diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/backend/cache/cache_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/backend/cache/cache_test.go
index 5509213db3b..58198f6bab5 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/backend/cache/cache_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/backend/cache/cache_test.go
@@ -40,6 +40,12 @@ import (
 	schedutil "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/util"
 )
 
+var nodeInfoCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+	cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}),
+	// This field needs to be ignored because we can't call AllowUnexported for type framework.podResource (it's not visible in this package).
+	cmpopts.IgnoreFields(framework.PodInfo{}, "cachedResource"),
+}
+
 func deepEqualWithoutGeneration(actual *nodeInfoListItem, expected *framework.NodeInfo) error {
 	if (actual == nil) != (expected == nil) {
 		return errors.New("one of the actual or expected is nil and the other is not")
@@ -52,7 +58,7 @@ func deepEqualWithoutGeneration(actual *nodeInfoListItem, expected *framework.No
 		expected.Generation = 0
 	}
 	if actual != nil {
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual.info, cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(framework.PodInfo{})); diff != "" {
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, actual.info, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected node info (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	}
@@ -466,7 +472,7 @@ func TestDump(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for name, ni := range snapshot.Nodes {
 		nItem := cache.nodes[name]
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(nItem.info, ni, cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(framework.PodInfo{})); diff != "" {
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(nItem.info, ni, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 			t.Errorf("Unexpected node info (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	}
@@ -1246,7 +1252,7 @@ func TestNodeOperators(t *testing.T) {
 
 			// Generations are globally unique. We check in our unit tests that they are incremented correctly.
 			expected.Generation = got.info.Generation
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, got.info, cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(framework.PodInfo{})); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, got.info, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Failed to add node into scheduler cache (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 
@@ -1265,8 +1271,8 @@ func TestNodeOperators(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("failed to dump cached nodes:\n got: %v \nexpected: %v", cachedNodes.nodeInfoMap, tc.nodes)
 			}
 			expected.Generation = newNode.Generation
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(newNode, expected.Snapshot(), cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(framework.PodInfo{})); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("Failed to clone node:\n%s", diff)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected.Snapshot(), newNode, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Failed to clone node (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 			// check imageState of NodeInfo with specific image when update snapshot
 			if !checkImageStateSummary(cachedNodes.nodeInfoMap, "gcr.io/80:latest", "gcr.io/300:latest") {
@@ -1287,7 +1293,7 @@ func TestNodeOperators(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			expected.Generation = got.info.Generation
 
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, got.info, cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(framework.PodInfo{})); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, got.info, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Unexpected schedulertypes after updating node (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 			// check imageState of NodeInfo with specific image when update node
@@ -1764,7 +1770,7 @@ func compareCacheWithNodeInfoSnapshot(t *testing.T, cache *cacheImpl, snapshot *
 		if want.Node() == nil {
 			want = nil
 		}
-		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, snapshot.nodeInfoMap[name], cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeInfo{}), cmpopts.IgnoreUnexported(framework.PodInfo{})); diff != "" {
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(want, snapshot.nodeInfoMap[name], nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 			return fmt.Errorf("Unexpected node info for node (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/extender_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/extender_test.go
index 2d9710a9cdd..4c2418c6659 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/extender_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/extender_test.go
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package scheduler
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/sets"
@@ -40,6 +40,10 @@ import (
 	tf "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/testing/framework"
 )
 
+var scheduleResultCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+	cmp.AllowUnexported(ScheduleResult{}),
+}
+
 func TestSchedulerWithExtenders(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name            string
@@ -365,8 +369,8 @@ func TestSchedulerWithExtenders(t *testing.T) {
 					return
 				}
 
-				if !reflect.DeepEqual(result, test.expectedResult) {
-					t.Errorf("Expected: %+v, Saw: %+v", test.expectedResult, result)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedResult, result, scheduleResultCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected result: (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -480,8 +484,9 @@ func TestConvertToMetaVictims(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
-			if got := convertToMetaVictims(tt.nodeNameToVictims); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("convertToMetaVictims() = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			got := convertToMetaVictims(tt.nodeNameToVictims)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected convertToMetaVictims(): (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -562,8 +567,8 @@ func TestConvertToVictims(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("convertToVictims() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
 				return
 			}
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("convertToVictims() got = %v, want %v", got, tt.want)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected convertToVictims(): (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/filtering_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/filtering_test.go
index 7f3c367416a..a5899a8ec48 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/filtering_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/filtering_test.go
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ package interpodaffinity
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -39,7 +37,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	defaultNamespace = ""
+	defaultNamespace      = ""
+	preFilterStateCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+		cmp.AllowUnexported(preFilterState{}, framework.PodInfo{}),
+	}
 )
 
