diff --git a/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp b/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
index fb156d60f185d..ec6bccf05b6b9 100644
--- a/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
+++ b/sycl/plugins/level_zero/pi_level_zero.cpp
@@ -6129,6 +6129,19 @@ pi_result piextUSMEnqueueMemset(pi_queue Queue, void *Ptr, pi_int32 Value,
       Count, NumEventsInWaitlist, EventsWaitlist, Event);
 }
 
+// Helper function to check if a pointer is a device pointer.
+static bool IsDevicePointer(pi_context Context, const void *Ptr) {
+  ze_device_handle_t ZeDeviceHandle;
+  ze_memory_allocation_properties_t ZeMemoryAllocationProperties = {};
+
+  // Query memory type of the pointer
+  ZE_CALL(zeMemGetAllocProperties,
+          (Context->ZeContext, Ptr, &ZeMemoryAllocationProperties,
+           &ZeDeviceHandle));
+
+  return (ZeMemoryAllocationProperties.type == ZE_MEMORY_TYPE_DEVICE);
+}
+
 pi_result piextUSMEnqueueMemcpy(pi_queue Queue, pi_bool Blocking, void *DstPtr,
                                 const void *SrcPtr, size_t Size,
                                 pi_uint32 NumEventsInWaitlist,
@@ -6141,10 +6154,14 @@ pi_result piextUSMEnqueueMemcpy(pi_queue Queue, pi_bool Blocking, void *DstPtr,
 
   PI_ASSERT(Queue, PI_INVALID_QUEUE);
 
+  // Device to Device copies are found to execute slower on copy engine
+  // (versus compute engine).
+  bool PreferCopyEngine = !IsDevicePointer(Queue->Context, SrcPtr) ||
+                          !IsDevicePointer(Queue->Context, DstPtr);
   return enqueueMemCopyHelper(
       // TODO: do we need a new command type for this?
       PI_COMMAND_TYPE_MEM_BUFFER_COPY, Queue, DstPtr, Blocking, Size, SrcPtr,
-      NumEventsInWaitlist, EventsWaitlist, Event);
+      NumEventsInWaitlist, EventsWaitlist, Event, PreferCopyEngine);
 }
 
 /// Hint to migrate memory to the device