diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/_brotli.js b/ext/node/polyfills/_brotli.js
index 1524bf85cde152..ce5db323027c02 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/_brotli.js
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/_brotli.js
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ const {
   TypedArrayPrototypeSlice,
   TypedArrayPrototypeSubarray,
   TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteLength,
+  TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteOffset,
   DataViewPrototypeGetBuffer,
+  DataViewPrototypeGetByteLength,
+  DataViewPrototypeGetByteOffset,
   TypedArrayPrototypeGetBuffer,
 } = primordials;
 const { isTypedArray, isDataView, close } = core;
@@ -38,9 +41,17 @@ const toU8 = (input) => {
   }
 
   if (isTypedArray(input)) {
-    return new Uint8Array(TypedArrayPrototypeGetBuffer(input));
+    return new Uint8Array(
+      TypedArrayPrototypeGetBuffer(input),
+      TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteOffset(input),
+      TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteLength(input),
+    );
   } else if (isDataView(input)) {
-    return new Uint8Array(DataViewPrototypeGetBuffer(input));
+    return new Uint8Array(
+      DataViewPrototypeGetBuffer(input),
+      DataViewPrototypeGetByteOffset(input),
+      DataViewPrototypeGetByteLength(input),
+    );
   }
 
   return input;
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/_http_outgoing.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/_http_outgoing.ts
index a6edc1144f09f8..41a1d844d70ba8 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/_http_outgoing.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/_http_outgoing.ts
@@ -542,7 +542,7 @@ export class OutgoingMessage extends Stream {
     if (data instanceof Buffer) {
       data = new Uint8Array(data.buffer, data.byteOffset, data.byteLength);
     }
-    if (data.buffer.byteLength > 0) {
+    if (data.byteLength > 0) {
       this._bodyWriter.write(data).then(() => {
         callback?.();
         this.emit("drain");
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs
index c3249455583f34..7c3f3ade2f425b 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal/buffer.mjs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import {
   asciiToBytes,
   base64ToBytes,
   base64UrlToBytes,
+  base64Write,
   bytesToAscii,
   bytesToUtf16le,
   hexToBytes,
@@ -42,6 +43,15 @@ import { Blob } from "ext:deno_web/09_file.js";
 
 export { atob, Blob, btoa };
 
+class FastBuffer extends Uint8Array {
+  // Using an explicit constructor here is necessary to avoid relying on
+  // `Array.prototype[Symbol.iterator]`, which can be mutated by users.
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-useless-constructor
+  constructor(bufferOrLength, byteOffset, length) {
+    super(bufferOrLength, byteOffset, length);
+  }
+}
+
 const utf8Encoder = new TextEncoder();
 
 // Temporary buffers to convert numbers.
@@ -72,6 +82,9 @@ export const constants = {
   MAX_STRING_LENGTH: kStringMaxLength,
 };
 
+FastBuffer.prototype.constructor = Buffer;
+Buffer.prototype = FastBuffer.prototype;
+
 Object.defineProperty(Buffer.prototype, "parent", {
   enumerable: true,
   get: function () {
@@ -98,9 +111,7 @@ function createBuffer(length) {
       'The value "' + length + '" is invalid for option "size"',
     );
   }
-  const buf = new Uint8Array(length);
-  Object.setPrototypeOf(buf, Buffer.prototype);
-  return buf;
+  return new FastBuffer(length);
 }
 
 export function Buffer(arg, encodingOrOffset, length) {
@@ -117,7 +128,32 @@ export function Buffer(arg, encodingOrOffset, length) {
   return _from(arg, encodingOrOffset, length);
 }
 