 func createPodWithAffinityTerms(namespace, nodeName string, labels map[string]string, affinity, antiAffinity []v1.PodAffinityTerm) *v1.Pod {
@@ -550,7 +551,7 @@ func TestRequiredAffinitySingleNode(t *testing.T) {
 			p := plugintesting.SetupPluginWithInformers(ctx, t, schedruntime.FactoryAdapter(feature.Features{}, New), &config.InterPodAffinityArgs{}, snapshot, namespaces)
 			state := framework.NewCycleState()
 			_, preFilterStatus := p.(framework.PreFilterPlugin).PreFilter(ctx, state, test.pod)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(preFilterStatus, test.wantPreFilterStatus); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantPreFilterStatus, preFilterStatus); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("PreFilter: status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 			if !preFilterStatus.IsSuccess() {
@@ -559,7 +560,7 @@ func TestRequiredAffinitySingleNode(t *testing.T) {
 
 			nodeInfo := mustGetNodeInfo(t, snapshot, test.node.Name)
 			gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, state, test.pod, nodeInfo)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotStatus, test.wantFilterStatus); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantFilterStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("Filter: status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
@@ -965,7 +966,7 @@ func TestRequiredAffinityMultipleNodes(t *testing.T) {
 				})
 			state := framework.NewCycleState()
 			_, preFilterStatus := p.(framework.PreFilterPlugin).PreFilter(ctx, state, test.pod)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(preFilterStatus, test.wantPreFilterStatus); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantPreFilterStatus, preFilterStatus); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("PreFilter: status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 			if preFilterStatus.IsSkip() {
@@ -974,7 +975,7 @@ func TestRequiredAffinityMultipleNodes(t *testing.T) {
 			for indexNode, node := range test.nodes {
 				nodeInfo := mustGetNodeInfo(t, snapshot, node.Name)
 				gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, state, test.pod, nodeInfo)
-				if diff := cmp.Diff(gotStatus, test.wantFilterStatuses[indexNode]); diff != "" {
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantFilterStatuses[indexNode], gotStatus); diff != "" {
 					t.Errorf("index: %d: Filter: status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", indexTest, diff)
 				}
 			}
@@ -993,9 +994,9 @@ func TestPreFilterDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	p := plugintesting.SetupPluginWithInformers(ctx, t, schedruntime.FactoryAdapter(feature.Features{}, New), &config.InterPodAffinityArgs{}, cache.NewEmptySnapshot(), nil)
 	cycleState := framework.NewCycleState()
 	gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, cycleState, pod, nodeInfo)
-	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf(`error reading "PreFilterInterPodAffinity" from cycleState: %w`, framework.ErrNotFound))
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, wantStatus) {
-		t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, wantStatus)
+	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(framework.ErrNotFound)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(gotStatus, wantStatus); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1270,24 +1271,24 @@ func TestPreFilterStateAddRemovePod(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("failed to get preFilterState from cycleState: %v", err)
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(newState.antiAffinityCounts, test.expectedAntiAffinity) {
-				t.Errorf("State is not equal, got: %v, want: %v", newState.antiAffinityCounts, test.expectedAntiAffinity)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedAntiAffinity, newState.antiAffinityCounts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("State is not equal (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(newState.affinityCounts, test.expectedAffinity) {
-				t.Errorf("State is not equal, got: %v, want: %v", newState.affinityCounts, test.expectedAffinity)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedAffinity, newState.affinityCounts); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("State is not equal (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(allPodsState, state) {
-				t.Errorf("State is not equal, got: %v, want: %v", state, allPodsState)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(allPodsState, state, preFilterStateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("State is not equal (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 
 			// Remove the added pod pod and make sure it is equal to the original state.
 			if err := ipa.RemovePod(ctx, cycleState, test.pendingPod, mustNewPodInfo(t, test.addedPod), nodeInfo); err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("error removing pod from meta: %v", err)
 			}
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(originalState, state) {
-				t.Errorf("State is not equal, got: %v, want: %v", state, originalState)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(originalState, state, preFilterStateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("State is not equal (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1313,8 +1314,8 @@ func TestPreFilterStateClone(t *testing.T) {
 	if clone == source {
 		t.Errorf("Clone returned the exact same object!")
 	}
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(clone, source) {
-		t.Errorf("Copy is not equal to source!")
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(source, clone, preFilterStateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Copy is not equal to source! (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1440,11 +1441,11 @@ func TestGetTPMapMatchingIncomingAffinityAntiAffinity(t *testing.T) {
 			defer cancel()
 			p := plugintesting.SetupPluginWithInformers(ctx, t, schedruntime.FactoryAdapter(feature.Features{}, New), &config.InterPodAffinityArgs{}, snapshot, nil)
 			gotAffinityPodsMap, gotAntiAffinityPodsMap := p.(*InterPodAffinity).getIncomingAffinityAntiAffinityCounts(ctx, mustNewPodInfo(t, tt.pod), l)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotAffinityPodsMap, tt.wantAffinityPodsMap) {
-				t.Errorf("getTPMapMatchingIncomingAffinityAntiAffinity() gotAffinityPodsMap = %#v, want %#v", gotAffinityPodsMap, tt.wantAffinityPodsMap)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantAffinityPodsMap, gotAffinityPodsMap); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected getTPMapMatchingIncomingAffinityAntiAffinity() (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotAntiAffinityPodsMap, tt.wantAntiAffinityPodsMap) {
-				t.Errorf("getTPMapMatchingIncomingAffinityAntiAffinity() gotAntiAffinityPodsMap = %#v, want %#v", gotAntiAffinityPodsMap, tt.wantAntiAffinityPodsMap)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantAntiAffinityPodsMap, gotAntiAffinityPodsMap); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected getTPMapMatchingIncomingAffinityAntiAffinity() (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring_test.go
index 549c508397f..3e6f4d23634 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/interpodaffinity/scoring_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package interpodaffinity
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -978,8 +977,8 @@ func TestPreferredAffinityWithHardPodAffinitySymmetricWeight(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", status)
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedList, gotList) {
-				t.Errorf("expected:\n\t%+v,\ngot:\n\t%+v", test.expectedList, gotList)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedList, gotList); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("unexpected NodeScoreList (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodename/node_name_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodename/node_name_test.go
index a4ffb914e95..647ee9ee865 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodename/node_name_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodename/node_name_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package nodename
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/feature"
@@ -62,8 +63,8 @@ func TestNodeName(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("creating plugin: %v", err)
 			}
 			gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, nil, test.pod, nodeInfo)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeports/node_ports_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeports/node_ports_test.go
index 5a042f5b136..354ac4925be 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeports/node_ports_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeports/node_ports_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package nodeports
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -183,9 +182,9 @@ func TestPreFilterDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cycleState := framework.NewCycleState()
 	gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, cycleState, pod, nodeInfo)
-	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf(`reading "PreFilterNodePorts" from cycleState: %w`, framework.ErrNotFound))
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, wantStatus) {
-		t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, wantStatus)
+	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(framework.ErrNotFound)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/balanced_allocation_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/balanced_allocation_test.go
index 301c7222ad3..b89f1d98f1a 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/balanced_allocation_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/balanced_allocation_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ package noderesources
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource"
 	metav1 "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/apis/meta/v1"
@@ -403,8 +403,8 @@ func TestNodeResourcesBalancedAllocation(t *testing.T) {
 				if !status.IsSuccess() {
 					t.Errorf("Score is expected to return success, but didn't. Got status: %v", status)
 				}
-				if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedList[i].Score, hostResult) {
-					t.Errorf("got score %v for host %v, expected %v", hostResult, test.nodes[i].Name, test.expectedList[i].Score)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedList[i].Score, hostResult); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("unexpected score for host %v (-want,+got):\n%s", test.nodes[i].Name, diff)
 				}
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go
index d118e6f2503..b0d56a63f85 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/noderesources/fit_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package noderesources
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -48,6 +47,10 @@ var (
 	hugePageResourceA     = v1.ResourceName(v1.ResourceHugePagesPrefix + "2Mi")
 )
 
