diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
index 6e6783caf676fc..cdf1e7ab1548e7 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/render/light.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ use bevy_render::{
     Extract,
 };
 use bevy_transform::{components::GlobalTransform, prelude::Transform};
-use bevy_utils::FloatOrd;
 use bevy_utils::{
     tracing::{error, warn},
     HashMap,
@@ -1653,7 +1652,7 @@ pub struct Shadow {
 }
 
 impl PhaseItem for Shadow {
-    type SortKey = FloatOrd;
+    type SortKey = usize;
 
     #[inline]
     fn entity(&self) -> Entity {
@@ -1662,7 +1661,7 @@ impl PhaseItem for Shadow {
 
     #[inline]
     fn sort_key(&self) -> Self::SortKey {
-        FloatOrd(self.distance)
+        self.pipeline.id()
     }
 
     #[inline]
@@ -1672,7 +1671,10 @@ impl PhaseItem for Shadow {
 
     #[inline]
     fn sort(items: &mut [Self]) {
-        radsort::sort_by_key(items, |item| item.distance);
+        // The shadow phase is sorted by pipeline id for performance reasons.
+        // Grouping all draw commands using the same pipeline together performs
+        // better than rebinding everything at a high rate.
+        radsort::sort_by_key(items, |item| item.pipeline.id());
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs
index ddc31c77661fb7..6413ff834f06a2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_render/src/render_resource/pipeline_cache.rs
@@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ pub struct CachedRenderPipelineId(CachedPipelineId);
 impl CachedRenderPipelineId {
     /// An invalid cached render pipeline index, often used to initialize a variable.
     pub const INVALID: Self = CachedRenderPipelineId(usize::MAX);
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn id(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0
+    }
 }
 
 /// Index of a cached compute pipeline in a [`PipelineCache`].
@@ -65,6 +70,11 @@ pub struct CachedComputePipelineId(CachedPipelineId);
 impl CachedComputePipelineId {
     /// An invalid cached compute pipeline index, often used to initialize a variable.
     pub const INVALID: Self = CachedComputePipelineId(usize::MAX);
+
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn id(&self) -> usize {
+        self.0
+    }
 }
 
 pub struct CachedPipeline {