diff --git a/src/nodes/pmrem/PMREMNode.js b/src/nodes/pmrem/PMREMNode.js
index 44b35fb104079a..fc65e547aab918 100644
--- a/src/nodes/pmrem/PMREMNode.js
+++ b/src/nodes/pmrem/PMREMNode.js
@@ -81,6 +81,31 @@ function _getPMREMFromTexture( texture, renderer, generator ) {
 
 		cacheTexture.pmremVersion = texture.pmremVersion;
 
+		// add dispose event listener for new PMREMs
+
+		if ( cache.has( texture ) === false ) {
+
+			const onDispose = () => {
+
+				texture.removeEventListener( 'dispose', onDispose );
+
+				const pmrem = cache.get( texture );
+
+				if ( pmrem !== undefined ) {
+
+					pmrem.dispose();
+					cache.delete( texture );
+
+				}
+
+			};
+
+			texture.addEventListener( 'dispose', onDispose );
+
+		}
+
+		//
+
 		cache.set( texture, cacheTexture );
 
 	}
diff --git a/src/renderers/common/Backend.js b/src/renderers/common/Backend.js
index 1e0e661dcbe2e1..867f222e3e55ac 100644
--- a/src/renderers/common/Backend.js
+++ b/src/renderers/common/Backend.js
@@ -284,11 +284,18 @@ class Backend {
 	 * Updates a GPU sampler for the given texture.
 	 *
 	 * @abstract
-	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to update the sampler for.
-	 * @param {TextureNode} textureNode - The texture node to update the sampler with.
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to update.
 	 * @return {string} The current sampler key.
 	 */
-	updateSampler( /*texture, textureNode*/ ) { }
+	updateSampler( /*binding*/ ) { }
+
+	/**
+	 * Frees the GPU sampler for the given sampler binding.
+	 *
+	 * @abstract
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to free.
+	 */
+	destroySampler( /*binding*/ ) { }
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a default texture for the given texture that can be used
diff --git a/src/renderers/common/Bindings.js b/src/renderers/common/Bindings.js
index d6c16863e372fa..5f3d213a016b37 100644
--- a/src/renderers/common/Bindings.js
+++ b/src/renderers/common/Bindings.js
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ class Bindings extends DataMap {
 
 					} else if ( binding.isSampler ) {
 
-						this.textures.updateSampler( binding.texture, binding.textureNode );
+						this.textures.updateSampler( binding );
 
 					} else if ( binding.isStorageBuffer ) {
 
@@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ class Bindings extends DataMap {
 
 					} else if ( binding.isSampler ) {
 
+						if ( binding.isSampledTexture !== true ) {
+
+							this.backend.destroySampler( binding );
+
+						}
+
 						binding.release();
 
 					}
@@ -422,7 +428,7 @@ class Bindings extends DataMap {
 
 				if ( updated ) {
 
-					const samplerKey = this.textures.updateSampler( binding.texture, binding.textureNode );
+					const samplerKey = this.textures.updateSampler( binding );
 
 					if ( binding.samplerKey !== samplerKey ) {
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/common/Textures.js b/src/renderers/common/Textures.js
index 4c6479055dd3fe..f42b90eac69ca0 100644
--- a/src/renderers/common/Textures.js
+++ b/src/renderers/common/Textures.js
@@ -426,13 +426,12 @@ class Textures extends DataMap {
 	 * In WebGPU, samplers are objects like textures and it's possible to share
 	 * them when the texture parameters match.
 	 *
-	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to update the sampler for.
-	 * @param {TextureNode} textureNode - The texture node to update the sampler with.
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to update.
 	 * @return {string} The current sampler key.
 	 */
-	updateSampler( texture, textureNode ) {
+	updateSampler( binding ) {
 
-		return this.backend.updateSampler( texture, textureNode );
+		return this.backend.updateSampler( binding );
 
 	}
 
@@ -625,6 +624,12 @@ class Textures extends DataMap {
 
 						if ( binding.isSampler && binding.texture === texture ) {
 
+							if ( binding.isSampledTexture !== true ) {
+
+								this.backend.destroySampler( binding );
+
+							}
+
 							binding.reset();
 							binding.release();
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/webgl-fallback/WebGLBackend.js b/src/renderers/webgl-fallback/WebGLBackend.js
index bd8bd9d075bca7..68c2c6942b23a5 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgl-fallback/WebGLBackend.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgl-fallback/WebGLBackend.js
@@ -1429,11 +1429,10 @@ class WebGLBackend extends Backend {
 	/**
 	 * This method does nothing since WebGL 2 has no concept of samplers.
 	 *
-	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to update the sampler for.
-	 * @param {TextureNode} textureNode - The texture node to update the sampler with.
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to update.
 	 * @return {string} The current sampler key.
 	 */
-	updateSampler( /*texture, textureNode*/ ) {
+	updateSampler( /*binding*/ ) {
 