+var clusterEventCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+	cmpopts.EquateComparable(framework.ClusterEvent{}),
+}
+
 func makeResources(milliCPU, memory, pods, extendedA, storage, hugePageA int64) v1.ResourceList {
 	return v1.ResourceList{
 		v1.ResourceCPU:              *resource.NewMilliQuantity(milliCPU, resource.DecimalSI),
@@ -584,13 +587,13 @@ func TestEnoughRequests(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, cycleState, test.pod, test.nodeInfo)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 
 			gotInsufficientResources := fitsRequest(computePodResourceRequest(test.pod, ResourceRequestsOptions{EnablePodLevelResources: test.podLevelResourcesEnabled}), test.nodeInfo, p.(*Fit).ignoredResources, p.(*Fit).ignoredResourceGroups)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotInsufficientResources, test.wantInsufficientResources) {
-				t.Errorf("insufficient resources do not match: %+v, want: %v", gotInsufficientResources, test.wantInsufficientResources)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantInsufficientResources, gotInsufficientResources); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("insufficient resources do not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -610,9 +613,9 @@ func TestPreFilterDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 	cycleState := framework.NewCycleState()
 	gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, cycleState, pod, nodeInfo)
-	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf(`error reading "PreFilterNodeResourcesFit" from cycleState: %w`, framework.ErrNotFound))
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, wantStatus) {
-		t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, wantStatus)
+	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(framework.ErrNotFound)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -668,8 +671,8 @@ func TestNotEnoughRequests(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, cycleState, test.pod, test.nodeInfo)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -729,8 +732,8 @@ func TestStorageRequests(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, cycleState, test.pod, test.nodeInfo)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1110,7 +1113,7 @@ func TestFitScore(t *testing.T) {
 				gotPriorities = append(gotPriorities, framework.NodeScore{Name: n.Name, Score: score})
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedPriorities, gotPriorities) {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedPriorities, gotPriorities); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("expected:\n\t%+v,\ngot:\n\t%+v", test.expectedPriorities, gotPriorities)
 			}
 		})
@@ -1276,7 +1279,7 @@ func TestEventsToRegister(t *testing.T) {
 			for i := range actualClusterEvents {
 				actualClusterEvents[i].QueueingHintFn = nil
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedClusterEvents, actualClusterEvents, cmpopts.EquateComparable(framework.ClusterEvent{})); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedClusterEvents, actualClusterEvents, clusterEventCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Error("Cluster Events doesn't match extected events (-expected +actual):\n", diff)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeunschedulable/node_unschedulable_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeunschedulable/node_unschedulable_test.go
index ee4a6143b8c..0ded5785a3d 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeunschedulable/node_unschedulable_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodeunschedulable/node_unschedulable_test.go
@@ -17,9 +17,10 @@ limitations under the License.
 package nodeunschedulable
 
