diff --git a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/base_slices.go b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/base_slices.go
index f3f27ad23e3f..8cc7c9cad507 100644
--- a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/base_slices.go
+++ b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/base_slices.go
@@ -240,6 +240,23 @@ func (es ${structName}) Sort(less func(a, b ${elementName}) bool) {
 	sort.SliceStable(*es.orig, func(i, j int) bool { return less(es.At(i), es.At(j)) })
 }`
 
+// TODO: Use assert.Less once https://github.com/stretchr/testify/pull/1339 is merged.
+const slicePtrTestTemplate = `func Test${structName}_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTest${structName}()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ${elementName}) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ${elementName}) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}`
+
 const sliceValueTemplate = `// CopyTo copies all elements from the current slice overriding the destination.
 func (es ${structName}) CopyTo(dest ${structName}) {
 	srcLen := es.Len()
@@ -295,7 +312,8 @@ func (ss *sliceOfPtrs) generateStruct(sb *bytes.Buffer) {
 }
 
 func (ss *sliceOfPtrs) generateTests(sb *bytes.Buffer) {
-	sb.WriteString(os.Expand(commonSliceTestTemplate, ss.templateFields()))
+	sb.WriteString(os.Expand(commonSliceTestTemplate, ss.templateFields()) + newLine + newLine)
+	sb.WriteString(os.Expand(slicePtrTestTemplate, ss.templateFields()))
 }
 
