diff --git a/assets/environment_maps/spiaggia_di_mondello_2k_specular.ktx2 b/assets/environment_maps/spiaggia_di_mondello_2k_specular.ktx2
deleted file mode 100644
index f58e471322..0000000000
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diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/copy_mip0.wgsl b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/copy_mip0.wgsl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ec9067c1a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/copy_mip0.wgsl
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+// Copy the base mip (level 0) from a source cubemap to a destination cubemap,
+// performing format conversion if needed (the destination is always rgba16float).
+// The alpha channel is filled with 1.0.
+
+@group(0) @binding(0) var src_cubemap: texture_2d_array<f32>;
+@group(0) @binding(1) var dst_cubemap: texture_storage_2d_array<rgba16float, write>;
+
+@compute
+@workgroup_size(8, 8, 1)
+fn copy_mip0(@builtin(global_invocation_id) gid: vec3u) {
+    let size = textureDimensions(src_cubemap).xy;
+
+    // Bounds check
+    if (any(gid.xy >= size)) {
+        return;
+    }
+
+    let color = textureLoad(src_cubemap, vec2u(gid.xy), gid.z, 0);
+
+    textureStore(dst_cubemap, vec2u(gid.xy), gid.z, vec4f(color.rgb, 1.0));
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/generate.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/generate.rs
index 2f3a70e305..926cc0a0d2 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/generate.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/generate.rs
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ pub struct GeneratorBindGroupLayouts {
     pub spd: BindGroupLayout,
     pub radiance: BindGroupLayout,
     pub irradiance: BindGroupLayout,
+    pub copy: BindGroupLayout,
 }
 
 impl FromWorld for GeneratorBindGroupLayouts {
@@ -204,10 +205,34 @@ impl FromWorld for GeneratorBindGroupLayouts {
             ),
         );
 
+        // Copy bind group layout
+        let copy = render_device.create_bind_group_layout(
+            "copy_mip0_bind_group_layout",
+            &BindGroupLayoutEntries::with_indices(
+                ShaderStages::COMPUTE,
+                (
+                    // source cubemap
+                    (
+                        0,
+                        texture_2d_array(TextureSampleType::Float { filterable: true }),
+                    ),
+                    // destination mip0 storage of the intermediate texture
+                    (
+                        1,
+                        texture_storage_2d_array(
+                            TextureFormat::Rgba16Float,
+                            StorageTextureAccess::WriteOnly,
+                        ),
+                    ),
+                ),
+            ),
+        );
+
         Self {
             spd,
             radiance,
             irradiance,
+            copy,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -244,6 +269,7 @@ pub struct GeneratorPipelines {
     pub spd_second: CachedComputePipelineId,
     pub radiance: CachedComputePipelineId,
     pub irradiance: CachedComputePipelineId,
+    pub copy: CachedComputePipelineId,
 }
 
 impl FromWorld for GeneratorPipelines {
@@ -303,11 +329,23 @@ impl FromWorld for GeneratorPipelines {
             zero_initialize_workgroup_memory: false,
         });
 
+        // Copy pipeline handles format conversion and populates mip0 when formats differ
+        let copy = pipeline_cache.queue_compute_pipeline(ComputePipelineDescriptor {
+            label: Some("copy_mip0_pipeline".into()),
+            layout: vec![layouts.copy.clone()],
+            push_constant_ranges: vec![],
+            shader: load_embedded_asset!(world, "copy_mip0.wgsl"),
+            shader_defs: vec![],
+            entry_point: "copy_mip0".into(),
+            zero_initialize_workgroup_memory: false,
+        });
+
         Self {
             spd_first,
             spd_second,
             radiance,
             irradiance,
+            copy,
         }
     }
 }
@@ -454,6 +492,7 @@ pub struct GeneratorBindGroups {
     pub spd: BindGroup,
     pub radiance: Vec<BindGroup>, // One per mip level
     pub irradiance: BindGroup,
+    pub copy: BindGroup,
 }
 