 import (
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
+
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework"
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/feature"
@@ -82,8 +83,8 @@ func TestNodeUnschedulable(t *testing.T) {
 			t.Fatalf("creating plugin: %v", err)
 		}
 		gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, nil, test.pod, nodeInfo)
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-			t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodevolumelimits/csi_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodevolumelimits/csi_test.go
index 65f8d140edb..801165f5bb8 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodevolumelimits/csi_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/nodevolumelimits/csi_test.go
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package nodevolumelimits
 import (
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -50,6 +49,18 @@ var (
 	scName = "csi-sc"
 )
 
+var statusCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+	cmp.Comparer(func(s1 *framework.Status, s2 *framework.Status) bool {
+		if s1 == nil || s2 == nil {
+			return s1.IsSuccess() && s2.IsSuccess()
+		}
+		if s1.Code() == framework.Error {
+			return s1.AsError().Error() == s2.AsError().Error()
+		}
+		return s1.Code() == s2.Code() && s1.Plugin() == s2.Plugin() && s1.Message() == s2.Message()
+	}),
+}
+
 func TestCSILimits(t *testing.T) {
 	runningPod := st.MakePod().PVC("csi-ebs.csi.aws.com-3").Obj()
 	pendingVolumePod := st.MakePod().PVC("csi-4").Obj()
@@ -637,13 +648,13 @@ func TestCSILimits(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			_, ctx := ktesting.NewTestContext(t)
 			_, gotPreFilterStatus := p.PreFilter(ctx, nil, test.newPod)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantPreFilterStatus, gotPreFilterStatus); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("PreFilter status does not match (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantPreFilterStatus, gotPreFilterStatus, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("PreFilter status does not match (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 			if gotPreFilterStatus.Code() != framework.Skip {
 				gotStatus := p.Filter(ctx, nil, test.newPod, node)
-				if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-					t.Errorf("Filter status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("Filter status does not match (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/filtering_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/filtering_test.go
index e007f75abcb..54ef48b55fe 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/filtering_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/filtering_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,7 @@ package podtopologyspread
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"fmt"
 	"math"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -41,11 +39,14 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/utils/ptr"
 )
 
-var cmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
-	cmp.Comparer(func(s1 labels.Selector, s2 labels.Selector) bool {
-		return reflect.DeepEqual(s1, s2)
-	}),
+var stateCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
 	cmp.Comparer(func(p1, p2 criticalPaths) bool {
+		// Before comparing p1 and p2 we need to make sure that TopologyValues
+		// paired with the same MatchNum values are sorted alphabetically.
+		// It's not possible to substitute this sorting with calling cmpopts.SortSlices()
+		// instead, because the lessFn in SortSlices would not modify the actual
+		// criticalPaths objects, and the default comparer function would still
+		// operate on "unsorted" TopologyValue fields.
 		p1.sort()
 		p2.sort()
 		return p1[0] == p2[0] && p1[1] == p2[1]
@@ -1504,7 +1505,7 @@ func TestPreFilterState(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatalf("failed to get PreFilterState from cyclestate: %v", err)
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, stateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("PodTopologySpread#PreFilter() returned unexpected prefilter status: diff (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
@@ -1999,7 +2000,7 @@ func TestPreFilterStateAddPod(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, state, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, state, stateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("PodTopologySpread.AddPod() returned diff (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
@@ -2307,7 +2308,7 @@ func TestPreFilterStateRemovePod(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, state, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, state, stateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("PodTopologySpread.RemovePod() returned diff (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
@@ -3415,9 +3416,9 @@ func TestPreFilterDisabled(t *testing.T) {
 	p := plugintesting.SetupPlugin(ctx, t, topologySpreadFunc, &config.PodTopologySpreadArgs{DefaultingType: config.ListDefaulting}, cache.NewEmptySnapshot())
 	cycleState := framework.NewCycleState()
 	gotStatus := p.(*PodTopologySpread).Filter(ctx, cycleState, pod, nodeInfo)
-	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(fmt.Errorf(`reading "PreFilterPodTopologySpread" from cycleState: %w`, framework.ErrNotFound))
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, wantStatus) {
-		t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, wantStatus)
+	wantStatus := framework.AsStatus(framework.ErrNotFound)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Status does not match (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
index 56a1625c613..3752e2269ea 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/podtopologyspread/scoring_test.go
@@ -612,7 +612,7 @@ func TestPreScoreStateEmptyNodes(t *testing.T) {
 			if err != nil {
 				t.Fatal(err)
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, stateCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("PodTopologySpread#PreScore() returned (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
@@ -1407,7 +1407,7 @@ func TestPodTopologySpreadScore(t *testing.T) {
 			if !status.IsSuccess() {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", status)
 			}
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, gotList, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, gotList); diff != "" {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected scores (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/tainttoleration/taint_toleration_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/tainttoleration/taint_toleration_test.go
index 4504531603e..73b240906c2 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/tainttoleration/taint_toleration_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/plugins/tainttoleration/taint_toleration_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package tainttoleration
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
@@ -263,8 +262,8 @@ func TestTaintTolerationScore(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("unexpected error: %v", status)
 			}
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedList, gotList) {
-				t.Errorf("expected:\n\t%+v,\ngot:\n\t%+v", test.expectedList, gotList)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedList, gotList); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected NodeScoreList (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -349,8 +348,8 @@ func TestTaintTolerationFilter(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Fatalf("creating plugin: %v", err)
 			}
 			gotStatus := p.(framework.FilterPlugin).Filter(ctx, nil, test.pod, nodeInfo)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, test.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("status does not match: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, test.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.wantStatus, gotStatus); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected status (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/preemption/preemption_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/preemption/preemption_test.go
index b273cda8680..282019d9890 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/preemption/preemption_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/preemption/preemption_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"sort"
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
@@ -754,8 +753,8 @@ func TestPrepareCandidate(t *testing.T) {
 					}
 
