diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
index 98eb58bf62..9920e33d06 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/Common/texture_cache.h
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ namespace rsx
 		virtual void set_up_remap_vector(section_storage_type& section, const std::pair<std::array<u8, 4>, std::array<u8, 4>>& remap_vector) = 0;
 		virtual void insert_texture_barrier(commandbuffer_type&, image_storage_type* tex) = 0;
 		virtual image_view_type generate_cubemap_from_images(commandbuffer_type&, u32 gcm_format, u16 size, const std::array<image_resource_type, 6>& sources) = 0;
+		virtual bool render_target_format_is_compatible(image_storage_type* tex, u32 gcm_format) = 0;
 
 		constexpr u32 get_block_size() const { return 0x1000000; }
 		inline u32 get_block_address(u32 address) const { return (address & ~0xFFFFFF); }
@@ -1385,6 +1386,12 @@ namespace rsx
 				}
 			}
 
+			if (!requires_processing)
+			{
+				//Check if we need to do anything about the formats
+				requires_processing = !render_target_format_is_compatible(texptr, format);
+			}
+
 			if (requires_processing)
 			{
 				const auto w = rsx::apply_resolution_scale(internal_width, true);
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h
index ba796fe7cd..e26ea42dbf 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/GL/GLTextureCache.h
@@ -947,6 +947,35 @@ namespace gl
 				glTextureBarrierNV();
 		}
 
+		bool render_target_format_is_compatible(gl::texture* tex, u32 gcm_format) override
+		{
+			if (auto as_rtt = dynamic_cast<gl::render_target*>(tex))
+			{
+				auto ifmt = as_rtt->get_compatible_internal_format();
+				switch (gcm_format)
+				{
+				default:
+					//TODO
+					LOG_TRACE(RSX, "Format incompatibility detected, reporting failure to force data copy (GL_INTERNAL_FORMAT=0x%X, GCM_FORMAT=0x%X)", (u32)ifmt, gcm_format);
+					return false;
+				case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_W16_Z16_Y16_X16_FLOAT:
+					return (ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::rgba16f);
+				case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_W32_Z32_Y32_X32_FLOAT:
+					return (ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::rgba32f);
+				case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_X32_FLOAT:
+					return (ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::r32f);
+				case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_R5G6B5:
+					return (ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::r5g6b5);
+				case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_DEPTH24_D8:
+					return (ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::depth24_stencil8 || ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::depth32f_stencil8);
+				case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_A8R8G8B8:
+					return (ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::rgba8 || ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::depth24_stencil8 || ifmt == gl::texture::internal_format::depth32f_stencil8);
+				}
+			}
+
+			fmt::throw_exception("Format comparison for non-rendertargets is not implemented" HERE);
+		}
+
 	public:
 
 		texture_cache() {}
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h
index dd12f7652d..464f4165ad 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/RSX/VK/VKTextureCache.h
@@ -901,6 +901,30 @@ namespace vk
 			vk::insert_texture_barrier(cmd, tex);
 		}
 
+		bool render_target_format_is_compatible(vk::image* tex, u32 gcm_format) override
+		{
+			auto vk_format = tex->info.format;
+			switch (gcm_format)
+			{
+			default:
+				//TODO
+				LOG_TRACE(RSX, "Format incompatibility detected, reporting failure to force data copy (VK_FORMAT=0x%X, GCM_FORMAT=0x%X)", (u32)vk_format, gcm_format);
+				return false;
+			case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_W16_Z16_Y16_X16_FLOAT:
+				return (vk_format == VK_FORMAT_R16G16B16A16_SFLOAT);
+			case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_W32_Z32_Y32_X32_FLOAT:
+				return (vk_format == VK_FORMAT_R32G32B32A32_SFLOAT);
+			case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_X32_FLOAT:
+				return (vk_format == VK_FORMAT_R32_SFLOAT);
+			case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_R5G6B5:
+				return (vk_format == VK_FORMAT_R5G6B5_UNORM_PACK16);
+			case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_DEPTH24_D8:
+				return (vk_format == VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT || vk_format == VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT);
+			case CELL_GCM_TEXTURE_A8R8G8B8:
+				return (vk_format == VK_FORMAT_B8G8R8A8_UNORM || vk_format == VK_FORMAT_D24_UNORM_S8_UINT || vk_format == VK_FORMAT_D32_SFLOAT_S8_UINT);
+			}
+		}
+
 	public:
 
 		struct vk_blit_op_result : public blit_op_result