diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.cpp b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.cpp
index c302f3c9ec..4c27693f75 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.cpp
+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.cpp
@@ -1266,7 +1266,9 @@ void GLQueueRunner::PerformRenderPass(const GLRStep &step, bool first, bool last
 					glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, buf);
 					curElemArrayBuffer = buf;
 				}
-				if (c.draw.instances == 1) {
+				if (c.draw.instances == 1 && c.draw.maxIndex >= 0 && (!gl_extensions.IsGLES || gl_extensions.GLES3)) {
+					glDrawRangeElements(c.draw.mode, 0, c.draw.maxIndex, c.draw.count, c.draw.indexType, (void *)(intptr_t)c.draw.indexOffset);
+				} else if (c.draw.instances == 1) {
 					glDrawElements(c.draw.mode, c.draw.count, c.draw.indexType, (void *)(intptr_t)c.draw.indexOffset);
 				} else {
 					glDrawElementsInstanced(c.draw.mode, c.draw.count, c.draw.indexType, (void *)(intptr_t)c.draw.indexOffset, c.draw.instances);
diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.h b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.h
index e7934ecfde..2bc4b890b2 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLQueueRunner.h
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@ struct GLRRenderData {
 			GLint count;
 			GLint indexType;
 			GLint instances;
+			GLint maxIndex;  // -1 if unknown. Otherwise, all indices are known to be <= maxIndex.
 		} draw;
 		struct {
 			const char *name;  // if null, use loc
diff --git a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLRenderManager.h b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLRenderManager.h
index 2e03897320..687307c67d 100644
--- a/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLRenderManager.h
+++ b/Common/GPU/OpenGL/GLRenderManager.h
@@ -794,7 +794,9 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	// Would really love to have a basevertex parameter, but impossible in unextended GLES, without glDrawElementsBaseVertex, unfortunately.
-	void DrawIndexed(GLRInputLayout *inputLayout, GLRBuffer *vertexBuffer, uint32_t vertexOffset, GLRBuffer *indexBuffer, uint32_t indexOffset, GLenum mode, int count, GLenum indexType, int instances = 1) {
+	// If maxIndex is known (>= 0), it's passed on to the driver through glDrawRangeElements, which saves drivers that need the index
+	// range (like Panfrost) from scanning the index data on the CPU for every draw.
+	void DrawIndexed(GLRInputLayout *inputLayout, GLRBuffer *vertexBuffer, uint32_t vertexOffset, GLRBuffer *indexBuffer, uint32_t indexOffset, GLenum mode, int count, GLenum indexType, int instances = 1, int maxIndex = -1) {
 		_dbg_assert_(vertexBuffer && indexBuffer && curRenderStep_ && curRenderStep_->stepType == GLRStepType::RENDER);
 		GLRRenderData &data = curRenderStep_->commands.push_uninitialized();
 		data.cmd = GLRRenderCommand::DRAW;
@@ -807,6 +809,7 @@ public:
 		data.draw.count = count;
 		data.draw.indexType = indexType;
 		data.draw.instances = instances;
+		data.draw.maxIndex = maxIndex;
 	}
 
 	enum { MAX_INFLIGHT_FRAMES = 3 };
diff --git a/GPU/GLES/DrawEngineGLES.cpp b/GPU/GLES/DrawEngineGLES.cpp
index f778b8d451..a86ff17852 100644
--- a/GPU/GLES/DrawEngineGLES.cpp
+++ b/GPU/GLES/DrawEngineGLES.cpp
@@ -332,7 +332,7 @@ void DrawEngineGLES::Flush() {
 			render_->DrawIndexed(inputLayout,
 				vertexBuffer, vertexBufferOffset,
 				indexBuffer, indexBufferOffset,
-				glprim[prim], vertexCount, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT);
+				glprim[prim], vertexCount, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, 1, maxIndex - 1);
 		} else {
 			render_->Draw(
 				inputLayout, vertexBuffer, vertexBufferOffset,
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@ void DrawEngineGLES::Flush() {
 			indexBufferOffset = (uint32_t)frameData.pushIndex->Push(inds, sizeof(uint16_t) * result.drawIndexCount, 2, &indexBuffer);
 			render_->DrawIndexed(
 				softwareInputLayout_, vertexBuffer, vertexBufferOffset, indexBuffer, indexBufferOffset,
-				glprim[prim], result.drawIndexCount, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT);
+				glprim[prim], result.drawIndexCount, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, 1, result.drawVertexCount - 1);
 			gpuStats.perFrame.numVertsDrawn += result.drawIndexCount;
 		} else if (action == SW_CLEAR) {
 			u32 clearColor = result.color;