 					if asyncPreemptionEnabled {
-						if tt.expectedActivatedPods != nil && !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.expectedActivatedPods, fakeActivator.activatedPods) {
-							lastErrMsg = fmt.Sprintf("expected activated pods %v, got %v", tt.expectedActivatedPods, fakeActivator.activatedPods)
+						if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.expectedActivatedPods, fakeActivator.activatedPods); tt.expectedActivatedPods != nil && diff != "" {
+							lastErrMsg = fmt.Sprintf("Unexpected activated pods (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 							return false, nil
 						}
 						if tt.expectedActivatedPods == nil && len(fakeActivator.activatedPods) != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/framework_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/framework_test.go
index 19f351ad267..07a0310b8ee 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/framework_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/framework_test.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -72,11 +71,14 @@ const (
 var _ framework.ScorePlugin = &TestScoreWithNormalizePlugin{}
 var _ framework.ScorePlugin = &TestScorePlugin{}
 
-var cmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+var statusCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
 	cmp.Comparer(func(s1 *framework.Status, s2 *framework.Status) bool {
 		if s1 == nil || s2 == nil {
 			return s1.IsSuccess() && s2.IsSuccess()
 		}
+		if s1.Code() == framework.Error {
+			return s1.AsError().Error() == s2.AsError().Error()
+		}
 		return s1.Code() == s2.Code() && s1.Plugin() == s2.Plugin() && s1.Message() == s2.Message()
 	}),
 }
@@ -924,7 +926,7 @@ func TestNewFrameworkMultiPointExpansion(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 			if tc.wantErr == "" {
 				if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.wantPlugins, fw.ListPlugins()); diff != "" {
-					t.Fatalf("Unexpected eventToPlugin map (-want,+got):%s", diff)
+					t.Fatalf("Unexpected eventToPlugin map (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
 			}
 		})
@@ -982,8 +984,8 @@ func TestPreEnqueuePlugins(t *testing.T) {
 				_ = f.Close()
 			}()
 			got := f.PreEnqueuePlugins()
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(got, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("PreEnqueuePlugins(): want %v, but got %v", tt.want, got)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected PreEnqueuePlugins(): (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1113,8 +1115,8 @@ func TestRunPreScorePlugins(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("wrong status code. got: %v, want: %v", status, tt.wantStatusCode)
 			}
 			skipped := state.SkipScorePlugins
-			if d := cmp.Diff(skipped, tt.wantSkippedPlugins); d != "" {
-				t.Errorf("wrong skip score plugins. got: %v, want: %v, diff: %s", skipped, tt.wantSkippedPlugins, d)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantSkippedPlugins, skipped); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("wrong skip score plugins (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1519,8 +1521,8 @@ func TestRunScorePlugins(t *testing.T) {
 			if !status.IsSuccess() {
 				t.Errorf("Expected status to be success.")
 			}
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(res, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("Score map after RunScorePlugin. got: %+v, want: %+v.", res, tt.want)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, res); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Score map after RunScorePlugin (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1747,15 +1749,15 @@ func TestRunPreFilterPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 			state := framework.NewCycleState()
 			result, status, _ := f.RunPreFilterPlugins(ctx, state, nil)
-			if d := cmp.Diff(result, tt.wantPreFilterResult); d != "" {
-				t.Errorf("wrong status. got: %v, want: %v, diff: %s", result, tt.wantPreFilterResult, d)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantPreFilterResult, result); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("wrong status (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 			if status.Code() != tt.wantStatusCode {
 				t.Errorf("wrong status code. got: %v, want: %v", status, tt.wantStatusCode)
 			}
 			skipped := state.SkipFilterPlugins
-			if d := cmp.Diff(skipped, tt.wantSkippedPlugins); d != "" {
-				t.Errorf("wrong skip filter plugins. got: %v, want: %v, diff: %s", skipped, tt.wantSkippedPlugins, d)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantSkippedPlugins, skipped); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("wrong skip filter plugins (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2136,8 +2138,8 @@ func TestFilterPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 			state := framework.NewCycleState()
 			state.SkipFilterPlugins = tt.skippedPlugins
 			gotStatus := f.RunFilterPlugins(ctx, state, pod, nil)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotStatus, tt.wantStatus, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected status: (-got, +want):\n%s", diff)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantStatus, gotStatus, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected status: (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2262,8 +2264,9 @@ func TestPostFilterPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 				_ = f.Close()
 			}()
 			_, gotStatus := f.RunPostFilterPlugins(ctx, nil, pod, nil)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(gotStatus, tt.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected status. got: %v, want: %v", gotStatus, tt.wantStatus)
+
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantStatus, gotStatus, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected status (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2430,8 +2433,8 @@ func TestFilterPluginsWithNominatedPods(t *testing.T) {
 			}()
 			tt.nodeInfo.SetNode(tt.node)
 			gotStatus := f.RunFilterPluginsWithNominatedPods(ctx, framework.NewCycleState(), tt.pod, tt.nodeInfo)
-			if diff := cmp.Diff(gotStatus, tt.wantStatus, cmpOpts...); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected status: (-got, +want):\n%s", diff)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantStatus, gotStatus, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected status: (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2592,8 +2595,8 @@ func TestPreBindPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 			status := f.RunPreBindPlugins(ctx, nil, pod, "")
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(status, tt.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("wrong status code. got %v, want %v", status, tt.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantStatus, status, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Wrong status code (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2754,8 +2757,8 @@ func TestReservePlugins(t *testing.T) {
 
