diff --git a/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala b/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala
index e9140b81a5a..924b8f57cc2 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala
+++ b/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/BenchUtils.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.apache.spark.{SPARK_BUILD_USER, SPARK_VERSION}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.{DataFrame, Row, SaveMode, SparkSession}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.{InputAdapter, QueryExecution, SparkPlan, WholeStageCodegenExec}
 import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.adaptive.{AdaptiveSparkPlanExec, QueryStageExec}
+import org.apache.spark.sql.execution.datasources.FilePartition
 import org.apache.spark.sql.functions.col
 import org.apache.spark.sql.types.DataTypes
 import org.apache.spark.sql.util.QueryExecutionListener
@@ -380,6 +381,8 @@ object BenchUtils {
    *
    * @param df1            DataFrame to compare.
    * @param df2            DataFrame to compare.
+   * @param readPathAction Function to create DataFrame from a path when reading individual
+   *                       partitions from a partitioned data source.
    * @param ignoreOrdering Sort the data collected from the DataFrames before comparing them.
    * @param useIterator    When set to true, use `toLocalIterator` to load one partition at a time
    *                       into driver memory, reducing memory usage at the cost of performance
@@ -390,6 +393,7 @@ object BenchUtils {
   def compareResults(
       df1: DataFrame,
       df2: DataFrame,
+      readPathAction: String => DataFrame,
       ignoreOrdering: Boolean,
       useIterator: Boolean = false,
       maxErrors: Int = 10,
@@ -401,14 +405,15 @@ object BenchUtils {
     if (count1 == count2) {
       println(s"Both DataFrames contain $count1 rows")
 
-      if (!ignoreOrdering && (df1.rdd.getNumPartitions > 1 || df2.rdd.getNumPartitions > 1)) {
-        throw new IllegalStateException("Cannot run with ignoreOrdering=false because one or " +
-            "more inputs have multiple partitions")
+      val (result1, result2) = if (!ignoreOrdering &&
+          (df1.rdd.getNumPartitions > 1 || df2.rdd.getNumPartitions > 1)) {
+        (collectPartitioned(df1, readPathAction),
+        collectPartitioned(df2, readPathAction))
+      } else {
+        (collectResults(df1, ignoreOrdering, useIterator),
+        collectResults(df2, ignoreOrdering, useIterator))
       }
 
-      val result1 = collectResults(df1, ignoreOrdering, useIterator)
-      val result2 = collectResults(df2, ignoreOrdering, useIterator)
-
       var errors = 0
       var i = 0
       while (i < count1 && errors < maxErrors) {
@@ -441,12 +446,16 @@ object BenchUtils {
 
     // apply sorting if specified
     val resultDf = if (ignoreOrdering) {
-      // let Spark do the sorting
+      // let Spark do the sorting, sorting by non-float columns first, then float columns
       val nonFloatCols = df.schema.fields
           .filter(field => !(field.dataType == DataTypes.FloatType ||
               field.dataType == DataTypes.DoubleType))
           .map(field => col(field.name))
-      df.sort(nonFloatCols: _*)
+      val floatCols = df.schema.fields
+          .filter(field => field.dataType == DataTypes.FloatType ||
+              field.dataType == DataTypes.DoubleType)
+          .map(field => col(field.name))
+      df.sort((nonFloatCols ++ floatCols): _*)
     } else {
       df
     }
@@ -466,6 +475,23 @@ object BenchUtils {
     it.map(_.toSeq)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Collect data from a partitioned data source, preserving order by reading files in
+   * alphabetical order.
+   */
+  private def collectPartitioned(
+      df: DataFrame,
+      readPathAction: String => DataFrame): Iterator[Seq[Any]] = {
+    val files = df.rdd.partitions.flatMap {
+      case p: FilePartition => p.files
+      case other =>
+        throw new RuntimeException(s"Expected FilePartition, found ${other.getClass}")
+    }
+    files.map(_.filePath).sorted.flatMap(path => {
+      readPathAction(path).collect()
+    }).toIterator.map(_.toSeq)
+  }
+
   private def rowEqual(row1: Seq[Any], row2: Seq[Any], epsilon: Double): Boolean = {
     row1.zip(row2).forall {
       case (l, r) => compare(l, r, epsilon)
diff --git a/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/CompareResults.scala b/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/CompareResults.scala
index 7b54ca4f8c8..42047d533a6 100644
--- a/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/CompareResults.scala
+++ b/integration_tests/src/main/scala/com/nvidia/spark/rapids/tests/common/CompareResults.scala
@@ -41,7 +41,12 @@ object CompareResults {
   def main(arg: Array[String]): Unit = {
     val conf = new Conf(arg)
 
-    val spark = SparkSession.builder.appName("CompareResults").getOrCreate()
+    val spark = SparkSession.builder
+        .appName("CompareResults")
+        // disable plugin so that we can see FilePartition rather than DatasourceRDDPartition and
+        // can retrieve individual partition filenames
+        .config("spark.rapids.sql.enabled", "false")
+        .getOrCreate()
 
     val (df1, df2) = conf.inputFormat() match {
       case "csv" =>
@@ -50,9 +55,17 @@ object CompareResults {
         (spark.read.parquet(conf.input1()), spark.read.parquet(conf.input2()))
     }
 
+    val readPathAction = conf.inputFormat() match {
+      case "csv" =>
+        path: String => spark.read.csv(path)
+      case "parquet" =>
+        path: String => spark.read.parquet(path)
+    }
+
     BenchUtils.compareResults(
       df1,
       df2,
+      readPathAction,
       conf.ignoreOrdering(),
       conf.useIterator(),
       conf.maxErrors(),