 /// Prepares bind groups for environment map generation pipelines
@@ -638,10 +677,28 @@ pub fn prepare_generator_bind_groups(
             )),
         );
 
+        // Create copy bind group (source env map → destination mip0)
+        let src_view = env_map_light
+            .environment_map
+            .texture
+            .create_view(&TextureViewDescriptor {
+                dimension: Some(TextureViewDimension::D2Array),
+                ..Default::default()
+            });
+
+        let dst_view = create_storage_view(&textures.environment_map.texture, 0, &render_device);
+
+        let copy_bind_group = render_device.create_bind_group(
+            "copy_mip0_bind_group",
+            &layouts.copy,
+            &BindGroupEntries::with_indices(((0, &src_view), (1, &dst_view))),
+        );
+
         commands.entity(entity).insert(GeneratorBindGroups {
             spd: spd_bind_group,
             radiance: radiance_bind_groups,
             irradiance: irradiance_bind_group,
+            copy: copy_bind_group,
         });
     }
 }
@@ -704,19 +761,29 @@ impl Node for SpdNode {
             return Ok(());
         };
 
-        for (entity, bind_groups, env_map_light) in self.query.iter_manual(world) {
-            // Copy original environment map to mip 0 of the intermediate environment map
-            let textures = world.get::<IntermediateTextures>(entity).unwrap();
+        for (_, bind_groups, env_map_light) in self.query.iter_manual(world) {
+            // Copy base mip using compute shader with pre-built bind group
+            let Some(copy_pipeline) = pipeline_cache.get_compute_pipeline(pipelines.copy) else {
+                return Ok(());
+            };
 
-            render_context.command_encoder().copy_texture_to_texture(
-                env_map_light.environment_map.texture.as_image_copy(),
-                textures.environment_map.texture.as_image_copy(),
-                Extent3d {
-                    width: 512,
-                    height: 512,
-                    depth_or_array_layers: 6,
-                },
-            );
+            {
+                let mut compute_pass =
+                    render_context
+                        .command_encoder()
+                        .begin_compute_pass(&ComputePassDescriptor {
+                            label: Some("copy_mip0_pass"),
+                            timestamp_writes: None,
+                        });
+
+                compute_pass.set_pipeline(copy_pipeline);
+                compute_pass.set_bind_group(0, &bind_groups.copy, &[]);
+
+                let tex_size = env_map_light.environment_map.size;
+                let wg_x = (tex_size.width / 8).max(1);
+                let wg_y = (tex_size.height / 8).max(1);
+                compute_pass.dispatch_workgroups(wg_x, wg_y, 6);
+            }
 
             // First pass - process mips 0-5
             {
diff --git a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs
index 0a92b4f1ac..47281c0809 100644
--- a/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/bevy_pbr/src/light_probe/mod.rs
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ impl Plugin for LightProbePlugin {
 
         embedded_asset!(app, "environment_filter.wgsl");
         embedded_asset!(app, "spd.wgsl");
+        embedded_asset!(app, "copy_mip0.wgsl");
 
         load_internal_binary_asset!(
             app,
diff --git a/examples/3d/reflection_probes.rs b/examples/3d/reflection_probes.rs
index d63e837e71..54c3f33cbc 100644
--- a/examples/3d/reflection_probes.rs
+++ b/examples/3d/reflection_probes.rs
@@ -241,7 +241,6 @@ fn change_reflection_type(
     light_probe_query: Query<Entity, With<LightProbe>>,
     sky_box_query: Query<Entity, With<Skybox>>,
     camera_query: Query<Entity, With<Camera3d>>,
-    directional_light_query: Query<Entity, With<DirectionalLight>>,
     keyboard: Res<ButtonInput<KeyCode>>,
     mut app_status: ResMut<AppStatus>,
     cubemaps: Res<Cubemaps>,