+        let p2_ptr = other.0.as_ptr().cast::<u64>();
+
+        unsafe {
+            read_unaligned(p1_ptr) == read_unaligned(p2_ptr)
+                && read_unaligned(p1_ptr.add(1)) == read_unaligned(p2_ptr.add(1))
+                && read_unaligned(p1_ptr.add(2)) == read_unaligned(p2_ptr.add(2))
+                && read_unaligned(p1_ptr.add(3)) == read_unaligned(p2_ptr.add(3))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 /// Convenience macro to define a static `Address` value.
 ///
 /// Input: a single literal base58 string representation of an `Address`.
@@ -609,4 +629,24 @@ mod tests {
             ADDRESS
         );
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_address_eq_matches_default_eq() {
+        for i in 0..u8::MAX {
+            let p1 = Address::from([i; ADDRESS_BYTES]);
+            let p2 = Address::from([i; ADDRESS_BYTES]);
+
+            // Identical addresses must be equal.
+            assert!(p1 == p2);
+            assert!(p1.eq(&p2));
+            assert_eq!(p1.eq(&p2), p1.0 == p2.0);
+
+            let p3 = Address::from([u8::MAX - i; ADDRESS_BYTES]);
+
+            // Different addresses must not be equal.
+            assert!(p1 != p3);
+            assert!(!p1.eq(&p3));
+            assert_eq!(!p1.eq(&p3), p1.0 != p3.0);
+        }
+    }
 }