 			status := f.RunReservePluginsReserve(ctx, nil, pod, "")
 
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(status, tt.wantStatus) {
-				t.Errorf("wrong status code. got %v, want %v", status, tt.wantStatus)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.wantStatus, status, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Wrong status code (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2885,8 +2888,8 @@ func TestPermitPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			status := f.RunPermitPlugins(ctx, nil, pod, "")
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(status, tt.want) {
-				t.Errorf("wrong status code. got %v, want %v", status, tt.want)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, status, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Wrong status code (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -3320,8 +3323,8 @@ func TestWaitOnPermit(t *testing.T) {
 			go tt.action(f)
 
 			got := f.WaitOnPermit(ctx, pod)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.want, got) {
-				t.Errorf("Unexpected status: want %v, but got %v", tt.want, got)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, statusCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected status (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -3369,7 +3372,7 @@ func TestListPlugins(t *testing.T) {
 			}()
 			got := f.ListPlugins()
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected plugins (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected plugins (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/registry_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/registry_test.go
index f3182d668eb..7f0d85c6231 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/registry_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/runtime/registry_test.go
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ package runtime
 
 import (
 	"context"
-	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 
+	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
 	"github.com/google/uuid"
 
 	"k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/runtime"
@@ -66,9 +66,8 @@ func TestDecodeInto(t *testing.T) {
 			if err := DecodeInto(test.args, &pluginFooConf); err != nil {
 				t.Errorf("DecodeInto(): failed to decode args %+v: %v", test.args, err)
 			}
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, pluginFooConf) {
-				t.Errorf("DecodeInto(): failed to decode plugin config, expected: %+v, got: %+v",
-					test.expected, pluginFooConf)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, pluginFooConf); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("DecodeInto(): failed to decode plugin config (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/framework/types_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/framework/types_test.go
index e8238eb67f4..1f8875ce78b 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/framework/types_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/framework/types_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package framework
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
-	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
 
@@ -39,6 +38,10 @@ import (
 	"k8s.io/kubernetes/test/utils/ktesting/initoption"
 )
 
+var nodeInfoCmpOpts = []cmp.Option{
+	cmp.AllowUnexported(NodeInfo{}, PodInfo{}, podResource{}),
+}
+
 func TestNewResource(t *testing.T) {
 	tests := []struct {
 		name         string
@@ -73,8 +76,8 @@ func TestNewResource(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(test.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			r := NewResource(test.resourceList)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, r) {
-				t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", test.expected, r)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, r); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected resource (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -112,8 +115,8 @@ func TestResourceClone(t *testing.T) {
 			r := test.resource.Clone()
 			// Modify the field to check if the result is a clone of the origin one.
 			test.resource.MilliCPU += 1000
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, r) {
-				t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", test.expected, r)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, r); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected resource (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -157,8 +160,8 @@ func TestResourceAddScalar(t *testing.T) {
 	for _, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(string(test.scalarName), func(t *testing.T) {
 			test.resource.AddScalar(test.scalarName, test.scalarQuantity)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, test.resource) {
-				t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", test.expected, test.resource)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, test.resource); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected resource (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -209,8 +212,8 @@ func TestSetMaxResource(t *testing.T) {
 	for i, test := range tests {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("case_%d", i), func(t *testing.T) {
 			test.resource.SetMaxResource(test.resourceList)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, test.resource) {
-				t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", test.expected, test.resource)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, test.resource); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected resource (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -351,8 +354,8 @@ func TestNewNodeInfo(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Generation is not incremented. previous: %v, current: %v", gen, ni.Generation)
 	}
 	expected.Generation = ni.Generation
-	if !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, ni) {
-		t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", expected, ni)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, ni, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected NodeInfo (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -552,8 +555,8 @@ func TestNodeInfoClone(t *testing.T) {
 			// Modify the field to check if the result is a clone of the origin one.
 			test.nodeInfo.Generation += 10
 			test.nodeInfo.UsedPorts.Remove("127.0.0.1", "TCP", 80)
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expected, ni) {
-				t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", test.expected, ni)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expected, ni, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected NodeInfo (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -892,8 +895,8 @@ func TestNodeInfoAddPod(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	expected.Generation = ni.Generation
-	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, ni, cmp.AllowUnexported(NodeInfo{}, PodInfo{}, podResource{})); diff != "" {
-		t.Errorf("unexpected diff (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, ni, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected NodeInfo (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -1206,8 +1209,8 @@ func TestNodeInfoRemovePod(t *testing.T) {
 			}
 