-Buffer.poolSize = 8192;
+Object.defineProperty(Buffer, Symbol.species, {
+  __proto__: null,
+  enumerable: false,
+  configurable: true,
+  get() {
+    return FastBuffer;
+  },
+});
+
+Buffer.poolSize = 8 * 1024;
+let poolSize, poolOffset, allocPool;
+
+function createPool() {
+  poolSize = Buffer.poolSize;
+  allocPool = new Uint8Array(poolSize).buffer;
+  poolOffset = 0;
+}
+createPool();
+
+function alignPool() {
+  // Ensure aligned slices
+  if (poolOffset & 0x7) {
+    poolOffset |= 0x7;
+    poolOffset++;
+  }
+}
 
 function _from(value, encodingOrOffset, length) {
   if (typeof value === "string") {
@@ -204,6 +240,28 @@ Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow = function allocUnsafeSlow(size) {
   return _allocUnsafe(size);
 };
 
+function fromStringFast(string, ops) {
+  const length = ops.byteLength(string);
+  if (length >= (Buffer.poolSize >>> 1)) {
+    const data = ops.create(string);
+    Object.setPrototypeOf(data, Buffer.prototype);
+    return data;
+  }
+
+  if (length > (poolSize - poolOffset)) {
+    createPool();
+  }
+  let b = new FastBuffer(allocPool, poolOffset, length);
+  const actual = ops.write(b, string, 0, length);
+  if (actual != length) {
+    // byteLength() may overestimate. That's a rare case, though.
+    b = new FastBuffer(allocPool, poolOffset, actual);
+  }
+  poolOffset += actual;
+  alignPool();
+  return b;
+}
+
 function fromString(string, encoding) {
   if (typeof encoding !== "string" || encoding === "") {
     encoding = "utf8";
@@ -211,19 +269,15 @@ function fromString(string, encoding) {
   if (!Buffer.isEncoding(encoding)) {
     throw new codes.ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING(encoding);
   }
-  const length = byteLength(string, encoding) | 0;
-  let buf = createBuffer(length);
-  const actual = buf.write(string, encoding);
-  if (actual !== length) {
-    buf = buf.slice(0, actual);
+  const ops = getEncodingOps(encoding);
+  if (ops === undefined) {
+    throw new codes.ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING(encoding);
   }
-  return buf;
+  return fromStringFast(string, ops);
 }
 
 function fromArrayLike(obj) {
-  const buf = new Uint8Array(obj);
-  Object.setPrototypeOf(buf, Buffer.prototype);
-  return buf;
+  return new FastBuffer(obj);
 }
 
 function fromObject(obj) {
@@ -260,7 +314,7 @@ Object.setPrototypeOf(SlowBuffer.prototype, Uint8Array.prototype);
 Object.setPrototypeOf(SlowBuffer, Uint8Array);
 
 Buffer.isBuffer = function isBuffer(b) {
-  return b != null && b._isBuffer === true && b !== Buffer.prototype;
+  return b instanceof Buffer;
 };
 
 Buffer.compare = function compare(a, b) {
@@ -664,12 +718,12 @@ Buffer.prototype.base64Slice = function base64Slice(
   }
 };
 
-Buffer.prototype.base64Write = function base64Write(
+Buffer.prototype.base64Write = function base64Write_(
   string,
   offset,
   length,
 ) {
-  return blitBuffer(base64ToBytes(string), this, offset, length);
+  return base64Write(string, this, offset, length);
 };
 
 Buffer.prototype.base64urlSlice = function base64urlSlice(
@@ -737,8 +791,8 @@ Buffer.prototype.ucs2Write = function ucs2Write(string, offset, length) {
   );
 };
 
-Buffer.prototype.utf8Slice = function utf8Slice(string, offset, length) {
-  return _utf8Slice(this, string, offset, length);
+Buffer.prototype.utf8Slice = function utf8Slice(offset, length) {
+  return _utf8Slice(this, offset, length);
 };
 
 Buffer.prototype.utf8Write = function utf8Write(string, offset, length) {
@@ -831,9 +885,7 @@ function fromArrayBuffer(obj, byteOffset, length) {
     }
   }
 