 		return '';
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/webgpu/WebGPUBackend.js b/src/renderers/webgpu/WebGPUBackend.js
index 91ef251aaa118b..06e203693ed9b1 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgpu/WebGPUBackend.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgpu/WebGPUBackend.js
@@ -2147,13 +2147,23 @@ class WebGPUBackend extends Backend {
 	/**
 	 * Updates a GPU sampler for the given texture.
 	 *
-	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to update the sampler for.
-	 * @param {TextureNode} textureNode - The texture node to update the sampler with.
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to update.
 	 * @return {string} The current sampler key.
 	 */
-	updateSampler( texture, textureNode ) {
+	updateSampler( binding ) {
 
-		return this.textureUtils.updateSampler( texture, textureNode );
+		return this.textureUtils.updateSampler( binding );
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Frees the GPU sampler for the given sampler binding.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to free.
+	 */
+	destroySampler( binding ) {
+
+		this.textureUtils.destroySampler( binding );
 
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUBindingUtils.js b/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUBindingUtils.js
index 696fbc7e5a906f..da4bd473bd8df0 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUBindingUtils.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUBindingUtils.js
@@ -392,9 +392,9 @@ class WebGPUBindingUtils {
 
 			} else if ( binding.isSampler ) {
 
-				const textureGPU = backend.get( binding.texture );
+				const bindingData = backend.get( binding );
 
-				_bindGroupDescriptor.entries.push( { binding: bindingPoint, resource: textureGPU.sampler } );
+				_bindGroupDescriptor.entries.push( { binding: bindingPoint, resource: bindingData.sampler } );
 
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUTextureUtils.js b/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUTextureUtils.js
index a0c470c50708ac..ff8ee2dbace281 100644
--- a/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUTextureUtils.js
+++ b/src/renderers/webgpu/utils/WebGPUTextureUtils.js
@@ -148,13 +148,14 @@ class WebGPUTextureUtils {
 	/**
 	 * Creates a GPU sampler for the given texture.
 	 *
-	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to create the sampler for.
-	 * @param {TextureNode} textureNode - The texture node to update the sampler with.
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to update.
 	 * @return {string} The current sampler key.
 	 */
-	updateSampler( texture, textureNode ) {
+	updateSampler( binding ) {
 
 		const backend = this.backend;
+		const texture = binding.texture;
+		const textureNode = binding.textureNode;
 
 		const samplerKey = texture.minFilter + '-' + texture.magFilter + '-' +
 			texture.wrapS + '-' + texture.wrapT + '-' + ( texture.wrapR || '0' ) + '-' +
@@ -205,35 +206,62 @@ class WebGPUTextureUtils {
 
 		}
 
-		const textureData = backend.get( texture );
+		const bindingData = backend.get( binding );
 
-		if ( textureData.sampler !== samplerData.sampler ) {
+		if ( bindingData.sampler !== samplerData.sampler ) {
 
-			// check if previous sampler is unused so it can be deleted
+			// release the previous sampler (if any) so it can be deleted when unused
 
-			if ( textureData.sampler !== undefined ) {
+			this._releaseSampler( bindingData );
 
-				const oldSamplerData = this._samplerCache.get( textureData.samplerKey );
-				oldSamplerData.usedTimes --;
+			// update to new sampler data
 
-				if ( oldSamplerData.usedTimes === 0 ) {
+			bindingData.samplerKey = samplerKey;
+			bindingData.sampler = samplerData.sampler;
 
-					this._samplerCache.delete( textureData.samplerKey );
+			samplerData.usedTimes ++;
 
-				}
+		}
 
-			}
+		return samplerKey;
 
-			// update to new sampler data
+	}
 
-			textureData.samplerKey = samplerKey;
-			textureData.sampler = samplerData.sampler;
+	/**
+	 * Frees the GPU sampler referenced by the given sampler binding.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Sampler} binding - The sampler binding to free.
+	 */
+	destroySampler( binding ) {
 
-			samplerData.usedTimes ++;
+		this._releaseSampler( this.backend.get( binding ) );
 
-		}
+	}
 
-		return samplerKey;
+	/**
+	 * Releases the pooled sampler referenced by the given binding data and
+	 * removes it from the cache when no binding references it anymore.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {Object} bindingData - The binding data holding the sampler reference.
+	 */
+	_releaseSampler( bindingData ) {
+
+		if ( bindingData.sampler !== undefined ) {
+
+			const samplerData = this._samplerCache.get( bindingData.samplerKey );
+			samplerData.usedTimes --;
+
+			if ( samplerData.usedTimes === 0 ) {
+
+				this._samplerCache.delete( bindingData.samplerKey );
+
+			}
+
+			bindingData.sampler = undefined;
+			bindingData.samplerKey = undefined;
+
+		}
 
 	}