 func (ss *sliceOfPtrs) generateTestValueHelpers(sb *bytes.Buffer) {
diff --git a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/plog_package.go b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/plog_package.go
index f9bfeca8dea6..ea94e4fec924 100644
--- a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/plog_package.go
+++ b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/plog_package.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var plog = &Package{
 	},
 	testImports: []string{
 		`"testing"`,
+		`"unsafe"`,
 		``,
 		`"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"`,
 		``,
diff --git a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/pmetric_package.go b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/pmetric_package.go
index 05e5db7c5af9..8e08dfa53462 100644
--- a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/pmetric_package.go
+++ b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/pmetric_package.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var pmetric = &Package{
 	},
 	testImports: []string{
 		`"testing"`,
+		`"unsafe"`,
 		``,
 		`"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"`,
 		``,
diff --git a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/ptrace_package.go b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/ptrace_package.go
index 2f330039a1ac..ad44a8c283e0 100644
--- a/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/ptrace_package.go
+++ b/pdata/internal/cmd/pdatagen/internal/ptrace_package.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var ptrace = &Package{
 	},
 	testImports: []string{
 		`"testing"`,
+		`"unsafe"`,
 		``,
 		`"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"`,
 		``,
diff --git a/pdata/plog/generated_logrecordslice_test.go b/pdata/plog/generated_logrecordslice_test.go
index c02079f163bd..b2fa2345eec0 100644
--- a/pdata/plog/generated_logrecordslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/plog/generated_logrecordslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package plog
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestLogRecordSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestLogRecordSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestLogRecordSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b LogRecord) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b LogRecord) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestLogRecordSlice() LogRecordSlice {
 	es := NewLogRecordSlice()
 	fillTestLogRecordSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/plog/generated_resourcelogsslice_test.go b/pdata/plog/generated_resourcelogsslice_test.go
index ff61705f40d7..4db84600d053 100644
--- a/pdata/plog/generated_resourcelogsslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/plog/generated_resourcelogsslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package plog
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestResourceLogsSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestResourceLogsSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestResourceLogsSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ResourceLogs) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ResourceLogs) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestResourceLogsSlice() ResourceLogsSlice {
 	es := NewResourceLogsSlice()
 	fillTestResourceLogsSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/plog/generated_scopelogsslice_test.go b/pdata/plog/generated_scopelogsslice_test.go
index 6e4832a60263..45fbe3077c78 100644
--- a/pdata/plog/generated_scopelogsslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/plog/generated_scopelogsslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package plog
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestScopeLogsSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestScopeLogsSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestScopeLogsSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ScopeLogs) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ScopeLogs) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestScopeLogsSlice() ScopeLogsSlice {
 	es := NewScopeLogsSlice()
 	fillTestScopeLogsSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_exponentialhistogramdatapointslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_exponentialhistogramdatapointslice_test.go
index 80a9a2ffd3e0..1eeecc97be80 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_exponentialhistogramdatapointslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_exponentialhistogramdatapointslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ExponentialHistogramDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ExponentialHistogramDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice() ExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice {
 	es := NewExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice()
 	fillTestExponentialHistogramDataPointSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_histogramdatapointslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_histogramdatapointslice_test.go
index ee00017d9b1b..8999f0401086 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_histogramdatapointslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_histogramdatapointslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestHistogramDataPointSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestHistogramDataPointSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestHistogramDataPointSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b HistogramDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b HistogramDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestHistogramDataPointSlice() HistogramDataPointSlice {
 	es := NewHistogramDataPointSlice()
 	fillTestHistogramDataPointSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_metricslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_metricslice_test.go
index 4a6c05ad96ef..a7d0daedcd3e 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_metricslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_metricslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestMetricSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestMetricSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestMetricSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b Metric) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b Metric) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestMetricSlice() MetricSlice {
 	es := NewMetricSlice()
 	fillTestMetricSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_numberdatapointslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_numberdatapointslice_test.go
index 02ac86f82324..d14d644f007d 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_numberdatapointslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_numberdatapointslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestNumberDataPointSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestNumberDataPointSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestNumberDataPointSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b NumberDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b NumberDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestNumberDataPointSlice() NumberDataPointSlice {
 	es := NewNumberDataPointSlice()
 	fillTestNumberDataPointSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_resourcemetricsslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_resourcemetricsslice_test.go
index 76bf47d49f75..27e31e3fc881 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_resourcemetricsslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_resourcemetricsslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestResourceMetricsSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestResourceMetricsSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestResourceMetricsSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ResourceMetrics) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ResourceMetrics) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestResourceMetricsSlice() ResourceMetricsSlice {
 	es := NewResourceMetricsSlice()
 	fillTestResourceMetricsSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_scopemetricsslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_scopemetricsslice_test.go
index b2cdfa085cbc..8fd2f48ecbe6 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_scopemetricsslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_scopemetricsslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestScopeMetricsSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestScopeMetricsSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestScopeMetricsSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ScopeMetrics) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ScopeMetrics) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestScopeMetricsSlice() ScopeMetricsSlice {
 	es := NewScopeMetricsSlice()
 	fillTestScopeMetricsSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointslice_test.go
index bc40214a3022..713f185191e7 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestSummaryDataPointSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestSummaryDataPointSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestSummaryDataPointSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SummaryDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SummaryDataPoint) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestSummaryDataPointSlice() SummaryDataPointSlice {
 	es := NewSummaryDataPointSlice()
 	fillTestSummaryDataPointSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointvalueatquantileslice_test.go b/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointvalueatquantileslice_test.go
index 44aef4ca490c..c2c898178a83 100644
--- a/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointvalueatquantileslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/pmetric/generated_summarydatapointvalueatquantileslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package pmetric
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestSummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestSummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestSummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SummaryDataPointValueAtQuantile) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SummaryDataPointValueAtQuantile) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestSummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice() SummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice {
 	es := NewSummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice()
 	fillTestSummaryDataPointValueAtQuantileSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/ptrace/generated_resourcespansslice_test.go b/pdata/ptrace/generated_resourcespansslice_test.go
index b22f1b892cf5..59b525d3c9a6 100644
--- a/pdata/ptrace/generated_resourcespansslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/ptrace/generated_resourcespansslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ptrace
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestResourceSpansSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestResourceSpansSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestResourceSpansSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ResourceSpans) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ResourceSpans) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestResourceSpansSlice() ResourceSpansSlice {
 	es := NewResourceSpansSlice()
 	fillTestResourceSpansSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/ptrace/generated_scopespansslice_test.go b/pdata/ptrace/generated_scopespansslice_test.go
index 7e9c389cabbd..c5eb91d0bc30 100644
--- a/pdata/ptrace/generated_scopespansslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/ptrace/generated_scopespansslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ptrace
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestScopeSpansSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestScopeSpansSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestScopeSpansSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ScopeSpans) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b ScopeSpans) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestScopeSpansSlice() ScopeSpansSlice {
 	es := NewScopeSpansSlice()
 	fillTestScopeSpansSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/ptrace/generated_spaneventslice_test.go b/pdata/ptrace/generated_spaneventslice_test.go
index f6982b263817..3f27cac4e376 100644
--- a/pdata/ptrace/generated_spaneventslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/ptrace/generated_spaneventslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ptrace
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestSpanEventSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestSpanEventSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestSpanEventSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SpanEvent) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SpanEvent) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestSpanEventSlice() SpanEventSlice {
 	es := NewSpanEventSlice()
 	fillTestSpanEventSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanlinkslice_test.go b/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanlinkslice_test.go
index 5a71dc3e93df..ea409c48cbd2 100644
--- a/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanlinkslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanlinkslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ptrace
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestSpanLinkSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestSpanLinkSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestSpanLinkSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SpanLink) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b SpanLink) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestSpanLinkSlice() SpanLinkSlice {
 	es := NewSpanLinkSlice()
 	fillTestSpanLinkSlice(es)
diff --git a/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanslice_test.go b/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanslice_test.go
index f600d9b7f34a..b4bbc2398751 100644
--- a/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanslice_test.go
+++ b/pdata/ptrace/generated_spanslice_test.go
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package ptrace
 
 import (
 	"testing"
+	"unsafe"
 
 	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
 
@@ -118,6 +119,22 @@ func TestSpanSlice_RemoveIf(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.Equal(t, 5, filtered.Len())
 }
 
+func TestSpanSlice_Sort(t *testing.T) {
+	es := generateTestSpanSlice()
+	es.Sort(func(a, b Span) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) < uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+	es.Sort(func(a, b Span) bool {
+		return uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(a.orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(b.orig))
+	})
+	for i := 1; i < es.Len(); i++ {
+		assert.True(t, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i-1).orig)) > uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(es.At(i).orig)))
+	}
+}
+
 func generateTestSpanSlice() SpanSlice {
 	es := NewSpanSlice()
 	fillTestSpanSlice(es)