diff --git a/packages/reactivity/__benchmarks__/effectScope.bench.ts b/packages/reactivity/__benchmarks__/effectScope.bench.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..298b1336dd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/reactivity/__benchmarks__/effectScope.bench.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import { bench, describe } from 'vitest'
+import {
+  effectScope,
+  onEffectCleanup,
+} from '../dist/reactivity.esm-browser.prod'
+
+describe('effectScope', () => {
+  function benchEffectCreateAndStop(size: number) {
+    bench(
+      `create and stop an effectScope that tracks ${size} cleanup functions`,
+      () => {
+        const scope = effectScope()
+        scope.run(() => {
+          for (let i = 0; i < size; i++) {
+            onEffectCleanup(() => {})
+          }
+        })
+        scope.stop()
+      },
+    )
+  }
+
+  benchEffectCreateAndStop(10)
+  benchEffectCreateAndStop(100)
+  benchEffectCreateAndStop(1000)
+})
diff --git a/packages/reactivity/__tests__/effectScope.spec.ts b/packages/reactivity/__tests__/effectScope.spec.ts
index 93ee648e2df..38b8c59828a 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/__tests__/effectScope.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/__tests__/effectScope.spec.ts
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ describe('reactivity/effect/scope', () => {
       onScopeDispose(() => (dummy += 2))
     })
 
+    expect(scope.signal.aborted).toBe(false)
+
     scope.run(() => {
       onScopeDispose(() => (dummy += 4))
     })
@@ -202,6 +204,7 @@ describe('reactivity/effect/scope', () => {
 
     scope.stop()
     expect(dummy).toBe(7)
+    expect(scope.signal.aborted).toBe(true)
   })
 
   it('should warn onScopeDispose() is called when there is no active effect scope', () => {
@@ -361,7 +364,24 @@ describe('reactivity/effect/scope', () => {
     expect(cleanupCalls).toBe(1)
 
     expect(getEffectsCount(scope)).toBe(0)
-    expect(scope.cleanupsLength).toBe(0)
+  })
+
+  test('signal', () => {
+    const scope = effectScope()
+    // should not create an `AbortController` until `scope.signal` is accessed
+    expect((scope as any)._controller).toBeUndefined()
+
+    const { signal } = scope
+    expect((scope as any)._controller).toBeDefined()
+    expect(signal).toBeDefined()
+
+    const spy = vi.fn()
+    signal.addEventListener('abort', spy)
+
+    scope.stop()
+    // should trigger `abort` on the `signal` when `scope.stop()` is called.
+    expect(spy).toBeCalled()
+    expect(scope.signal.aborted).toBe(true)
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/reactivity/src/effectScope.ts b/packages/reactivity/src/effectScope.ts
index 36c9b85e8d7..fac17dabe98 100644
--- a/packages/reactivity/src/effectScope.ts
+++ b/packages/reactivity/src/effectScope.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { EffectFlags, cleanup } from './effect'
+import { EffectFlags } from './effect'
 import { type Link, type ReactiveNode, link, unlink } from './system'
 import { warn } from './warning'
 
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ export class EffectScope implements ReactiveNode {
   /**
    * @internal
    */
-  cleanups: (() => void)[] = []
-  /**
-   * @internal
-   */
-  cleanupsLength = 0
+  private _controller: AbortController | undefined
+
+  get signal(): AbortSignal {
+    if (!this._controller) this._controller = new AbortController()
+
+    return this._controller.signal
+  }
 
   constructor(detached = false) {
     if (!detached && activeEffectScope) {
@@ -87,7 +89,9 @@ export class EffectScope implements ReactiveNode {
     if (sub !== undefined) {
       unlink(sub)
     }
-    cleanup(this)
+    if (this._controller) {
+      this._controller.abort()
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -130,7 +134,7 @@ export function setCurrentScope(scope?: EffectScope): EffectScope | undefined {
  */
 export function onScopeDispose(fn: () => void, failSilently = false): void {
   if (activeEffectScope !== undefined) {
-    activeEffectScope.cleanups[activeEffectScope.cleanupsLength++] = fn
+    activeEffectScope.signal.addEventListener('abort', fn, { once: true })
   } else if (__DEV__ && !failSilently) {
     warn(
       `onScopeDispose() is called when there is no active effect scope` +