diff --git a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts
index 173fb488bcde6..ed02a196a8bc3 100644
--- a/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts
+++ b/src/vs/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/view/renderers/backLayerWebView.ts
@@ -1340,8 +1340,8 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 		}
 
 		this.pendingWebviewIdleCreationRequest.set(content.source, runWhenIdle(() => {
-			const { message, renderer } = this._createOutputCreationMessage(cellInfo, content, cellTop, offset, true, true);
-			this._sendMessageToWebview(message);
+			const { message, renderer, transfer: transferable } = this._createOutputCreationMessage(cellInfo, content, cellTop, offset, true, true);
+			this._sendMessageToWebview(message, transferable);
 			this.pendingWebviewIdleInsetMapping.set(content.source, { outputId: message.outputId, cellInfo: cellInfo, renderer, cachedCreation: message });
 			this.reversedPendingWebviewIdleInsetMapping.set(message.outputId, content.source);
 			this.pendingWebviewIdleCreationRequest.delete(content.source);
@@ -1380,8 +1380,8 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 
 		// create new output
 		const createOutput = () => {
-			const { message, renderer } = this._createOutputCreationMessage(cellInfo, content, cellTop, offset, false, false);
-			this._sendMessageToWebview(message);
+			const { message, renderer, transfer: transferable } = this._createOutputCreationMessage(cellInfo, content, cellTop, offset, false, false);
+			this._sendMessageToWebview(message, transferable);
 			this.insetMapping.set(content.source, { outputId: message.outputId, cellInfo: cellInfo, renderer, cachedCreation: message });
 			this.hiddenInsetMapping.delete(content.source);
 			this.reversedInsetMapping.set(message.outputId, content.source);
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 		createOutput();
 	}
 
-	private _createOutputCreationMessage(cellInfo: T, content: IInsetRenderOutput, cellTop: number, offset: number, createOnIdle: boolean, initiallyHidden: boolean): { readonly message: ICreationRequestMessage; readonly renderer: INotebookRendererInfo | undefined } {
+	private _createOutputCreationMessage(cellInfo: T, content: IInsetRenderOutput, cellTop: number, offset: number, createOnIdle: boolean, initiallyHidden: boolean): { readonly message: ICreationRequestMessage; readonly renderer: INotebookRendererInfo | undefined; transfer: readonly ArrayBuffer[] } {
 		const messageBase = {
 			type: 'html',
 			executionId: cellInfo.executionId,
@@ -1402,6 +1402,8 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 			createOnIdle: createOnIdle
 		} as const;
 
+		const transfer: ArrayBuffer[] = [];
+
 		let message: ICreationRequestMessage;
 		let renderer: INotebookRendererInfo | undefined;
 		if (content.type === RenderOutputType.Extension) {
@@ -1409,9 +1411,11 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 			renderer = content.renderer;
 			const first = output.outputs.find(op => op.mime === content.mimeType)!;
 
-			// TODO@jrieken - the message can contain "bytes" and those are transferable
-			// which improves IPC performance and therefore should be used. However, it does
-			// means that the bytes cannot be used here anymore
+
+			// Copy the underlying buffer so we only send over the data we need
+			const valueBytes = new Uint8Array(first.data.buffer);
+			transfer.push(valueBytes.buffer);
+
 			message = {
 				...messageBase,
 				outputId: output.outputId,
@@ -1422,7 +1426,7 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 					metadata: output.metadata,
 					output: {
 						mime: first.mime,
-						valueBytes: first.data.buffer,
+						valueBytes: valueBytes,
 					},
 					allOutputs: output.outputs.map(output => ({ mime: output.mime })),
 				},
@@ -1442,7 +1446,8 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 
 		return {
 			message,
-			renderer
+			renderer,
+			transfer,
 		};
 	}
 
@@ -1694,12 +1699,12 @@ export class BackLayerWebView<T extends ICommonCellInfo> extends Themable {
 		});
 	}
 
-	private _sendMessageToWebview(message: ToWebviewMessage) {
+	private _sendMessageToWebview(message: ToWebviewMessage, transfer?: readonly ArrayBuffer[]) {
 		if (this._disposed) {
 			return;
 		}
 
-		this.webview?.postMessage(message);
+		this.webview?.postMessage(message, transfer);
 	}
 
 	override dispose() {