 			test.expectedNodeInfo.Generation = ni.Generation
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedNodeInfo, ni) {
-				t.Errorf("expected: %#v, got: %#v", test.expectedNodeInfo, ni)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.expectedNodeInfo, ni, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected NodeInfo (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1473,7 +1476,7 @@ func TestGetNamespacesFromPodAffinityTerm(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}, test.term)
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(test.want, got); diff != "" {
-				t.Errorf("unexpected diff (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected namespaces (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -1867,8 +1870,8 @@ func TestPodInfoCalculateResources(t *testing.T) {
 				},
 			}
 			res := podInfo.calculateResource()
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tc.expectedResource, res) {
-				t.Errorf("Test: %s expected resource: %+v, got: %+v", tc.name, tc.expectedResource, res.resource)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tc.expectedResource, res, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected resource (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
@@ -2065,8 +2068,8 @@ func TestCalculatePodResourcesWithResize(t *testing.T) {
 				tt.resizeStatus)
 
 			res := podInfo.calculateResource()
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(tt.expectedResource, res) {
-				t.Errorf("Test: %s expected resource: %+v, got: %+v", tt.name, tt.expectedResource, res.resource)
+			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.expectedResource, res, nodeInfoCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+				t.Errorf("Unexpected podResource (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go b/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go
index 6e628fa1b71..bbe0d9c9f5e 100644
--- a/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go
+++ b/pkg/scheduler/schedule_one_test.go
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"math"
 	"math/rand"
-	"reflect"
 	"regexp"
 	goruntime "runtime"
 	"sort"
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp"
-	"github.com/google/go-cmp/cmp/cmpopts"
 
 	v1 "k8s.io/api/core/v1"
 	eventsv1 "k8s.io/api/events/v1"
@@ -86,6 +84,9 @@ var (
 	emptySnapshot         = internalcache.NewEmptySnapshot()
 	podTopologySpreadFunc = frameworkruntime.FactoryAdapter(feature.Features{}, podtopologyspread.New)
 	errPrioritize         = fmt.Errorf("priority map encounters an error")
+	schedulerCmpOpts      = []cmp.Option{
+		cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeToStatus{}),
+	}
 )
 
 type mockScheduleResult struct {
@@ -387,7 +388,7 @@ func nodeToStatusDiff(want, got *framework.NodeToStatus) string {
 	if want == nil || got == nil {
 		return cmp.Diff(want, got)
 	}
-	return cmp.Diff(*want, *got, cmp.AllowUnexported(framework.NodeToStatus{}))
+	return cmp.Diff(*want, *got, schedulerCmpOpts...)
 }
 
