diff --git a/esphome/components/sensor/filter.h b/esphome/components/sensor/filter.h
index 8bb495edd2..896c5314c4 100644
--- a/esphome/components/sensor/filter.h
+++ b/esphome/components/sensor/filter.h
@@ -346,12 +346,7 @@ uint32_t get_loop_component_start_time();
 template<size_t N> class ValueListFilter : public Filter {
  protected:
   explicit ValueListFilter(std::initializer_list<TemplatableValue<float>> values) {
-    size_t i = 0;
-    for (const auto &v : values) {
-      if (i >= N)
-        break;
-      this->values_[i++] = v;
-    }
+    init_array_from(this->values_, values);
   }
 
   /// Check if sensor value matches any configured value (with accuracy rounding)
diff --git a/esphome/core/helpers.h b/esphome/core/helpers.h
index 93b187d850..c7f35a2361 100644
--- a/esphome/core/helpers.h
+++ b/esphome/core/helpers.h
@@ -500,6 +500,21 @@ template<typename T, size_t MAX_CAPACITY = std::numeric_limits<uint16_t>::max()>
   index_type capacity_{0};
 };
 
+/// Initialize a std::array from an initializer_list. Uses memcpy for trivially copyable types (optimal codegen),
+/// falls back to element-wise copy for non-trivially copyable types (e.g. TemplatableValue).
+/// N is set by code generation; ESPHOME_DEBUG_ASSERT catches mismatches in debug/integration tests.
+template<typename T, size_t N> inline void init_array_from(std::array<T, N> &dest, std::initializer_list<T> src) {
+  ESPHOME_DEBUG_ASSERT(src.size() == N);
+  if constexpr (std::is_trivially_copyable_v<T>) {
+    __builtin_memcpy(dest.data(), src.begin(), N * sizeof(T));
+  } else {
+    size_t i = 0;
+    for (const auto &v : src) {
+      dest[i++] = v;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 /// Fixed-capacity vector - allocates once at runtime, never reallocates
 /// This avoids std::vector template overhead (_M_realloc_insert, _M_default_append)
 /// when size is known at initialization but not at compile time