diff --git a/src/webgpu/api/validation/createTexture.spec.ts b/src/webgpu/api/validation/createTexture.spec.ts
index 3de91245f19c..2cd5c0988338 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/api/validation/createTexture.spec.ts
+++ b/src/webgpu/api/validation/createTexture.spec.ts
@@ -101,7 +101,8 @@ g.test('zero_size_and_usage')
 
 g.test('dimension_type_and_format_compatibility')
   .desc(
-    `Test every dimension type on every format. Note that compressed formats and depth/stencil formats are not valid for 1D/3D dimension types.`
+    `Test every dimension type on every format. Depth/stencil formats only support 2d;
+    compressed formats support either 2d or 2d+3d.`
   )
   .params(u =>
     u //
@@ -220,7 +221,6 @@ g.test('mipLevelCount,bound_check')
         ({ format, size, dimension }) =>
           format === 'bc1-rgba-unorm' &&
           (dimension === '1d' ||
-            dimension === '3d' ||
             size[0] % kTextureFormatInfo[format].blockWidth !== 0 ||
             size[1] % kTextureFormatInfo[format].blockHeight !== 0)
       )
@@ -459,8 +459,8 @@ g.test('texture_size,default_value_and_smallest_size,compressed_format')
   )
   .params(u =>
     u
-      // Compressed formats are invalid for 1D and 3D.
-      .combine('dimension', [undefined, '2d'] as const)
+      // Compressed formats are invalid for 1D.
+      .combine('dimension', [undefined, '2d', '3d'] as const)
       .combine('format', kCompressedTextureFormats)
       .beginSubcases()
       .expandWithParams(p => {
@@ -474,6 +474,10 @@ g.test('texture_size,default_value_and_smallest_size,compressed_format')
           { size: [blockWidth, blockHeight, 1], _success: true },
         ];
       })
+      // Filter if the dimension is 3D and format is not compatible
+      .unless(
+        ({ dimension, format }) => dimension === '3d' && !kTextureFormatInfo[format].texture3D
+      )
   )
   .beforeAllSubcases(t => {
     const { format } = t.params;
diff --git a/src/webgpu/format_info.ts b/src/webgpu/format_info.ts
index cbebf8873428..bb227010059d 100644
--- a/src/webgpu/format_info.ts
+++ b/src/webgpu/format_info.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ const kFormatUniversalDefaults = {
   feature: undefined,
   /** The base format for srgb formats. Specified on both srgb and equivalent non-srgb formats. */
   baseFormat: undefined,
+  /** Whether the format can be used in textures with 3D dimension. */
+  texture3D: undefined,
 
   /** @deprecated Use `.color.bytes`, `.depth.bytes`, or `.stencil.bytes`. */
   bytesPerBlock: undefined,
@@ -68,7 +70,7 @@ function formatTableWithDefaults<Defaults extends {}, Table extends { readonly [
 
 /** "plain color formats", plus rgb9e5ufloat. */
 const kRegularTextureFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
-  defaults: { blockWidth: 1, blockHeight: 1 },
+  defaults: { blockWidth: 1, blockHeight: 1, texture3D: true },
   table: {
     // plain, 8 bits per component
 
@@ -577,7 +579,7 @@ const kRegularTextureFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
 // because one aspect can be sized and one can be unsized. This should be cleaned up, but is kept
 // this way during a migration phase.
 const kSizedDepthStencilFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
-  defaults: { blockWidth: 1, blockHeight: 1, multisample: true },
+  defaults: { blockWidth: 1, blockHeight: 1, multisample: true, texture3D: false },
   table: {
     stencil8: {
       stencil: {
@@ -615,7 +617,7 @@ const kSizedDepthStencilFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
   },
 } as const);
 const kUnsizedDepthStencilFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
-  defaults: { blockWidth: 1, blockHeight: 1, multisample: true },
+  defaults: { blockWidth: 1, blockHeight: 1, multisample: true, texture3D: false },
   table: {
     depth24plus: {
       depth: {
@@ -673,6 +675,7 @@ const kBCTextureFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
     blockHeight: 4,
     multisample: false,
     feature: 'texture-compression-bc',
+    texture3D: true,
   },
   table: {
     'bc1-rgba-unorm': {
@@ -852,6 +855,7 @@ const kETC2TextureFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
     blockHeight: 4,
     multisample: false,
     feature: 'texture-compression-etc2',
+    texture3D: false,
   },
   table: {
     'etc2-rgb8unorm': {
@@ -981,6 +985,7 @@ const kASTCTextureFormatInfo = formatTableWithDefaults({
   defaults: {
     multisample: false,
     feature: 'texture-compression-astc',
+    texture3D: false,
   },
   table: {
     'astc-4x4-unorm': {
@@ -1737,9 +1742,9 @@ export function textureDimensionAndFormatCompatible(
   format: GPUTextureFormat
 ): boolean {
   const info = kAllTextureFormatInfo[format];
-  return !(
-    (dimension === '1d' || dimension === '3d') &&
-    (info.blockWidth > 1 || info.depth || info.stencil)
+  return (
+    !(dimension === '1d' && (info.blockWidth > 1 || info.depth || info.stencil)) &&
+    !(dimension === '3d' && !info.texture3D)
   );
 }