diff --git a/py/objarray.c b/py/objarray.c
index 2f1f68d81a..5bd9454716 100644
--- a/py/objarray.c
+++ b/py/objarray.c
@@ -258,12 +258,13 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t array_unary_op(mp_unary_op_t op, mp_obj_t o_in) {
     }
 }
 
-STATIC int typecode_for_comparison(int typecode) {
+STATIC int typecode_for_comparison(int typecode, bool *is_unsigned) {
     if (typecode == BYTEARRAY_TYPECODE) {
         typecode = 'B';
     }
     if (typecode <= 'Z') {
         typecode += 32; // to lowercase
+        *is_unsigned = true;
     }
     return typecode;
 }
@@ -322,7 +323,11 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t array_binary_op(mp_binary_op_t op, mp_obj_t lhs_in, mp_obj_t rhs
             return mp_const_false;
         }
 
-        case MP_BINARY_OP_EQUAL: {
+        case MP_BINARY_OP_EQUAL:
+        case MP_BINARY_OP_LESS:
+        case MP_BINARY_OP_LESS_EQUAL:
+        case MP_BINARY_OP_MORE:
+        case MP_BINARY_OP_MORE_EQUAL: {
             mp_buffer_info_t lhs_bufinfo;
             mp_buffer_info_t rhs_bufinfo;
             array_get_buffer(lhs_in, &lhs_bufinfo, MP_BUFFER_READ);
@@ -333,11 +338,13 @@ STATIC mp_obj_t array_binary_op(mp_binary_op_t op, mp_obj_t lhs_in, mp_obj_t rhs
             // The type doesn't matter: array/bytearray/str/bytes all have the same buffer layout, so
             // just check if the typecodes are compatible; for testing equality the types should have the
             // same code except for signedness, and not be floating point because nan never equals nan.
+            // For > and < the types should be the same and unsigned.
             // Note that typecode_for_comparison always returns lowercase letters to save code size.
             // No need for (& TYPECODE_MASK) here: xxx_get_buffer already takes care of that.
-            const int lhs_code = typecode_for_comparison(lhs_bufinfo.typecode);
-            const int rhs_code = typecode_for_comparison(rhs_bufinfo.typecode);
-            if (lhs_code == rhs_code && lhs_code != 'f' && lhs_code != 'd') {
+            bool is_unsigned = false;
+            const int lhs_code = typecode_for_comparison(lhs_bufinfo.typecode, &is_unsigned);
+            const int rhs_code = typecode_for_comparison(rhs_bufinfo.typecode, &is_unsigned);
+            if (lhs_code == rhs_code && lhs_code != 'f' && lhs_code != 'd' && (op == MP_BINARY_OP_EQUAL || is_unsigned)) {
                 return mp_obj_new_bool(mp_seq_cmp_bytes(op, lhs_bufinfo.buf, lhs_bufinfo.len, rhs_bufinfo.buf, rhs_bufinfo.len));
             }
             // mp_obj_equal_not_equal treats returning MP_OBJ_NULL as 'fall back to pointer comparison'
diff --git a/tests/basics/array1.py b/tests/basics/array1.py
index 15789e2c99..f21ad4bd75 100644
--- a/tests/basics/array1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/array1.py
@@ -66,3 +66,24 @@ print(X('b', [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]) == b'abc')
 print(X('b', [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]) != b'abc')
 print(X('b', [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]) == array.array('b', [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]))
 print(X('b', [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]) != array.array('b', [0x61, 0x62, 0x63]))
+
+# other comparisons
+for typecode in ["B", "H", "I", "L", "Q"]:
+    a = array.array(typecode, [1, 1])
+    print(a < a)
+    print(a <= a)
+    print(a > a)
+    print(a >= a)
+
+    al = array.array(typecode, [1, 0])
+    ab = array.array(typecode, [1, 2])
+
+    print(a < al)
+    print(a <= al)
+    print(a > al)
+    print(a >= al)
+
+    print(a < ab)
+    print(a <= ab)
+    print(a > ab)
+    print(a >= ab)
diff --git a/tests/basics/bytearray1.py b/tests/basics/bytearray1.py
index b598500264..d12292e879 100644
--- a/tests/basics/bytearray1.py
+++ b/tests/basics/bytearray1.py
@@ -27,6 +27,26 @@ print(bytearray([1]) == b"1")
 print(b"1" == bytearray([1]))
 print(bytearray() == bytearray())
 
+b1 = bytearray([1, 2, 3])
+b2 = bytearray([1, 2, 3])
+b3 = bytearray([1, 3])
+print(b1 == b2)
+print(b2 != b3)
+print(b1 <= b2)
+print(b1 <= b3)
+print(b1 < b3)
+print(b1 >= b2)
+print(b3 >= b2)
+print(b3 > b2)
+print(b1 != b2)
+print(b2 == b3)
+print(b1 > b2)
+print(b1 > b3)
+print(b1 >= b3)
+print(b1 < b2)
+print(b3 < b2)
+print(b3 <= b2)
+
 # comparison with other type should return False
 print(bytearray() == 1)