-  const buffer = new Uint8Array(obj, byteOffset, length);
-  Object.setPrototypeOf(buffer, Buffer.prototype);
-  return buffer;
+  return new FastBuffer(obj, byteOffset, length);
 }
 
 function _base64Slice(buf, start, end) {
@@ -2105,6 +2157,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         dir,
       ),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.asciiSlice(start, end),
+    create: (string) => asciiToBytes(string),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.asciiWrite(string, offset, len),
   },
   base64: {
@@ -2119,6 +2172,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.base64,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => base64ToBytes(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.base64Slice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.base64Write(string, offset, len),
   },
@@ -2134,6 +2188,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.base64url,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => base64UrlToBytes(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.base64urlSlice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) =>
       buf.base64urlWrite(string, offset, len),
@@ -2150,6 +2205,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.hex,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => hexToBytes(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.hexSlice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.hexWrite(string, offset, len),
   },
@@ -2165,6 +2221,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.latin1,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => asciiToBytes(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.latin1Slice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.latin1Write(string, offset, len),
   },
@@ -2180,6 +2237,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.utf16le,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => utf16leToBytes(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.ucs2Slice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.ucs2Write(string, offset, len),
   },
@@ -2195,6 +2253,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.utf8,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => utf8Encoder.encode(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.utf8Slice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.utf8Write(string, offset, len),
   },
@@ -2210,6 +2269,7 @@ export const encodingOps = {
         encodingsMap.utf16le,
         dir,
       ),
+    create: (string) => utf16leToBytes(string),
     slice: (buf, start, end) => buf.ucs2Slice(start, end),
     write: (buf, string, offset, len) => buf.ucs2Write(string, offset, len),
   },
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/internal_binding/_utils.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/internal_binding/_utils.ts
index 74dc3cbcd634e3..0b1e1709ddaf49 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/internal_binding/_utils.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/internal_binding/_utils.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import {
   forgivingBase64Decode,
   forgivingBase64UrlDecode,
 } from "ext:deno_web/00_infra.js";
+import { op_base64_write } from "ext:core/ops";
 
 export function asciiToBytes(str: string) {
   const length = str.length;
@@ -27,6 +28,22 @@ export function base64ToBytes(str: string) {
   }
 }
 
+export function base64Write(
+  str: string,
+  buffer: Uint8Array,
+  offset: number = 0,
+  length?: number,
+): number {
+  length = length ?? buffer.byteLength - offset;
+  try {
+    return op_base64_write(str, buffer, offset, length);
+  } catch {
+    str = base64clean(str);
+    str = str.replaceAll("-", "+").replaceAll("_", "/");
+    return op_base64_write(str, buffer, offset, length);
+  }
+}
+
 const INVALID_BASE64_RE = /[^+/0-9A-Za-z-_]/g;
 function base64clean(str: string) {
   // Node takes equal signs as end of the Base64 encoding
diff --git a/ext/node/polyfills/string_decoder.ts b/ext/node/polyfills/string_decoder.ts
index 4a49c2e3e671fe..19aff8124867e6 100644
--- a/ext/node/polyfills/string_decoder.ts
+++ b/ext/node/polyfills/string_decoder.ts
@@ -39,10 +39,15 @@ const {
   Symbol,
   MathMin,
   DataViewPrototypeGetBuffer,
+  DataViewPrototypeGetByteLength,
+  DataViewPrototypeGetByteOffset,
   ObjectPrototypeIsPrototypeOf,
   String,
   TypedArrayPrototypeGetBuffer,
+  TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteLength,
+  TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteOffset,
   StringPrototypeToLowerCase,
+  Uint8Array,
 } = primordials;
 const { isTypedArray } = core;
 