 func TestSchedulerMultipleProfilesScheduling(t *testing.T) {
@@ -837,20 +838,24 @@ func TestSchedulerScheduleOne(t *testing.T) {
 				}
 				sched.ScheduleOne(ctx)
 				<-called
-				if e, a := item.expectAssumedPod, gotAssumedPod; !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-					t.Errorf("assumed pod: wanted %v, got %v", e, a)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(item.expectAssumedPod, gotAssumedPod); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected assumed pod (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
-				if e, a := item.expectErrorPod, gotPod; !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-					t.Errorf("error pod: wanted %v, got %v", e, a)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(item.expectErrorPod, gotPod); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected error pod (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
-				if e, a := item.expectForgetPod, gotForgetPod; !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-					t.Errorf("forget pod: wanted %v, got %v", e, a)
+				if diff := cmp.Diff(item.expectForgetPod, gotForgetPod); diff != "" {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected forget pod (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
-				if e, a := item.expectError, gotError; !reflect.DeepEqual(e, a) {
-					t.Errorf("error: wanted %v, got %v", e, a)
+				if item.expectError == nil || gotError == nil {
+					if !errors.Is(gotError, item.expectError) {
+						t.Errorf("Unexpected error. Wanted %v, got %v", item.expectError, gotError)
+					}
+				} else if item.expectError.Error() != gotError.Error() {
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected error. Wanted %v, got %v", item.expectError.Error(), gotError.Error())
 				}
 				if diff := cmp.Diff(item.expectBind, gotBinding); diff != "" {
-					t.Errorf("got binding diff (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+					t.Errorf("Unexpected binding (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 				}
 				// We have to use wait here
 				// because the Pod goes to the binding cycle in some test cases and the inflight pods might not be empty immediately at this point in such case.
@@ -923,8 +928,8 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterExpire(t *testing.T) {
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "bar", UID: types.UID("bar")},
 			Target:     v1.ObjectReference{Kind: "Node", Name: node.Name},
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectBinding, b) {
-			t.Errorf("binding want=%v, get=%v", expectBinding, b)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(expectBinding, b); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected binding (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
 		t.Fatalf("timeout in binding after %v", wait.ForeverTestTimeout)
@@ -966,8 +971,10 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterDelete(t *testing.T) {
 				UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New(nodeports.Name),
 			},
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectErr, err) {
-			t.Errorf("err want=%v, get=%v", expectErr, err)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Errorf("expected error %v, got nil", expectErr)
+		} else if diff := cmp.Diff(expectErr, err, schedulerCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected error (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
 		t.Fatalf("timeout in fitting after %v", wait.ForeverTestTimeout)
@@ -993,8 +1000,8 @@ func TestSchedulerNoPhantomPodAfterDelete(t *testing.T) {
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: "bar", UID: types.UID("bar")},
 			Target:     v1.ObjectReference{Kind: "Node", Name: node.Name},
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectBinding, b) {
-			t.Errorf("binding want=%v, get=%v", expectBinding, b)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(expectBinding, b); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("unexpected binding (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
 		t.Fatalf("timeout in binding after %v", wait.ForeverTestTimeout)
@@ -1076,8 +1083,8 @@ func TestSchedulerFailedSchedulingReasons(t *testing.T) {
 		if len(fmt.Sprint(expectErr)) > 150 {
 			t.Errorf("message is too spammy ! %v ", len(fmt.Sprint(expectErr)))
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectErr, err) {
-			t.Errorf("\n err \nWANT=%+v,\nGOT=%+v", expectErr, err)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(expectErr, err, schedulerCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected error (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
 		t.Fatalf("timeout after %v", wait.ForeverTestTimeout)
@@ -2661,11 +2668,11 @@ func TestSchedulerSchedulePod(t *testing.T) {
 				if gotOK != wantOK {
 					t.Errorf("Expected err to be FitError: %v, but got %v (error: %v)", wantOK, gotOK, err)
 				} else if gotOK {
-					if diff := cmp.Diff(wantFitErr, gotFitErr, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(framework.Diagnosis{}, "NodeToStatus")); diff != "" {
-						t.Errorf("Unexpected fitErr for map: (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+					if diff := cmp.Diff(wantFitErr, gotFitErr, schedulerCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+						t.Errorf("Unexpected fitErr for map (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 					}
 					if diff := nodeToStatusDiff(wantFitErr.Diagnosis.NodeToStatus, gotFitErr.Diagnosis.NodeToStatus); diff != "" {
-						t.Errorf("Unexpected nodeToStatus within fitErr for map: (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+						t.Errorf("Unexpected nodeToStatus within fitErr for map: (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -2719,11 +2726,11 @@ func TestFindFitAllError(t *testing.T) {
 		}, framework.NewStatus(framework.UnschedulableAndUnresolvable)),
 		UnschedulablePlugins: sets.New("MatchFilter"),
 	}
-	if diff := cmp.Diff(diagnosis, expected, cmpopts.IgnoreFields(framework.Diagnosis{}, "NodeToStatus")); diff != "" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected diagnosis: (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+	if diff := cmp.Diff(expected, diagnosis, schedulerCmpOpts...); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected diagnosis (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
-	if diff := nodeToStatusDiff(diagnosis.NodeToStatus, expected.NodeToStatus); diff != "" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected nodeToStatus within diagnosis: (-want, +got): %s", diff)
+	if diff := nodeToStatusDiff(expected.NodeToStatus, diagnosis.NodeToStatus); diff != "" {
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected nodeToStatus within diagnosis: (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 }
 
@@ -2761,7 +2768,7 @@ func TestFindFitSomeError(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	if diff := cmp.Diff(sets.New("MatchFilter"), diagnosis.UnschedulablePlugins); diff != "" {
-		t.Errorf("Unexpected unschedulablePlugins: (-want, +got): %s", diagnosis.UnschedulablePlugins)
+		t.Errorf("Unexpected unschedulablePlugins: (-want, +got):\n%s", diff)
 	}
 
 	for _, node := range nodes {
@@ -3692,8 +3699,8 @@ func setupTestSchedulerWithOnePodOnNode(ctx context.Context, t *testing.T, queue
 			ObjectMeta: metav1.ObjectMeta{Name: pod.Name, UID: types.UID(pod.Name)},
 			Target:     v1.ObjectReference{Kind: "Node", Name: node.Name},
 		}
-		if !reflect.DeepEqual(expectBinding, b) {
-			t.Errorf("binding want=%v, get=%v", expectBinding, b)
+		if diff := cmp.Diff(expectBinding, b); diff != "" {
+			t.Errorf("Unexpected binding (-want,+got):\n%s", diff)
 		}
 	case <-time.After(wait.ForeverTestTimeout):
 		t.Fatalf("timeout after %v", wait.ForeverTestTimeout)