diff --git a/core/src/components/select/select.tsx b/core/src/components/select/select.tsx
index 54906739099..f727994a9ba 100644
--- a/core/src/components/select/select.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/select/select.tsx
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ const textForValue = (
   compareWith?: string | SelectCompareFn | null
 ): string | null => {
   const selectOpt = opts.find((opt) => {
-    return compareOptions(getOptionValue(opt), value, compareWith);
+    return compareOptions(value, getOptionValue(opt), compareWith);
   });
   return selectOpt ? selectOpt.textContent : null;
 };
diff --git a/core/src/components/select/test/compare-with/select.e2e.ts b/core/src/components/select/test/compare-with/select.e2e.ts
index 9c2dd556853..f18f0dad746 100644
--- a/core/src/components/select/test/compare-with/select.e2e.ts
+++ b/core/src/components/select/test/compare-with/select.e2e.ts
@@ -21,4 +21,52 @@ test.describe('select: compare-with', () => {
       value: '1',
     });
   });
+
+  test('should work with different parameter types', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
+    test.skip(testInfo.project.metadata.rtl === true, 'This does not check LTR vs RTL layouts');
+    test.skip(testInfo.project.metadata.mode === 'md', 'This logic is the same across modes');
+    test.info().annotations.push({
+      type: 'issue',
+      description: 'https://github.com/ionic-team/ionic-framework/issues/25759',
+    });
+
+    await page.setContent(`
+      <ion-select value="3" placeholder="Please select"></ion-select>
+
+      <script>
+        const data = [
+          { id: 1, name: 'Option #1' },
+          { id: 2, name: 'Option #2' },
+          { id: 3, name: 'Option #3' },
+        ]
+        const select = document.querySelector('ion-select');
+        select.compareWith = (val1, val2) => {
+          // convert val1 to a number
+          return +val1 === val2;
+        }
+
+        data.forEach((d) => {
+          const el = document.createElement('ion-select-option');
+          el.value = d.id;
+          el.innerText = d.name;
+
+          select.appendChild(el);
+        });
+      </script>
+    `);
+    const ionAlertDidPresent = await page.spyOnEvent('ionAlertDidPresent');
+
+    const select = page.locator('ion-select');
+    const selectLabel = select.locator('[part="text"]');
+
+    await expect(selectLabel).toHaveText('Option #3');
+
+    await select.click();
+    await ionAlertDidPresent.next();
+
+    const selectRadios = page.locator('ion-alert button.alert-radio');
+    await expect(selectRadios.nth(0)).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'false');
+    await expect(selectRadios.nth(1)).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'false');
+    await expect(selectRadios.nth(2)).toHaveAttribute('aria-checked', 'true');
+  });
 });