@@ -83,11 +88,21 @@ function normalizeBuffer(buf: Buffer) {
   }
   if (isBufferType(buf)) {
     return buf;
+  } else if (isTypedArray(buf)) {
+    return Buffer.from(
+      new Uint8Array(
+        TypedArrayPrototypeGetBuffer(buf),
+        TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteOffset(buf),
+        TypedArrayPrototypeGetByteLength(buf),
+      ),
+    );
   } else {
     return Buffer.from(
-      isTypedArray(buf)
-        ? TypedArrayPrototypeGetBuffer(buf)
-        : DataViewPrototypeGetBuffer(buf),
+      new Uint8Array(
+        DataViewPrototypeGetBuffer(buf),
+        DataViewPrototypeGetByteOffset(buf),
+        DataViewPrototypeGetByteLength(buf),
+      ),
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/ext/web/lib.rs b/ext/web/lib.rs
index 89f1197e71c9ce..c8badbf8a89e79 100644
--- a/ext/web/lib.rs
+++ b/ext/web/lib.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ use deno_core::ByteString;
 use deno_core::OpState;
 use deno_core::Resource;
 use deno_core::ResourceId;
-use deno_core::ToJsBuffer;
 use deno_core::U16String;
 
 use encoding_rs::CoderResult;
@@ -62,6 +61,7 @@ deno_core::extension!(deno_web,
   parameters = [P: TimersPermission],
   ops = [
     op_base64_decode,
+    op_base64_write,
     op_base64_encode,
     op_base64_atob,
     op_base64_btoa,
@@ -130,12 +130,43 @@ deno_core::extension!(deno_web,
 );
 
 #[op2]
-#[serde]
-fn op_base64_decode(#[string] input: String) -> Result<ToJsBuffer, AnyError> {
+#[buffer]
+fn op_base64_decode(#[string] input: String) -> Result<Vec<u8>, AnyError> {
   let mut s = input.into_bytes();
   let decoded_len = forgiving_base64_decode_inplace(&mut s)?;
   s.truncate(decoded_len);
-  Ok(s.into())
+  Ok(s)
+}
+
+#[op2(fast)]
+#[smi]
+fn op_base64_write(
+  #[string] input: String,
+  #[buffer] buffer: &mut [u8],
+  #[smi] start: u32,
+  #[smi] max_len: u32,
+) -> Result<u32, AnyError> {
+  let tsb_len = buffer.len() as u32;
+
+  if start > tsb_len {
+    return Err(type_error("Offset is out of bounds"));
+  }
+
+  let max_len = std::cmp::min(max_len, tsb_len - start) as usize;
+  let start = start as usize;
+
+  if max_len == 0 {
+    return Ok(0);
+  }
+
+  let mut s = input.into_bytes();
+  let decoded_len = forgiving_base64_decode_inplace(&mut s)?;
+
+  let max_len = std::cmp::min(max_len, decoded_len);
+
+  buffer[start..start + max_len].copy_from_slice(&s[..max_len]);
+
+  Ok(max_len as u32)
 }
 
 #[op2]
diff --git a/tests/unit_node/zlib_test.ts b/tests/unit_node/zlib_test.ts
index 215717dded04e2..657433f11a6bad 100644
--- a/tests/unit_node/zlib_test.ts
+++ b/tests/unit_node/zlib_test.ts
@@ -123,7 +123,9 @@ Deno.test(
 
 Deno.test("should work with dataview", () => {
   const buf = Buffer.from("hello world");
-  const compressed = brotliCompressSync(new DataView(buf.buffer));
+  const compressed = brotliCompressSync(
+    new DataView(buf.buffer, buf.byteOffset, buf.byteLength),
+  );
   const decompressed = brotliDecompressSync(compressed);
   assertEquals(decompressed.toString(), "hello world");
 });
@@ -141,7 +143,9 @@ Deno.test(
   "zlib compression with dataview",
   () => {
     const buf = Buffer.from("hello world");
-    const compressed = gzipSync(new DataView(buf.buffer));
+    const compressed = gzipSync(
+      new DataView(buf.buffer, buf.byteOffset, buf.byteLength),
+    );
     const decompressed = unzipSync(compressed);
     assertEquals(decompressed.toString(), "hello world");
   },