diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-compare.js b/benchmarks/bench-compare.js
index 81db8c24..ec75f2d3 100644
--- a/benchmarks/bench-compare.js
+++ b/benchmarks/bench-compare.js
@@ -4,45 +4,15 @@ const Benchmark = require('benchmark')
 const SemVer = require('../classes/semver')
 const suite = new Benchmark.Suite()
 
-const versions = ['1.0.3', '2.2.2', '2.3.0']
-const versionToCompare = '1.0.2'
-const option1 = { includePrelease: true }
-const option2 = { includePrelease: true, loose: true }
-const option3 = { includePrelease: true, loose: true, rtl: true }
+const comparisons = require('../test/fixtures/comparisons')
 
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(`compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare}`, function () {
-    const semver = new SemVer(version)
-    semver.compare(versionToCompare)
+for (const [v0, v1] of comparisons) {
+  suite.add(`compare ${v0} to ${v1}`, function () {
+    const semver = new SemVer(v0)
+    semver.compare(v1)
   })
 }
 
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(
-    `compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare} with option (${JSON.stringify(option1)})`,
-    function () {
-      const semver = new SemVer(version, option1)
-      semver.compare(versionToCompare)
-    })
-}
-
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(`compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare} with option (${JSON.stringify(option2)})`,
-    function () {
-      const semver = new SemVer(version, option2)
-      semver.compare(versionToCompare)
-    })
-}
-
-for (const version of versions) {
-  suite.add(
-    `compare ${version} to ${versionToCompare} with option (${JSON.stringify(option3)})`,
-    function () {
-      const semver = new SemVer(version, option3)
-      semver.compare(versionToCompare)
-    })
-}
-
 suite
   .on('cycle', function (event) {
     console.log(String(event.target))
diff --git a/benchmarks/bench-parse.js b/benchmarks/bench-parse.js
index af10ec52..5756eee2 100644
--- a/benchmarks/bench-parse.js
+++ b/benchmarks/bench-parse.js
@@ -2,21 +2,20 @@
 
 const Benchmark = require('benchmark')
 const parse = require('../functions/parse')
-const { MAX_SAFE_INTEGER } = require('../internal/constants')
 const suite = new Benchmark.Suite()
 
-const cases = ['1.2.1', '1.2.2-4', '1.2.3-pre']
-const invalidCases = [`${MAX_SAFE_INTEGER}0.0.0`, 'hello, world', 'xyz']
+const cases = require(`../test/fixtures/valid-versions`)
+const invalidCases = require(`../test/fixtures/invalid-versions`)
 
 for (const test of cases) {
-  suite.add(`parse(${test})`, function () {
-    parse(test)
+  suite.add(`parse(${test[0]})`, function () {
+    parse(test[0])
   })
 }
 
 for (const test of invalidCases) {
-  suite.add(`invalid parse(${test})`, function () {
-    parse(test)
+  suite.add(`invalid parse(${test[0]})`, function () {
+    parse(test[0])
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/classes/semver.js b/classes/semver.js
index 2efba0f4..92254be1 100644
--- a/classes/semver.js
+++ b/classes/semver.js
@@ -111,11 +111,25 @@ class SemVer {
       other = new SemVer(other, this.options)
     }
 
-    return (
-      compareIdentifiers(this.major, other.major) ||
-      compareIdentifiers(this.minor, other.minor) ||
-      compareIdentifiers(this.patch, other.patch)
-    )
+    if (this.major < other.major) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (this.major > other.major) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    if (this.minor < other.minor) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (this.minor > other.minor) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    if (this.patch < other.patch) {
+      return -1
+    }
+    if (this.patch > other.patch) {
+      return 1
+    }
+    return 0
   }
 
   comparePre (other) {
diff --git a/internal/identifiers.js b/internal/identifiers.js
index a4613dee..d053472d 100644
--- a/internal/identifiers.js
+++ b/internal/identifiers.js
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 const numeric = /^[0-9]+$/
 const compareIdentifiers = (a, b) => {
+  if (typeof a === 'number' && typeof b === 'number') {
+    return a === b ? 0 : a < b ? -1 : 1
+  }
+
   const anum = numeric.test(a)
   const bnum = numeric.test(b)
 
diff --git a/test/internal/identifiers.js b/test/internal/identifiers.js
index 1a89583e..cb217eda 100644
--- a/test/internal/identifiers.js
+++ b/test/internal/identifiers.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ test('rcompareIdentifiers and compareIdentifiers', (t) => {
     ['1', '2'],
     ['alpha', 'beta'],
     ['0', 'beta'],
+    [1, 2],
   ]
   set.forEach((ab) => {
     const a = ab[0]
@@ -17,5 +18,7 @@ test('rcompareIdentifiers and compareIdentifiers', (t) => {
   })
   t.equal(compareIdentifiers('0', '0'), 0)
   t.equal(rcompareIdentifiers('0', '0'), 0)
+  t.equal(compareIdentifiers(1, 1), 0)
+  t.equal(rcompareIdentifiers(1, 1), 0)
   t.end()
 })